The little-noticed boom in quinacrine sterilizations in Vietnam was no surprise to Mumford and Kessel. Mumford even stored the pellets in his home basement office until an FDA crackdown forced him to move the inventory abroad. His goal, Mumford said, is to protect and better the lives of women and their families in poor, overpopulated countries. He and Kessel joined forces after they were fired by Family Health in the early 1980s. The center won't comment, but Kessel said in a telephone interview that he was ousted over disagreements unrelated to quinacrine, while Mumford said his bosses caved in to pressure from U.S. government funders trying to silence his criticism of the Roman Catholic church.
Immigration is much too high.
Every environmental indicator in America is in decline, so immigration already is affecting our quality of life. . . . Life was not valued very highly. This was a shock to me. Whatever their views, Mumford and Kessel are esteemed by international collaborators. My impressions of Dr. Mumford are also very positive, although I don't know him as long.