tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532313388110978122.post1288396518185370222..comments2023-10-28T00:47:18.069-07:00Comments on Weeks Population: Will Texas Go From Red to Blue?John Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04069566137451684355noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532313388110978122.post-6176311330409581872012-11-16T22:50:48.489-08:002012-11-16T22:50:48.489-08:00The story about the birth rate and abortion rate i...The story about the birth rate and abortion rate in Georgia is only half-true. It is true that the abortion rate in Georgia dropped by half between 2005 (when the results of a Reproductive Health Survey were released) and now. But this was due to a USAID-assisted program that brought contraceptives to Georgian women, so that they no longer had to rely on abortion as their main method of fertility control. However, there is no evidence that the birth rate has risen in Georgia. It has been low for a long time and no one expects it to go up any time soon. Singapore's attempts to raise its birth rate have also been unsuccessful.John Weekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04069566137451684355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532313388110978122.post-58661923182380852352012-11-16T12:33:03.792-08:002012-11-16T12:33:03.792-08:00Hi Prof Weeks,
Ran across this and am wondering ...Hi Prof Weeks, <br /><br />Ran across this and am wondering if this is real. I recall reading about Singapore (I think) trying to get people to have more children, but not being successful. This may be a case of a person (or a Church, more precisely) seeing success in such an endeavor.<br /><br />http://cantuar.blogspot.com/2012/11/bishops-and-birth-rates-heroic-solution.htmlAbu Daoudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18399746942963002389noreply@blogger.com