Paul Ehrlich, prophet of 'overpopulation' doom, invited to speak at Vatican conference [CC]

[Tobias2]

One problem with Erlich’s kind of thinking is that he worries about all kinds of resources except the one renewable resource which can also solve resource problems—human beings. Many nations now have fertility rates so low than they risk stagnation, decline, or absorption by those with sustainable fertility rates. Population gurus should now be warning us about the coming population bust and economic depression it will bring, but they are stuck in the 1970’s.

Erlich has a lot of insight and things to say beyond contraception. His views on climate change and the environment are aligned with those of the Pope and the Church. As to contraception, even the Pope alluded to its use by nuns in the Congo decades ago - given the situation there at the time. Contraception is not a totally black and white issue and the Pope’s reference to the Congo experience is an indication of that.