Using abortion for population control

Description

Using abortion for population control involves implementing policies or programs that promote or provide access to abortion services as a means to limit population growth. The essential action is to reduce birth rates by enabling or encouraging the termination of pregnancies, particularly in contexts where overpopulation strains resources and hinders development. This strategy aims to address issues such as resource scarcity, environmental degradation, and socio-economic challenges linked to high population density.

Claim

Abortion is not the strategy by which the nations of the world can or should reduce population growth. We do not promote abortion. We abhor and condemn coerced abortion. The USA has not sought, does not seek and will not seek to establish any international right to abortion. Al Gore, USA vice-president (1994).