SUMMARY
FAMILY PLANNING IS NEEDED IF POVERTY IS TO BE AVOIDED
REDUCING DEATH RATES
WHILST LEAVING BIRTH RATES HIGH
MAKES EXTREME POVERTY CERTAIN
This happens because the resulting population increase outstrips resources.
It will happen even if all debt is abolished and all trade is fair.
An Example
HERE ARE THE POPULATION INCREASES IN
AFRICA PLUS THE MIDDLE EAST TO PAKISTAN
A REGION OF THE WORLD WHERE IN MOST COUNTRIES
EFFECTIVE FAMILY PLANNING IS NOT EASILY AVAILABLE
300 million in 1950
600 million in 1976
1,200 million in 2002
2,400 million in 2050
And onwards from there.
This rapid population increase will result in widespread poverty, hunger, water shortage, conflict and the migration of many tens of millions of desperate people.
(The 2008 United Nations low, medium, and high estimates for the 2050 population are 2413 million, 2760 million, and 3132 million respectively.)
Action
WE SHOULD PROVIDE THE POOR IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH
THE SAME EFFECTIVE FAMILY PLANNING UPON WHICH OUR OWN
PEACE AND PROSPERITY DEPEND
(Some of the reasons for our tragic lack of action can be seen in the pages on
'Consensus on population'
and
'The
taboo, or semi-taboo, or consensus on discussing population'.)
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