Being involved with various population focused groups and talking to friends you'd be surprised how many women and couples do not want to have children because of this issue. It has been shown that when women are educated they almost always opt for smaller families.

Every time I see a documentary clip of areas of Africa and Asia where warfare, drought, and famine are ever present, the only thing they seem to be capable of is birthing children. Every woman in these refugee camps, waiting for free food drop offs, generally have half a dozen or more kids straggling behind them. Where are the organizations distributing birth control, providing IUD’s or vasectomies. These would do far more good than free food, or medicine. These countries will never get out of abject poverty and social unrest until they reduce their birth rates. But it seems no one has the stomach to push for what should be an obvious solution.

@Barnie2years The key to so much in the world is education!

LOL, at one time I had two goals, to write a book and get excommunicated. I once had a debate with the local archbishop but he still didn't give me what I wanted. Why write a book as even just on agnostic.com I have written several books worth. Glad you got something out of the article, even if it was not very positive. I have been extremely active on this track for 28 years. I get these reports every two weeks and they all hit one in the gut.

Well...BRAVO. How often do they excommunicate their members?

@LucyLoohoo It seems to depend on whose doing the excommunication. Unfortunately, here in liberal Seattle it's a really high bar.