The population of the world has been increasing faster and faster. Does the earth have enough resources to support this many people? Only 10 percent of the earth's land can be used for farming and other 20 percent for raising animals. There is a limit to the water we can use. There are also limits to the amounts of petroleum, iron, silver, gold, and other metals.
Research has shown that the average Third World woman has more children than she wants. Among the women who do not think they have too many children, half of them do not want any more. However, although millions of women want to limit the size of their families, they know of no safe way to have fewer children. Safe birth-control methods for family planning are not available to them. It is time that governments and international organizations did something to help them so that the world population growth can start to decrease instead of continuing to increase.