I'm not making an argument against birth control. So as an example of checkered history, I'm referring to things like the push for circumcision as a measure to

I'm not making an argument against birth control. So as an example of checkered history, I'm referring to things like the push for circumcision as a measure to fight AIDs which has counterintuitively lead to a drop in condom usage in some places[1]. This is a great example of well meaning people from Europe and the US intervening in a way that makes things worse. There have been concerns around HIV risk with DMPA[1] and ethical concerns about around the initial trials of the drug[3]. There were forced sterilizations in South Africa as recently as 2005[4]. There were similar issues in Kenya in the early 2010s[5]. My point was that people should look upon population alarmists with some skepticism, and when they talk about birth control in Africa I think it merits extra scrutiny. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3362967/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3362967/ [2]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7232639/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7232639/ [3]https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17441692.2019.1634118 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17441692.2019.1... [4] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51637751 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51637751 [5] https://www.hhrjournal.org/2015/07/kenya-forced-sterilization-hiv/ https://www.hhrjournal.org/2015/07/kenya-forced-sterilizatio...