contraception
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Soap operas spread word on reproductive health and population [VIDEO]
This Brazilian show spread progressive messages about contraception and health to a mass audience, thanks to efforts by the Population Media Center.
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Christine O'Donnell sees no need to prevent pregnancy, use condoms, or care about population [VIDEO]
Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell has loony opinions not just on masturbation but on population, contraception, and sex ed.
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Drill deep and don't spill a drop with Oil Spill Condoms
We can't say we're surprised to see such a clever combination of causes. We're just surprised it took so long. See what we're gushing about.
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Let's move beyond the “population vs. consumption” debate
Can't we please give all women in the world the information and family-planning services they need to prevent unwanted and unintended pregnancies?
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A Few Final Thoughts on the Population Issue
I’ve looked over all of the comments on both population-related posts and I’ll end with a few final observations: 1. A lot of this argument is one of semantics and logic. Many of the population-is-the-problem folks posit the issue like this: A. Humans are doing destructive things B. There are lots of humans C. There […]
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Response to the population doomsayers and Robert Walker
Thanks for all of the responses over the past two days to my queries about proposed solutions to the population problem and the "optimum" global population. So here are some observations followed by my response to the questions Robert Walker posed in his piece claiming that population is still a major issue.
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Of course population is still a problem
There are already 6.8 billion of us …Photo courtesy James Cridland via FlickrFred Pearce keeps on saying that population growth is no longer a problem. He said it again yesterday as part of his World Population Day message. In Fred’s view, it’s very simple. Fertility rates have come down sharply over the past half century. […]
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On World Population Day, take note: population isn’t the problem
Is population growth the cause of our troubles?A green myth is on the march. It wants to blame the world’s overbreeding poor people for the planet’s peril. It stinks. And on World Population Day, I encourage fellow environmentalists not to be seduced. Some greens think all efforts to save the world are doomed unless we […]
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Women who can’t get birth control spotlighted in new short film — watch it here
The new short film Empty Handed: Responding to the Demand for Contraceptives showcases the plight of women in Uganda who want birth control but are being failed by a dysfunctional distribution system. The average Ugandan woman will give birth to 6.7 children — that’s the second-highest fertility rate in the world, behind only Niger. The […]