05 May 2005
The Death of Infants
Is it possible that the death of infants is part of life? Save the Children USA reported in a study mentioned in the Wall Street Journal on 4 May 2005 that one in eight children born in Mali die before its first birthday.
Two of my mother’s siblings died early in their lives, and my mother herself miscarried once. Perhaps I have missed something, but there seem to be fewer early childhood deaths or miscarriages today than even fifty years ago. There certainly are fewer childhood deaths in North America and Western Europe than in Africa. Sex does not become less popular in societies with better health care. Its consequences are better managed.
Abortion and birth control substitute for the natural rein overpopulation that has traditionally been imposed on small and unborn persons by poor nutrition or medical attention. Until certain communities develop viable, thriving economic and social systems, they will probably tend to limit the number of their inhabitants to sustainable levels through high infant deaths compared to the West.
Is it possible that the death of infants is part of life? Save the Children USA reported in a study mentioned in the Wall Street Journal on 4 May 2005 that one in eight children born in Mali die before its first birthday.
Two of my mother’s siblings died early in their lives, and my mother herself miscarried once. Perhaps I have missed something, but there seem to be fewer early childhood deaths or miscarriages today than even fifty years ago. There certainly are fewer childhood deaths in North America and Western Europe than in Africa. Sex does not become less popular in societies with better health care. Its consequences are better managed.
Abortion and birth control substitute for the natural rein overpopulation that has traditionally been imposed on small and unborn persons by poor nutrition or medical attention. Until certain communities develop viable, thriving economic and social systems, they will probably tend to limit the number of their inhabitants to sustainable levels through high infant deaths compared to the West.
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