The population problem has no technical solution; it requires a fundamental extension in morality.

Thou shalt not transgress the carrying capacity

Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution.

In the specific case of abortion, the matter is particularly easy in that no woman wants a late abortion. Once abortion was made legal, the age of the aborted fetus went down. The slope slipped in the other direction. If we legalize RU-486 and other similar new drugs, the age will fall to one week or less and start approaching zero. The slippery slope will slide in the other direction. The only reason we have late abortions is because we make early abortion difficult.

Every plausible policy must be followed by the question 'And then what?'

What features of your daily life do you expect to be improved by a further increase in population?

In a competitive world of limited resources, total freedom of individual action is intolerable