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To: Ish who wrote (22872)	6/12/1998 1:59:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I don't really think that in most nations fertility control is necessary. China might be an exception--I don't know enough about it to argue either way. What is lacking in countries with too many children being born is education for girls, and reliable birth control. In countries where women can control their own reproduction, and have other opportunities for success than having children, the birth rate starts to go down. I think it is important to remember that in many areas of the planet, men refuse to wear condoms, and are very dominating over women, even forcing female circumcision. We have a long way to go in these cultures. Unfortunately, the domination by the Catholic church and the Protestant far right over the dissemination of birth control devices in other countries causes untold human misery. The daily death rate of children under five due to diarrhea and other preventable causes is 40,000 at the moment.