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| The **Population Council** is an international, nonprofit, non-governmental organization based in [[united_states_of_america:New York:New York City]]. It is an organization with strong roots in [[eugenics]]. | The **Population Council** is an international, nonprofit, non-governmental organization based in [[united_states_of_america:New York:New York City]]. It is an organization with strong roots in [[:eugenics]]. |
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| It runs its [[Center for Biomedical Research]] (CBR) out of [[Rockefeller University]] in [[united_states_of_america:New York]].((//The Center for Biomedical Research.// (2022). Population Council. https://www.popcouncil.org/cbr)) | It runs its [[Center for Biomedical Research]] (CBR) out of [[Rockefeller University]] in [[united_states_of_america:New York]].((//The Center for Biomedical Research.// (2022). Population Council. https://www.popcouncil.org/cbr)) |
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| Additional grants were authorized to [[Boston University]], the [[Demographic Teaching and Research Centre]] in [[India]], [[Genetics Society of America]], Dr. [[John Durand]], [[International Union for the Scientific Study of Population]], [[London School of Economics and Political Science]] Population Investigation Committee, [[Long Island Biological Association]], [[Medical Research Foundation of Oregon]], [[National Taiwan University]], [[Population Reference Bureau]], the [[United Nations]] and the [[University of Virginia]]. | Additional grants were authorized to [[Boston University]], the [[Demographic Teaching and Research Centre]] in [[India]], [[Genetics Society of America]], Dr. [[John Durand]], [[International Union for the Scientific Study of Population]], [[London School of Economics and Political Science]] Population Investigation Committee, [[Long Island Biological Association]], [[Medical Research Foundation of Oregon]], [[National Taiwan University]], [[Population Reference Bureau]], the [[United Nations]] and the [[University of Virginia]]. |
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| | In February 1969, the Council published a paper titled "Beyond Family Planning" in //[[Studies in Family Planning]]//.((Berelson, B. (1969). //Beyond Family Planning.// Studies in Family Planning, 1(38), 1. https://doi.org/10.2307/1964767)) |
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| ==== Modern activities ==== | ==== Modern activities ==== |
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| The Council's first president, [[Frederick Osborn]], was a former head of the [[American Eugenics Society]].((Horvath, A. (2015, January 20). //Frederick Osborn: “birth control and abortion are turning out to be great eugenic advances.”// Eugenics and Other Evils. https://archive.ph/09Uwu)) | The Council's first president, [[Frederick Osborn]], was a former head of the [[American Eugenics Society]].((Horvath, A. (2015, January 20). //Frederick Osborn: “birth control and abortion are turning out to be great eugenic advances.”// Eugenics and Other Evils. https://archive.ph/09Uwu)) |
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| Its board of trustees has included representatives from [[AT&T]], the [[Atomic Energy Commission]], [[Brown University]], the [[Carnegie Institution of Washington]], [[Chase Manhattan Bank]], [[Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center]], [[General Electric Company]], [[Harvard University]], the [[Milbank Memorial Fund]], [[Mt. Sinai Hospital]], the [[Rockefeller Institute]], and [[Scripps Foundation for Research in Population Problems]]. | Its board of trustees has included representatives from [[:AT&T]], the [[:Atomic Energy Commission]], [[Brown University]], the [[:Carnegie Institution of Washington]], [[:Chase Manhattan Bank]], [[Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center]], [[:General Electric]] Company, [[Harvard University]], the [[Milbank Memorial Fund]], [[Mt. Sinai Hospital]], the [[:Rockefeller Institute]], and [[:Scripps Foundation for Research in Population Problems]]. |
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