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Home: Current Issues: Population: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Population: LINKS_PAGEArticles:The Population Implosion - Nicholas EberstadtBe careful what you wish for. After decades of struggling to contain the global population explosion that emerged from the healthcare revolution of the 20th century, the world confronts an unfamiliar crisis: rapidly decreasing birthrates and declining life spans that might set back the progress of human development. Read more... The Population Implosion - Nicholas EberstadtThere are simply too many human beings — at least that is the view of the antinatal activists, who cry alarm from various American foundations, United Nations programs, foreign-aid agencies and activist organizations. Updated Read more... The Root Causes of Hunger - Samuel GreggThe Vatican is reviewing the issue of genetically modified foods, a process that is expected to result in a qualified endorsement. In light of this development, Acton’s Research Director Sam Gregg examines the ethics of GMF and its promise of reducing hunger in the world. Read more... Too Many People? - JACQUELINE R. KASUNThe worldwide movement promoting population control commands many billions of dollars in resources, yet its power ultimately depends, especially in countries like the United States, on public ignorance of the facts. Read more... Too many people? Not by a long shot - STEVE W. MOSHERConfounding the doomsayers, world population growth is slowing dramatically. Read more... U.N. report on world population suggests disaster is near - ZENITWhatever problems the world faces — and environmental concerns are indeed legitimate — “reproductive rights” are not the solution. The U.N. Population Fund would do a lot better to fight for economic justice and balanced development. Adequate income for families and access to decent education and jobs are what people most need. Read more... UNFPA mis-states world population - SCOTT WEINBERGSteven W. Mosher, President of the Population Research Institute (PRI), today criticized the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) for releasing a "statistically misleading" report "designed to generate fear of an overpopulation crisis that simply does not exist." Read more... What African Women Want (not “Reproductive Health Care”) - Steve MosherPRI recently completed its first-ever survey of the health care needs of the African people. Carried out in the West African country of Ghana, the survey results indicate zero demand for "reproductive health care." There are huge, unmet needs for many kinds of primary health care in Africa, but the claim of the population control lobby that there is an "huge unmet need" for contraception, sterilization, and abortion is demonstrably false. Read more... Where Have All the Children Gone? - Pavel KohoutThe question of why fertility has been falling so dramatically in continental Europe has been food for thought for both demographers and economists. The answer must be looked for in several important factors, which, to further complicate matters, do not simply add up in their impact. Read more... Related Categories:
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