//Today, population growth has slowed and some countries, like Japan, now have below replacement-level fertility; plus, better agricultural technologies have made Ehrlich's worry about mass famine moot. Still, the statistics sound dire: About 6.7 billion people live on the earth today and that number is expected to go up by three billion by 2050. //
Of course, since famine isn't the concern now it's the environment. It's... almost as though... there is a certain segment of the population that is convinced that their childlessness is a selfless decision born out of concern for others and that everyone should be as wise and conscious as them. The article dutifully informs us that these limitations need to be imposed on those of means as well as those without. This is supposed to be a surprise, but that reproducing middle America (in their earth-destroying spacious houses and SUVs) is the target of their morality? It certainly isn't to me.
Interesting indeed. Particularly the part where some people think that viewing a single woman without the means to take care of children and a loving couple with the means to take care of them differently is a form of hypocrisy. Also interesting how the mention of our nation's shameful history with eugenics does not warrant a mention of what prominent organization that history is tied with... despite it being an article about that female autonomy!