Population Notes

Today in class, on November 14, we took some notes. We had a shortened class because we were going to have an assembly after our second mod. We only had 45 minutes in the class were we could discuss different things about population. At the end of class, we got into a discussion of two ways to lower birth rates. One way is to raise education and health care policies in countries that do not have this. By doing this, women are more likely to go to college and focus on an education instead of just trying to raise a family. Also, health care can benefit women by making sure they are healthy and don't have accidental pregnancies. This concept also goes along with the second way to lower birth rates. The other way is contraception but it goes against policies of some religions. They do not believe in contraception and think it is a sin to "kill" a baby. Even though this method lowers the number of unexpected pregnancies, some religions will not accept it.