While the reality has been known for years, the Western media have generally resisted any direct coverage of the horror that is Gendercide. That changed this week when The Economist magazine published the story, “Gendercide: What Happened to 100 Million Baby Girls?” Sacrificed by parents who want a son, baby girls have disappeared in the…

Is the fact that fertility rates are falling around the world a good thing?  According to the Economist, the answer is yes.  Falling birth rates in certain parts of the world are no surprise.  The alarming nature of recent news is that the Economist sees this as good news.  According to the magazine, only half…

What do birth rates and greenhouse gasses have in common? Nothing. Unless you’re debating whether or not to have children because you’re concerned about the reach of your green footprint. Researchers at Oregon State University are encouraging couples to take this line of thinking. They have recently published a study arguing that the world’s carbon…

For well over a century, many prophets of doom have predicted world overpopulation would lead to ecological disaster, famine, poverty and other woes. As Philip Longman points out in the March 24, 2009 edition of USA Today, the world’s population is expected to hit 7 billion by 2012, up from the 6 billion mark set…

When one of the British government’s leading environmental advisors suggested that responsible families should have no more than two children in efforts to combat overpopulation, a storm of controversy ensued. On today’s program, Dr. Mohler looks at Sir Jonathan Porritt’s comments and the worldview behind them.