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New President Could Slow Population Growth

Posted by: Nate Berg

14 January 2008 - 11:00am

This op-ed form The Christian Science Monitor argues that a new president would most likely enact policies to encourage family planning throughout the country and across the globe.

"If a Democratic president enters the White House about a year from now, some experts in family planning anticipate a boon for mankind: a greater effort by the United States government to restrain world population growth."

"As it is, when a baby born today enters kindergarten, the number of people in the world will have grown by more than 300 million. That's on top of the 6.7 billion individuals alive today. That four-year population-growth projection is comparable to the 303 million people now living in the US – the third most populous nation in the world after China and India."

Full Story: Why a new president may slow population growth
Source: The Christian Science Monitor, January 14, 2008
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