“To date, there has been no serious attempt in Western countries to use laws to control excessive population growth, although there exists ample authority under which population growth could be regulated.” Has BeensCountryUseLawGrowthSeriousAuthorityWesternPopulationPopulation Growth Author:John Holdren
“There exists ample authority under which population growth could be regulated...It has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if the population crisis became sufficiently severe to endanger the society.” IfsHas BeensLawGrowthAuthorityConstitutionCrisisClimate ChangeIncludingPopulationAbortionGlobal WarmingSevereCompulsoryPopulation GrowthPopulation Control Author:John Holdren
“A program of sterilizing women after their second or third child, despite the relatively greater difficulty of the operation than vasectomy, might be easier to implement than trying to sterilize men.” MenTryingChildrenMightGreaterEasierProgramThirdsDifficultyPopulationDespiteOperationsElitesReducingPopulation ControlDepopulationVasectomy Author:John Holdren
“The Planetary Regime might be given responsibility for determining the optimum population for the world and for each region and for arbitrating various countries’ shares within their regional limits. Control of population size might remain the responsibility of each government, but the Regime would have some power to enforce the agreed limits.” WorldCountryGovernmentMightGivenResponsibilityShareLimitsSizePopulationVariousRegionsRegimesOptimumDepopulationAgenda 21Czars Author:John Holdren
“The development of a long-term sterilizing capsule that could be implanted under the skin and removed when pregnancy is desired opens additional possibilities for coercive fertility control. The capsule could be implanted at puberty and might be removable, with official permission, for a limited number of births.” LongMightTermNumbersPossibilityDevelopmentBirthSkinsPopulationLong TermOfficialsPregnancyElitesPermissionReducingPubertyFertilityPopulation ControlDepopulation Author:John Holdren
