America's Darkest Hour - Forced Sterilization

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Tertullian: Famine and War Prevent Overpopulation
Source: www.wikipedia.com - eugencis
Tertullian, an early Christian author (ca AD 160-220), was one of the first to describe famine and war as factors that can prevent overpopulation.[9] He wrote: "The strongest witness is the vast population of the earth to which we are a burden and she scarcely can provide for our needs; as our demands grow greater, our complaints against Nature's inadequacy are heard by all. The scourges of pestilence, famine, wars and earthquakes have come to be regarded as a blessing to overcrowded nations, since they serve to prune away the luxuriant growth of the human race."[10]

Virtual Exhibit of U.S. Eugenics

Population Control—Real Costs, Illusory Benefits.
Source: www.pop.org, Steven Mosher
The first population bomber of the modern age was, by profession at least, ill-suited to the task. The Rev. Thomas Malthus, Anglican clergyman, predicted in 1798 that there would be standing room only on this earth by the Year of Our Lord, 1890.

Obama science czar brings a potentially radical agenda to a ballooning science budget Source: www.worldmag.org, Emily Belz, August 2009
WASHINGTON—Forced abortions and sterilization are generally practices eschewed by all but the most radical scientists—but President Obama's science czar, John Holdren, called them constitutional in a 1977 textbook he co-authored with Paul and Anne Ehrlich.

Population control ‘a weapon of the West’
Source: www.thejakartapost.com, Andra Wisnu , Mon, 07/27/2009
Speakers at a conference for young Indonesian Muslims Friday, urged the audience to denounce birth control methods such as condoms and the government’s family planning program, claiming such measures were part of a conspiracy to weaken the country. At Ragunan Sports Center in South Jakarta, speakers at the conference titled, “Young Muslims, save Indonesia with Sharia and the Caliphate” asked the young attendants to reject contraception based on the rationale that reducing the population would weaken the country and draw it further into the conspiracy plans of the West.

Obama Staffer Speaks at Planned Parenthood Event, Urges Pro-Abortion Lobbying
Source: www.LifeNews.com, Steven Ertelt, July 23, 2009
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A top official with the administration of pro-abortion President Barack Obama spoke to gathering of Planned Parenthood activists last week. There, she promised leaders of the abortion business that Obama is a pro-abortion president and urged them to continue their pro-abortion lobbying efforts.

Obama's science czar's ideas 'really scary'
Source: www.OneNewsNow.com - Pete Chagnon - 7/24/2009
Forced abortions, mandatory sterilization, global governance -- these are just some of the ideas Obama's science advisor has supported in the past. According to a Fox News article, John Holdren -- President Obama's "science czar" -- has espoused the need for forced abortions, sterilizations, and the creation of a "Planetary Regime" that would oversee population levels and protect the planet. The ideas are contained in a book he coauthored in 1977 entitled Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment.

Obama Science Advisor Denies He Backs Forced Abortion, Population Control
Source: www.LifeNews.com, Steven Ertelt, July 21, 2009
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The office of John Holdren, whom Obama appointed to become Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, is denying charges that Holdren backs forced abortions. Holdren has been accused of backing population control given comments that appear in a book he co-wrote.

Italy Resolution Condemns Abortion for Population Control
Source: www.politicsdaily.com, Elizabeth Lev, 07/23/0916
ROME -- Italy has long been an acknowledged world leader in fashion and food, but rarely in its tri-millennial history has it stood as a beacon of political acumen. Yet last week, the same soil that gave us Machiavelli seemed to take the lead in showing the world how to seriously commit to reducing abortions.

Population control can benefit all in the country: Health Minister Azad
Source: www.sindhtoday.net, July 21st, 2009
New Delhi (ANI): The World Population Day was recently marked across the globe on July 11. But for a country like India, the day held major significance as it faces a threat of population explosion in the present time.

Investigation Shows Threats, Restrictions Impose Severe Obstacles for Abortion Providers, Women Seeking Abortions
Center for Reproductive Rights Urges Governments, Public, Medical Community to Support Abortion Providers as Human Rights Defenders
Source: http://news.prnewswire.com, July 22, 2009
Aggressive harassment, discriminatory legal restrictions and serious stigma are reducing the number of abortion providers and making abortions more difficult for women to obtain, according to a report released today by the Center for Reproductive Rights, a leading reproductive rights advocacy group.

Obama’s Science Adviser Called for ‘Zero Economic Growth’
Source: www.cnsnews.com, Christopher Neefus, Friday, July 31, 2009
1977 textbook "Ecoscience" by John Holdren and Paul R. and Anne H. Ehrlich(CNSNews.com) – At a time when it was popular among environmentalists to talk about capping pollutants, John Holdren was writing about placing “caps” on the U.S. economy itself--and working toward “zero economic growth.”

Low estimate? China reports 13 million annual abortions
Source: www.bpnews.net Michael Foust Jul 30, 2009
WASHINGTON (BP)--China released statistics Thursday showing there are at least 13 million abortions a year in the country, a sobering number that U.S. experts say likely is a low estimate and a direct result of the country's one-child policy that often includes forced abortions.

Too many people - Public Forum Letter
Source: www.sltrib.com, 07/30/2009
In her farewell column, Rebecca Walsh fired a salvo at the leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, encouraging the church to embrace smaller families ("Leaving the place I love," Tribune , July 11). I couldn't agree more. My environmental consciousness was born in the zero population growth movement of the '70s, and I still consider human overpopulation the most basic of all environmental problems.

The Firing Line: 07/31/09
Source: www.dailytexasn.org, Daniel Earnest, Friday, July 31, 2009
I find it amusing that Lingwall was so quick to defend Planned Parenthood’s illegality in the Lila Rose incident as simply exhibiting “loyalty to doctor-patient confidentiality.” Rather than defending misconduct, maybe Lingwall should spend more time researching the roots of Planned Parenthood and its founder Margaret Sanger.

Abortion, Eugenics and the Meaning of Margaret Sanger
Source: www.politicsdaily.com, Carl M. Cannon, 07/22/09
There is a disquieting reason Ruth Bader Ginsburg's defenders have been denying, however implausibly, the clear meaning of the Supreme Court justice's recent remarks about the history of abortion law, and that reason is this: Historically, eugenics has always been a significant component of the intellectual underpinnings – and political impetus – of the movement to legalize abortion.