World fertility surveys indicate that anywhere from one third to one half of the babies born in the Third World would not be if their mothers had access to cheap, reliable family planning, had enough personal empowerment to stand up to their husbands and relatives, and could choose their own family size.

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Social services, not wealth per se, seem to be the key to lower birth rates. The Chinese, although among the poorest peoples of the world, have brought their fertility rate down to 2.4, partly by social coercion, but mostly by broadly available education, health care and family planning.

— Donella Meadows

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The politicians in Washington are spending trillions of dollars of our money. When are Americans going to stand up and say enough is enough?

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Simply because we have reduced the general fund dollars to family planning, I think we have done very well.

— Loretta Fuddy

How we have provided family planning services in some ways has been creative.

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