Kristof on Family Planning

Nicholas Kristof, the New York Times columnist and co-author of “Half the Sky,’ wrote an insightful column this month (May 19, 2010) on the importance of family planning and the challenges facing women in sub-Saharan Africa.  In the midst of a trip that is taking him from Liberville, Gabon to Luanda, Angola, Kristof writes that “…it’s easy to see firsthand how breakneck population growth is linked to poverty, instability and conflict.”  He notes, however, that a lack of contraceptives is not the only reason why fertility rates have remained high in some of the least developed nations in the world.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/opinion/20kristof.html

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