Is U.S. ‘Anti‑Family’ Foreign Aid Ending? Inside the New Global Health Strategy

For more than 50 years, the United States government has used foreign aid as a tool to export population control policies across the globe—often pressuring nations to abandon their own cultural and moral values. Is that era finally coming to an end?

In this episode, Fr. Shenan Boquet discussed the United States’ newly announced America First Global Health Strategy—and what it could mean for the future of foreign aid, healthcare, and the promotion of life and family worldwide.

Since 1974 (at least!), U.S. foreign aid has been tied to policies promoting anti-family policies, including abortion, contraception, sterilization, and radical gender ideology, rooted in documents like the Kissinger Report (NSSM-200). Fr. Boquet explains how this depopulation mindset has shaped global health initiatives and harmed developing nations.

Now, a shift seems to be underway.

Fr. Boquet examines:

• Whether the new U.S. global health strategy truly moves away from abortion-driven aid
• How foreign aid was used to spread anti-family ideologies
• The role of NGOs versus working directly with national governments
• How Catholic social teaching, human dignity, and subsidiarity should guide foreign aid
• Why authentic healthcare focuses on real medical needs—not ideological colonization
• What Fr. Boquet has witnessed firsthand from nearly 100 mission countries

Father also discusses corruption risks and why redefining “healthcare” remains one of the greatest moral dangers in global policy today.

This conversation offers a rare, mission-grounded perspective on U.S. foreign policy, global health, and the Church’s unwavering defense of human life.

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🔗 Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Free E-Book Unpacking the Kissinger Report (NSSM-200): Uncover the Global Depopulation Project (Funded With Your Tax Dollars!)
• Sec. Rubio Agreement with Kenya: Secretary Rubio participates in a U.S.-Kenya Health Framework of Cooperation signing ceremony
• America First Global Health Strategy: America First Global Health Strategy - United States Department of State