{"id":227079,"date":"2020-07-11T15:37:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T20:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=227079"},"modified":"2020-07-11T13:04:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T18:04:24","slug":"population-control-isnt-saving-world-racism-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/population-control-isnt-saving-world-racism-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Population control isn’t saving the world. It’s racism in action."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thirty-one years ago, the United Nations established World Population Day<\/a>. Observed each year on July 11th, World Population Day is dedicated to stopping overpopulation by making “reproductive health and rights a reality for all.” But so often, this euphemistic language attempts to disguise the fact that countries with majority Black, Asian, and Hispanic residents are disproportionately affected by efforts to curb overpopulation.<\/p>\n

Population control advocates have long claimed a catastrophe is imminent, once the existing number of human beings theoretically exceeds the carrying capacity for the planet. In theory, this will lead to worldwide famine and death. But there’s a problem: overpopulation is a myth.<\/p>\n

As explained by the Population Research Institute, the United Nations Population Division estimates that the world\u2019s population will peak shortly, before it begins decreasing. Overall, the global total fertility rate is falling<\/a>, not rising. Fewer people are being born, and the global population is aging, meaning the population of the planet will decrease as more people die than are born. More and more countries are experiencing a “baby bust,”<\/a> including the United States, where the fertility rate is the lowest it has been in 30 years<\/a>.<\/p>\n