[gondramB]

"But with the Bush administration, pro-lifers feel there's a real opportunity to stop the U.S. government from promoting abortion and sex education and population control in the Third World.""

What an unfortunate linkage - opposing population control and sex education in the third world.

We need to seperate abortion i.e. killing a human from education and family planning. We need to make the point that abortion is not a legitimate family planning tool - arguing against family planning just makes us look out of touch with reality and also hurts humanity.

[Tax-chick]

to stop the U.S. government from promoting abortion and sex education and population control in the Third World

The United States government has no Constitutional authorization to promote any of these things. Next "controversy"?

[Clemenza]

1. Population growth has slowed considerably in Latin America and much of Asia. Folks generally have less children as they move from an urban to a rural society. There is nothing that will change this trend, no matter what the Church, mosque, or the government says.

2. Population density has NOTHING to do with the wealth of a nation. High density Hong Kong is wealthier than low density Niger, and India has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, thanks to moving away from SOCIALISM over the past 15 years.