[Peace-discuss] a friend: Haiti's problem is overpopulation

[Jenifer Cartwright]

Right, GBW would be in the "and others in power" category that I mentioned below.
This is not an either- or- deal. No single approach is necessary here -- women can be given access to birth control while the US (and other countries) become convinced to stop stripping developing countries of their natural resources... and -- trust me on this: many women -- many generations of women -- will be spared the devastating effects of repeated unwanted pregnancies via access to decent voluntary birth control before the US et al stop stripping developing countries of their natural resources. --Jenifer  

--- On Mon, 2/8/10, Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] a friend: Haiti's problem is overpopulation
To: "Jenifer Cartwright" <jencart13 at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Peace-discuss List" <Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>, "Bob Illyes" <illyes at uiuc.edu>
Date: Monday, February 8, 2010, 1:57 PM



On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com> wrote:

Well... it's not so tenuous when Catholics (and others in power) prevent accessibility to birth control. As I recall, back in the day, CT permitted the sale of condoms only for the prevention of disease... and then there are the fights currently raging about the morning after pill...
 --Jenifer  
George W. Bush was not Catholic, but he made it so that the African countries suffering from high HIV/AIDS could only get help from the US if they did not give out condoms. 

Abstinence is a great form of birth control. But most of us see the problem with that.
So, I come back to Bob Illyes and say, we must educate men as well. Overall, I say:
Educating women in a society where women are already a bit empowered is a darn good thing.  Demanding that developing countries control their populations is ridiculous when we cannot control our consumption of their natural resources and our use of their land as our kitchen midden (garbage dump).

-karen medina 



      
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