Posted on 07/26/2008 9:59:08 AM PDT by wagglebee
British couples should have no more than two children to save the world from global warming, according to a green think tank.
Campaigners from the Optimum Population Trust said limiting family size was the 'simplest and biggest' contribution people could make to saving the planet.
While Britain need not follow the example of China and ban large families, having more than two children should be frowned upon in the same way as using a patio heater or driving a gas guzzling car.
But critics said doctors and governments had no right to tell parents how many children to have - and that population control could lead to more problems than it solved.
The controversial call comes from Prof John Guilleband, emeritus professor of family planning at Imperial College London, and GP Dr Pippa Hayes.
The Optimum Population Trust was at the centre of a row in 2003 after suggesting the ideal population for the UK was 30 million - around half its current level.
Writing in the British Medical Journal, they called on family doctors to 'break their silence' on the links between large families and climate change.
'Unplanned pregnancy, especially in teenagers, is a problem for the planet, as well as the individual concerned. But what about planned pregnancies?" they said.
'Should we now explain to UK couples who plan a family that stopping at two children, or at least having one less child than first intended, is the simplest and biggest contribution anyone can make to leaving a habitable planet for our grandchildren?'
A child born in the UK will be responsible for 160 times more greenhouse emissions than a child born in Ethiopia, they said.
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So is overpopulation!
Just tell them the truth.
It is the surest way the "Asian" population can breed them into the sea.
Of course, in a perfect World, this would never have come up, since Global Warmists would have been all promptly clubbed to death like Harbour Seals, anyway.
I wouldn’t wantthese physicians diagnosing my symptoms.
The controversial call comes from Prof John Guilleband, emeritus professor of family planning at Imperial College London, and GP Dr Pippa Hayes.
The Optimum Population Trust was at the centre of a row in 2003 after suggesting the ideal population for the UK was 30 million - around half its current level.
Writing in the British Medical Journal, they called on family doctors to ‘break their silence’ on the links between large families and climate change
So, the only good families are muslim families???
We were lied to back in the ‘60s and ‘70s when they fed us this same tripe;
now we’re fast becoming a minority in our own country, overrun by latinos, muslims and blacks who never bought into this silliness.
Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal calls for admitting more aliens because of a “labor shortage.”
Shame on anyone else who buys into this crap.
And at least 1,000 times more productive.
Where is the next landmark cure for debilitating disease or starvation more likely to come from, Ethiopia or Britain?
Kick out the Muzzies and illegals and you are back on track.
“Campaigners from the Optimum Population Trust said limiting family size was the ‘simplest and biggest’ contribution people could make to saving the planet. “
Oh dear.
Just had my 8th.
I have doomed the planet for sure.
Heart-felt congratulations. We had to stop at 4, since they call came by “short cut.” But each is a net asset for God’s kingdom, and His world.
congrats to you too.
We will have to stop now too...body has worn out. (and sometimes the mind as well :) )
Mother Teresa once said something to the effect....How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers.
Guess I’ll have to sell some of mine for medical research...
The birth rate in UK is 1.85 births/woman (as an aside, without muslim immigrants that average would be way less). Telling people to have no more than 2 children is illogical and flys in the face of the reality that the native population of of the west is dying out; but leave it to liberals to be worried about a problem that doesn’t exist.
I just hope the liberals believe this and follow the directive not to have children and pollute the world .
Better yet, don’t have any.
The womb is the real weapon of mass destruction
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