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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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In its 1957 Annual Report, the council explains that “the Council is increasingly in a position to contribute to the understanding and so, perhaps, to the solution of problems of world population growth and change.”((Osborn, F. (1957). //Annual Report 1957.// The Population Council. https://web.archive.org/web/20220501133413/http://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb5974338p/_1.pdf)) The [[Ford Foundation]] and the [[Markle Foundation]] both provided substantial grants, the former to be spent over the course of five years and the latter to benefit the Council's medical division. Following an earlier grant from the [[Rockefeller Brothers Fund]], the Council moved ahead with construction of an enlarged laboratory space at the [[Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research]]. | In its 1957 Annual Report, the council explains that “the Council is increasingly in a position to contribute to the understanding and so, perhaps, to the solution of problems of world population growth and change.”((Osborn, F. (1957). //Annual Report 1957.// The Population Council. https://web.archive.org/web/20220501133413/http://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb5974338p/_1.pdf)) The [[Ford Foundation]] and the [[Markle Foundation]] both provided substantial grants, the former to be spent over the course of five years and the latter to benefit the Council's medical division. Following an earlier grant from the [[Rockefeller Brothers Fund]] and bolstered by additional funding from the [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH), the Council moved ahead with construction of an enlarged laboratory space at the [[Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research]]. Along with several other donors, the Council provided a "substantial gift" to the [[National Committee on Maternal Health]] to evaluate the effectiveness, acceptability, safety and cost of various methods and materials of fertility control. |
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| The Council provided grants in 1957 to a number of institutions such as the [[University of Washington]], [[Uppsala University]] and [[Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology]] (studying the physiology of the oviduct and of fertilization); the [[University of Chicago]], University of Washington, and the [[Weizmann Institute]] in [[Israel]] (studying the early development of the [[embryo]]); the [[University of Reading]] in [[united_kingdom:England]] (studying the physical and chemical properties of cervical mucus); [[Hamburg University]] in [[Germany]], [[Keio University]] in [[Japan]], the [[University of California]], and [[University of Illinois]] (studying hypophysical-gonadal interrelations); [[McGill University]] in [[Canada]], University of Chicago, [[University of Buenos Aires]] and the [[University of Copenhagen]]'s [[Connective Tissue Research Laboratory]] (researching the histology and histochemistry of the gonads and associated ducts); the [[Carnegie Institution of Washington]], [[San Marcos University]] in [[Peru]], and the [[University of Innsbruck]] in [[Austria]] (studying factors influencing gonadal function); and the [[Planned Parenthood Association of Los Angeles]], University of Buenos Aires, and the [[University of Oregon]] (studying the effects of steroid compounds on reproductive functions). |
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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]]. |
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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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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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