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Home: Current Issues: Population: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Population: LINKS_PAGEArticles: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. Email This Article Too many people? Not by a long shot - STEVE W. MOSHERConfounding the doomsayers, world population growth is slowing dramatically. Email This Article 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. Email This Article 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." Email This Article 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. Email This Article 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. Email This Article Related Categories:
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