Why is population growth control such a taboo subject?

It seems that many of the world's problems would be solved if the population growth was curbed -- environmental, social, etc.

I am thinking of countries like Ethiopia, which had a huge famine in the 80's, and since then doubled its population and is heading towards another one. It just doesn't make sense.Why is population growth control such a taboo subject?It probably boils down to two areas of cultural sensitivity.

1. The prejudicial/political/genocidal nuances..rich vs poor, etc.. telling one group they should reproduce vs another.. that would probably be the case for Ethiopia

2. The religious/moral belief structures.. Did you know that up until recently, Chinese women were only allowed to have one child due to high population growth? Did you know that they could be ordered to terminate the pregnancy? This kind of control is difficult for many to accept. And some religions reject the idea of control.Why is population growth control such a taboo subject?
The issue is not taboo. There have been a number of studies, (see refs below)

The general findings are that:

a)Birthrates vary with levels of literacy ,

b)especially with the levels of the literacy of women,

c)the major interpretation of these finding is that the focus of international bodies concerned with reducing the global birthrate should be on:

1. increasing the levels of literacy of women and

2. to address the parallel issues that circumscribe their illiteracy ie to increase the levels of their control over their bodies, especially through their direct access to birth control techniques but also

c) to their access to sufficient economic resources to have some level of control over their own lives and subsistence

d) and especially to improve their control over the chances of their children survining to adulthood,



You are right that in terms of women who have these controls over these aspects of their lives 'it doesn't make sense' . However, for poor women in countries with no social security, apart from dependence on their adult children, with high rates of childhood deaths, and with no access to birth control techniques then high birth rates makes a lot of sense.Why is population growth control such a taboo subject?In all honesty, it seems like countries that have a high birth mortality rate will have more children, to make up for the ones that die very young or in birth. So say out of 15 children, maybe three will survive. This was the case for places like India a few hundred (or even less) years ago.



Of course, in our modern age where more and more child survive birth, and old habits die hard... we're getting more children then we need. We still have the same number of children, but more and more survive.Why is population growth control such a taboo subject?
You answered the question by the expansion of the question.

Immediately you identified a group of people who is to blame or may be thought of as a possible group to reduce population

The question is who will reduce how and when: before born or say who will have children and when, kill all boys, alphabetical order

How and who will be in charge of this project

What about free will?Why is population growth control such a taboo subject?awarness main struck up with peopple