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by Guthur 1809 days ago
This is such a moronic statement. If you really really want to limit population then limiting the number of children is a absolutely terrible and potentially catastrophic way of doing it.

Who is going to replace and look after that rapidly aging population? Or is complete collapse your goal?

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Do you have a modest proposal for limiting population - that isn't contraception? Are you thinking soylent green, or more like logan's run?
Education of women is a strong predictor of low fertility rates.

Send the girls to school and they won't have to rely on a future husband to sustain themselves later on.

Fair, but how do educated women achieve those low fertility rates?

It's not abstention...

They get pressed into careers with the rest if us and have no time for kids