tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10091325.post111255497764722291..comments2007-02-15T09:46:37.805-05:00Billnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10091325.post-1112564410097091282005-04-03T17:40:00.000-04:002005-04-03T17:40:00.000-04:00It really comes down to basic things like food, clean water, and health care. In many impoverished parts of the world, the infant mortality rate is unfathomably high because those things are absent. Disease also kills lots of young children. Families need children to help farm, support the parents, etc. So they have -- or try to have -- lots of children. A global commitment to fighting poverty, ending hunger and providing health care, as suggested in the <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/209686_poverty.html" REL="nofollow">Sachs Report</A> is this best, and most practical, solution to this and other global problems. And, importantly, one that people of all ideologies can come together to support.Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00354697964355900049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10091325.post-1112563646742269202005-04-03T17:27:00.000-04:002005-04-03T17:27:00.000-04:00The problem with contraception/abortions/planned parenthood is that the people who should do it the most - do it the least. It's the residents of the poorest of countries who ignore the obvious and procreate beyond subsistence. However. with the Schiavo precedent, we should be happy for all those "starving" people in Third World Countries. Are they not now in a "Blissful State?"Patrick McCallnoreply@blogger.com