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Title: Will all governments be forced to limit births in order to control population?
Post by: Joe L. Ogan on 07/07/2010 23:37:20

Will all governments be, eventually, forced to limit child births in order to control population?  The food supply is becoming very limited and some measure must be put in effect to keep people from starving.  Thanks for comments.  Joe L. Ogan

Title: Will all governments be forced to limit births in order to control population?
Post by: Geezer on 08/07/2010 07:08:04

Ultimately, I think they probably will.

Unfortunately, some of the great religious leaders are so utterly screwed up about sex that they are not helping in the least. 

Title: Will all governments be forced to limit births in order to control population?
Post by: Bored chemist on 08/07/2010 20:22:14

In many places; the UK is one of them, the birth rate is already less than the death rate.
It tends to happen when society gets fairly well organised and the infant mortality rate drops; people realise they have a better life with just a few kids each of whom is well cared for.

Title: Will all governments be forced to limit births in order to control population?
Post by: Make it Lady on 08/07/2010 22:34:07

Bored Chemist is correct. There is a direct relationship between birth rate and the amount of good education the population of a country receives. In countries where not all children receive a full education the birth rate is much higher. This is why "A good education for all" is on the UN rights of the child charter and is one of the Millennium development goals. I can forsee a time when this is taken seriously rather than doing what they did in China.

Title: Will all governments be forced to limit births in order to control population?
Post by: Geezer on 08/07/2010 22:42:36

I read recently that one unfortunate side effect of the Chinese sytem is that it has produced a generation of spoiled brats!

Title: Will all governments be forced to limit births in order to control population?
Post by: Joe L. Ogan on 08/07/2010 22:59:43

It has produced a generation of about 20 million men who will not be able to find a woman to marry.  Thanks for comments.  Joe L. Ogan

Title: Will all governments be forced to limit births in order to control population?
Post by: Make it Lady on 09/07/2010 18:24:05

Send them over here!