25 years ago ...There has been little success in bringing the growth rate of the human race down at all, much less to a level that is sustainable in the long term. It has been demonstrated that, when a methods of fertility control are made readily available and political will exists to control rapid population growth, growth rates Growth Rates The compounded annualized rate of growth of a company's revenues, earnings, dividends, or other figures. Notes: Remember, historically high growth rates don't always mean a high rate of growth looking into the future. decline rapidly. A missing factor in their analysis to date is the role of the Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church, Christian church headed by the pope, the bishop of Rome (see papacy and Peter, Saint). Its commonest title in official use is Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. in thwarting organized family planning family planning Use of measures designed to regulate the number and spacing of children within a family, largely to curb population growth and ensure each family’s access to limited resources. efforts.... It is now understood that the reason the Church has not [changed its position on contraception] is that it recognizes that it cannot change its position and still retain its power. [T]he Church pays only lip service lip service n. Verbal expression of agreement or allegiance, unsupported by real conviction or action; hypocritical respect: to illegal abortion since it does not directly threaten Church authority and thus Church power. Abortion thus becomes an issue of power--not morality! --Stephen D. Mumford, "The Vatican & Population Growth Control" |
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