Men too can choose not to procreate. It takes two. Women cannot become pregnante by parthenogensis. I don't see the UN suggesting population control by having men take responsibility for stopping unwanted pregnancies. That women are targeted to be the responsibility bearers for population control says a lot about just how equal we are to men worldwide, IMO.
I think that an awful lot of the unwanted pregnancies in 'civilized countries' are because a woman chose to sleep with a man who wouldn't or didn't think to take the responsibility to prevent unwanted procreation, and she didn't either. Maybe she let emotions or homones rule her brain because IF she gets pregnant, she can always get an abortion.
Setting all moral issues aside, elective abortion is NOT an effective population control measure.
I don't want to set morals aside. I believe that life begins at conception.
While the availability of abortion has let millions of women off the responsibility hook, how many men have been let off that same hook without having to be the one to kill their unborn child?
And, again IMO, I believe the UN is practicing genocide with its population control agenda.
Promotion of voluntary abortion for the purposes of population control may be genocide, immoral, etc... (I believe they are). But that is entirely beside MY point.
Promotion of voluntary abortion for the purpose of poplulation control simply does not make logistical, practical sense. I simply cannot work, on a voluntary basis. The ONLY way abortion can be an effective tool for population control is if it is NOT VOLUNTARY.
It is my suspicion that mandatory abortion is the ultimate trajectory of the promotion of voluntary abortion. This was forseen by many (most) of the early feminists who argued against abortion on that premise. I believe they will turn out to be right.
If one argues that voluntary abortion is immoral, it follows that mandatory abortion is even more immoral.
Focussing on women exclusively in procreation discussions particularly in laying blame (as most men are wont to do IME) is simply a quicker track toward mandatory abortions performed on women, mandatory sterilization of women, mandatory contraceptive use by women (see China). Quite naturally, these policies are popular with many men, because they don't involve any loss of bodily autonomy, nor violation of human rights for men. It is more easy to justify actions which don't place one in personal jeapardy, as many examples in history have shown us.
Focussing exclusively on women in issues of procreation (as many INSIST on doing) sets the stage for justification of human rights abuses against women and only women in the name of some perceived common good (see China) like population control.