Are More Than Two Children Too Many?

One of the top advisers on environmental policy in Britain thinks that the government should take steps to reduce population growth. Jonathon Porritt, chairman of the Sustainable Development Commission will be releasing a report next month. Many believe that the report will urge the British government to divert money from disease research to fund family planning in an effort to reduce global warming.

Porritt said, ‘I am unapologetic about asking people to connect up their own responsibility for their total environmental footprint and how they decide to procreate and how many children they think are appropriate.

'I think we will work our way towards a position that says having more than two children is irresponsible.

‘It is the ghost at the table. We have all these big issues that everybody is looking at and then you don’t really hear anyone say the P-word [population].

‘My mission with the Friends of the Earths and the Greenpeaces of this world is to say, “You are betraying the interests of your members by refusing to address population issues and you are doing it for the wrong reasons because you think it is too controversial”.’

He added: ‘We still have one of the highest rates of teenage pregnancies in Europe and we still have relatively high rates of pregnancies going to birth, often among women who are not convinced they wish to become mothers.'

Doesn't that sound a lot like China's reasoning in imposing a one child rule. And look at all the problems that has caused. Now I rarely agree with anti-abortion activists but a spokesman for the Pro-Life Alliance said, ‘The unpleasant aspect of this is the idea that how many children you have should be down to the state.

'Wherever we have seen such policies being imposed, such as in China, we have seen a preference for male children and a rise in infanticide.’

Now I agree that people should think about the environment when planning families, I disagree with it being the government's job to tell them how many children you can have (Unless you are having octuplets when you have six kids at home under seven, including twins and an autistic child.)

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