> population has become quite the taboo. Utterly unacceptable to restrict reproduction More like not necessary anymore, since birthrates tend do decline by the

> population has become quite the taboo. Utterly unacceptable to restrict reproduction More like not necessary anymore, since birthrates tend do decline by themself in more afluent countries, once sex is decoupled from reproduction and children are not the primary retirement plan anymore. "Helping poor countries" is just easier to sell than "We must make them stop having babies".