Mother Earth Needs the Pill

There are many different ideas about what and how serious overpopulation is. Some feel there are way too ma

Table A- Human Population Density on Earth

In other words, when a new opportunity is introduced, whether due to political change, technological advance, expanded trade, foreign aid, or simply moving to a richer land, larger family size is encouraged. This shows us that humans instinctively reproduce responsibly when in a small environment where they can clearly manage their space and resources. It is only with the introduction of the global village that people lose sight of these boundaries and resource levels giving us a sense of an endless area to grow into.

Another view on the population growth problem comes from religious, anti abortion activists. According to an article written in 1991 title Exposing the Overpopulation Myth (http://www.linda.net/overpop.html) “One of the tools the Pro-abortion community use further their agenda is the over population myth”. I don’t want to open a can of worms here, but I do want to show all perspectives on overpopulation. “World population growth trends are measurably declining and too much so for industrialized nations. In fact, since America is aborting 1.5 million of it's preborn children every year, if it weren't for immigration, our population would now be declining”. I feel that Fr. Phil Bloom sums up this idea in his article Are We Overpopulated (www.sycophants.info/overpopulation.html); “Although the Catholic Church has no official position regarding overpopulation, many Catholics choose to overlook the issue, fearing it will strengthen arguments for abortion and contraceptive teachings in school.” The ulterior motive in this argument is clear so I choose to disregard it due to a lack of relevance to the true issue of overpopulation.

Perhaps being aware is all we can do about this problem. It is quite possible that this is such a huge predicament that we will be unable to solve it. After all facing the problem of overpopulation would require us to deal with a mess of ethical questions. Such as, do we allow certain nations to breed themselves into oblivion? Are we prepared to limit people’s rights to have children as China has? Will there be a point when America closes her borders to immigration? Truthfully I expect very little to be done about the population of earth and I doubt if these questions will be answered. Personally, I believe the most realistic step we can take would be to educate the world’s population about responsible reproduction and consumption. This will insure that we will have a sense of judgment when it comes to planning our families and using our resources. We also need to promote global thinking to our children and our children’s children. But, perhaps most importantly, we need to instill a felling of worldliness, which would force each of us to realize that we are just a little piece of the planet Earth.

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