Controlling Population

Philippines
June 7, 2011 4:45am CST
In what ways do you think you can control the intense growth of population? Nowadays, some countries around the world are debating over the passing of a law known as "Reproductive Health Bill." I haven't read the content yet, but some other say that it has something to do with the use of alternatives to control the growth of population. Morality contradicts the said bill and it says that it is a Sin against God. I want to get your thoughts about this, China had their "1 Child Policy" because of it's booming population.
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@livecenter (1136)
• Malaysia
7 Jun 11
@gacktkaizen: Frankly I think it is necessary, despite the rejection from the said party...World population has doubled over the past few decades, and yet we are still struggling to give food to the existing population...I am more against killing the baby after they are born rather than before their birth...Do you think it is appropriate to give birth to a baby in this food-drought world? I don't think so... The matter of sin is between God and us...Let it be as it should...
• Philippines
7 Jun 11
Survival is what we need now :)
@moirai (2836)
• Philippines
7 Jun 11
I am against killing the baby before and after they are born. Although I am not against preventing conception... After conception, however, no killing please...
• Malaysia
8 Jun 11
@gacktkaizen: Exactly! @moirai: Actually, what I mean before birth is before conception...If the fetus is already there, killing it simply means you killed another people...What I try to say is, think before you do "your job" to bring a child to this disaster-stricken world...
@moirai (2836)
• Philippines
7 Jun 11
Sometimes the problem is not really overpopulation, but the irregular distribution of people. I mean, the people crowd into the cities because that's where they think the money is. That's where they think they will best be able to make a living. But if you look at the provinces, there really isn't such an 'overpopulation' problem. In that case, the solution I think is not trying to control population growth. But instead, encouraging a more equal distribution of population by opening up employment opportunities in places other than the already crowded metropolis.
• Malaysia
8 Jun 11
@moirai: No offense, but I don't think that is the main problem here mate... Generally, there are more births than deaths every day due to increasingly-better healthcare...We cannot afford to feed existing population, yet adding more population in it? Perhaps some of your response can be related to this...People move into cities, so there is less farmers and fishermen, because more young countrysiders move into the metropolis...What do you think will happen? Less and less food every day...A perfect example will be Japan...In Japan, you can find mangas and electronic devices cheaper than food in certain parts of Tokyo...Are we going to feed the oncoming population boom with iPhones or iPads? No offense, but I don't think distribution is the main problem here...We can move anywhere we want, as long as we can sustain our food production...
@moirai (2836)
• Philippines
8 Jun 11
Don't worry, no offense taken at all. =) I would like to answer the argument though... I can use that to illustrate what I meant by encouraging more equal distribution of population by opening up employment opportunities outside of the metropolis. If, say for example, the government is able to implement better/more efficient programs in relation to agriculture and fisheries, then maybe people will be more encouraged to go into that field and take up those sorts of jobs, instead of all crowding into the IT business. And better programs can also mean better production. I'm no expert so I can't give you any details and concrete suggestions. It's just this vague idea that I had. =P
@Madmax73 (280)
• Romania
7 Jun 11
I don't know if you know this But our population is decreasing. Anyway we've already started To decrease our population . There are wars that help To this issue . I really don't understand Why the Chinese Want to be so crowded :-) The earth is quite big and it has space for Them, they should spread All around the world Nobody minds, at least for me There's no problem .
• China
8 Jun 11
—— thanks for your tolerance. But even some people tend to be a immigrant, but it doesn't means that every Chinese like to leave their own country, at least not for me.
@katie0 (5203)
• Japan
7 Jun 11
I don't think there's a rule here but everyone seems to have 2 childrem only. I don't think it's a sin, bible was written by man. God would never turn people into salt because they didn't obay. I didn't believe in the bible even when I was a child, but I read because I loved it. I think it's so sad the law they forced chinese to follow, many girls are being abandoned there because chinese believe that a son should carry the family bussiness so 70% of the population are male today, many girls are poor orphans that goes through hell (see on youtube), if I had the means I'd adopt one girl. But in the other hand, if China or India that are such countries with the biggest population allowed to how many children parents wanted to born I don't know how it would become. I think they should just educate, all the time from tv and other means about having less childrem as they can, in India too, and all contries.
• China
8 Jun 11
——hi~ I think what you've saw are some particular cases in the rural areas of China. Indeed, China has more males than females, but "70% of the population are male today"? REALLY? I am a 21 years old Chinese girl, I don't really see that in my country. I agree with you that the problem of gender bias is in need of prompt solution. That is a big big issue for the whole world. As you said, good education may be the best.
7 Jun 11
yes friend you are telling right that now a days population is increasing day by day. now people have to adjust is this world. I think china "1 child policy" is good.
@lila0812 (54)
• Indonesia
8 Jun 11
In my country, statistic office claimed there are 13.3% population are poor people. These people live in mostly in rural area. Tragically, poor areas are stated as uncontrollable reproductive health. Finally, because of the booming population in rural areas, many rural people (with lower education) move to big cities. In my opinion, the core of this situation is lack of knowledge on "family planning and reproductive health" in such areas. Higher the awareness of family planning and reproductive health, higher government succeed on its program. Thanks.
@HansonFan (1653)
• United States
7 Jun 11
I am just going to completely dismiss the sin against God comment - the population is getting to be a huge problem and its not even just one age group...there are 12 year olds getting pregnant and then there are people having 7 or 8 kids (I know someone who has 9!) I think that 1 might be a bit tight...but I would totally agree with a 2 child policy. There are too many kids out there without a home and others who are treated poorly. There are so many things going wrong that the government cant catch even a third of it! The only problem about the 1 or 2 child policy is that the government would actually have to keep up with their files....good luck.
• Ireland
7 Jun 11
I think the 1 child policy is a good idea, we need to control the population as we won't be able to provide for 9 billion people in 2050. Use that policy and you're halfing the population overtime.