Several babies born late Sunday night around the world are being hailed as the planet's seven billionth person.
Some activists—including media mogul Ted Turner — are using the occasion to say abortion should now be readily available worldwide.
"By 2100, we could have nearly 50 percent more people on this planet than we did at the beginning of the century, competing for the same food, water, space and attention," Turner, the founder and chairman of the United Nations Foundation, wrote on cnn.com.
But the Population Research Institute, led by President Steven Mosher, said called overpopulation fears a fallacy — and an offensive one, at that.
"The most pressing problem in country after country today is not overpopulation, but underpopulation," Mosher said. "The attitude of the anti-people types is arrogant and elitist. They say, in effect, to Africans, Asians and Latin Americans, 'There are just enough of us, but there are way too many of you.'
"Baby Seven Billion is not a liability, but an asset; not a curse, but a blessing for us all."
Contact: Karla Dial
Source: CitizenLink
