Some words carry baggage, which may interfere with their utility, and even with their use. “Population” and “overpopulation” are examples of this vilification. | www.population-matters.org
Some words carry baggage, which may interfere with their utility, and even with their use. “Population” and “overpopulation” are examples of this vilification. | Population Matters-USA
“The words ‘birth control’ and ‘population’ shouldn’t be in the same sentence. Indeed, they shouldn’t even be in the same room!”| www.population-matters.org
“The words ‘birth control’ and ‘population’ shouldn’t be in the same sentence. Indeed, they shouldn’t even be in the same room!” I was interviewing the president of a company that markets contraceptives. She belongs to an ethnic group that has suffered from genocide and involuntary sterilization in the past. She was quite adamant that family […]| Population Matters-USA
Although she is often given credit for being the earliest to broadcast family planning in the USA, Margaret Sanger was not the first. However, perhaps she was the bravest since she was arrested eight times while trying to help women.| Population Matters-USA
Well, the answer to the title’s question is “yes, no and maybe”.| Population Matters-USA
Environmental groups are only treating the symptoms of overpopulation Several years ago a friend asked if I would be interested in helping start a population interest group in what became the Sierra Club’s SW Colorado Group. Today the Group is going strong, including leading discussions about possible new mining […]| Population Matters-USA
British family with 21 children, and the mother pregnant Elon Musk has stated “…population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilization than global warming.” Musk is doing his part to prevent collapse—he’s fathered 14 children with multiple women. Musk is concerned because people are having smaller families […]| Population Matters-USA
Last month I wrote about the coalition of rich and poor countries, of foundations and nonprofits that delivered family planning to 46 million women—FP2020. Its successor, FP2030, has continued the same work, but with some changes. One of the involved nonprofits, the Margaret Pyke Trust (MPT), has introduced a new direction for FP2030. […]| Population Matters-USA
Why are these women smiling? What if every woman in the world had access to her choice of safe, effective contraception? So far, this is a dream, but two programs are helping this dream come true.| Population Matters-USA
When I was practicing, quite a few childless patients requested sterilization: “My profession keeps me too busy”, or “I’m concerned about the state of the world and don’t want to bring a child into a troublesome environment”, or “I don’t think I would be a good mother”. One woman, Elizabeth, came to me with an unusual reason for her tubal ligation. Her husband sat next to her, holding her hand.| Population Matters-USA
The really bad news is that we have elected a misogynistic felon with a narcissistic personality disorder. Even worse news is that people have fallen for Trump’s lies.| Population Matters-USA