Wed Jul 12, 2023 – 3:51 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — The United Nations (U.N.) has published a new “State of the World Population” report that pushes for abortion and contraception to solve the world’s “population concerns” and argues that countries should not try to raise birth rates despite them being below-replacement level.
“Advancing gender equality is a crosscutting solution to many population concerns,” the U.N. Population Fund claimed in a statement regarding “World Population Day 2023.”
“Realizing sexual and reproductive health and rights for all is the foundation for gender equality, dignity and opportunity,” the statement continues.
As the U.N. has stated multiple times in their documents, the main solution to achieve “gender equality” is by strengthening “sexual and reproductive rights and health,” i.e., abortion and contraception.
In the U.N. Population Fund’s “State of the World Population 2023” report, the authors argue that “gender equality,” meaning access to abortion and contraception, is beneficial to all countries, and that even nations with below-replacement level fertility rates should not try to raise birth rates.
“In ageing, low-fertility countries with labour productivity concerns, achieving gender parity in the workforce is considered the most effective way to improve productivity and income
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