Should the government continue to fund Planned Parenthood?
I do agree with the first statement, but overpopulation is actually a rather unfounded worry now.
They sometimes go below the mathematical average requirement of 2 kids per mother, as countries like Japan and South Korea are doing. We should still work to modernize more crowded countres, but as they grow, overpopulation becomes less likely.
@Equ4l1tyJeffGreen7mos7MO
Indeed, as you pointed out, countries like Japan and South Korea have seen declining birth rates as they've modernized. This trend is known as the demographic transition model, where societies move from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as they develop economically. However, this transition is not instantaneous and can result in a temporary population boom before it stabilizes or even declines. Furthermore, the environmental impact during this transition can be substantial. W
