Two-child families.New Delhi--Hindu nationalists in the western Indian state of Gujarat Gujarat (g  jərät`), state (2001 provisional pop. 50,596,992), c.75,686 sq mi (196,077 sq km), W India, on the Arabian Sea. have proposed a law limiting families to two children. Gujarat (Pop. 50.5 million) has had a 20% increase in population since 1991. India India, officially Republic of India, republic (2005 est pop. 1,080,264,000), 1,261,810 sq mi (3,268,090 sq km), S Asia. The second most populous country in the world, it is also sometimes called Bharat, its ancient name. India's land frontier (c. itself has over one billion people. Indian Catholic authorities have denounced the proposed law. The Bishop of Ahmedabad, Stanislaus Fernandes, has called it a "violation of basic human rights." Fr. Cedric Prakash Father Cedric Prakash is a human rights activist and a Jesuit priest based in the city of Ahmedabad in western India. He is the director of Prashant, the Ahmedabad-based Jesuit Centre for Human Rights, Justice and Peace. , advocating natural methods of 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. , recommends education to control excess population. |
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