Editing Ford Foundation (section)

=== Contraception ===
In the 1960s and 1970s, the foundation gave money to government and non-government contraceptive initiatives to support [[population control]], peaking at an estimated $169 million in the last 1960s.<ref>Wooster, Martin. ''Great Philanthropic Mistakes'', second edition (Washington: Hudson Institute, 2010), p. 68–95.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Harkavy |first1=Oscar |last2=Saunders |first2=Lyle |last3=Southam |first3=Anna L. |date=1968 |title=An Overview of the Ford Foundation's Strategy for Population Work |journal=Demography |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=541–552 |doi=10.2307/2060244 |issn=0070-3370 |jstor=2060244 |s2cid=46952340 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>[https://www.fordfoundation.org/media/2434/1964-annual-report.pdf Ford Foundation Annual Report 1964]</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hertz |first=Roy |date=1984-02-01 |title=A quest for better contraception: The Ford foundation's contribution to reproductive science and contraceptive development 1959–1983 |url=https://www.contraceptionjournal.org/article/0010-7824(84)90024-6/abstract |journal=Contraception |language=English |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=107–142 |doi=10.1016/0010-7824(84)90024-6 |issn=0010-7824 |pmid=6723310}}</ref> The foundation ended most support for contraception programs by the 1970s.

The foundation remains supportive of access to abortion, granting funds to organizations that support [[reproductive rights]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reproductive and Gender Justice|url=https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/challenging-inequality/gender-racial-and-ethnic-justice/reproductive-and-gender-justice/|access-date=2021-12-16|website=Ford Foundation|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=43 years after Roe v. Wade, why we (still) need reproductive justice|url=https://www.fordfoundation.org/just-matters/just-matters/posts/43-years-after-roe-v-wade-why-we-still-need-reproductive-justice/|access-date=2021-12-16|website=Ford Foundation|date=22 January 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Rallying outside the Supreme Court to support abortion rights|url=https://www.fordfoundation.org/just-matters/just-matters/posts/rallying-outside-the-supreme-court-to-support-abortion-rights/|access-date=2021-12-16|website=Ford Foundation|date=10 March 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Access to abortion is essential to women's health, ft Lourdes Rivera #FutureIsHers| date=March 3, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usZiG3lpb2g|language=en|access-date=2021-12-16}} Ford Foundation</ref>