Re: World Population Day With Paul Ehrlich & More (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Yeah, added the podcast episode to the queue.

Don't think we can make a mid-week Zoom meeting.

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2022 07:44:55 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 >  > From: Population Balance<http://www.populationbalance.org/~nandita.bajaj>
 >  > To: Noelle<http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 >  > Date: Wed,  6 Jul 2022 09:40:40 +0000
 >  > 
 >  > Commemorate World Population Day with these powerful stories.
 >  > 
 >  > https://www.populationbalance.org/
 >  > Dear Noelle,
 >  > In honor of World Population Day on July 11th, we bring you:
 >  > * a special podcast episode with Dr. Paul Ehrlich
 >  > * a blog interview with a childfree supporter from Madagascar
 >  > * an event hosted by Population Connection where I’ll present on the link 
 >  > between pronatalism, human-exceptionalism, and overpopulation
 >  > * some highlighted pieces powerfully decrying the criminalization of 
 >  > abortion by the US Supreme Court.
 >  > 
 >  > New Podcast Episode
 >  > https://www.populationbalance.org/episode-77-paul-ehrlich
 >  > In this illuminating conversation (
 >  > https://www.populationbalance.org/episode-77-paul-ehrlich) , co/author of 
 >  > over 40 books, including the best-selling book The Population Bomb and an 
 >  > 18-time guest on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Dr. Ehrlich gives us a 
 >  > 50,000-ft view of humanity’s evolution over 300,000 years and the 
 >  > misunderstood and manufactured “normal” that currently defines us.
 >  > 
 >  > Also in this episode: the growing war on reproductive rights, the ethics of 
 >  > borders, rights of nature, the threat of a nuclear war, agriculture and the 
 >  > human jaw, the maddening rate of destruction of our planet, and an urgent 
 >  > need to reckon with our depraved relationship to the non-human world.
 >  > 
 >  > Listen to the Podcast Episode (
 >  > https://www.populationbalance.org/episode-77-paul-ehrlich)
 >  > New Blog Interview
 >  > https://www.populationbalance.org/blog-7-maneva-soaniavo
 >  > Maneva Soaniavo, 21 shares her story (
 >  > https://www.populationbalance.org/blog-7-maneva-soaniavo) about the 
 >  > challenges and freedom of choosing a childfree path against a strong 
 >  > backdrop of pronatalism in Madagascar, a country with a fertility rate of 
 >  > over 4.0, where large families are considered the norm.
 >  > 
 >  > Read Maneva's Story (
 >  > https://www.populationbalance.org/blog-7-maneva-soaniavo)
 >  > Join us at Population Connection
 >  > 
 >  > Wed, July 13th @ 2pm ET/11am PT
 >  > Thanks to our most recent collaboration with Population Connection to 
 >  > commemorate World Population Day, I will be presenting (
 >  > https://populationconnection.org/virtual-events/world-population-day-presentation-with-population-balance/
 >  > )  on the links between pronatalism, human 
 >  > exceptionalism, and overpopulation, followed by a discussion and Q&A with 
 >  > Senior Analyst, Hannah Evans.
 >  > 
 >  > https://populationconnection.org/virtual-events/world-population-day-presentation-with-population-balance/
 >  > Learn More and RSVP (
 >  > https://populationconnection.org/virtual-events/world-population-day-presentation-with-population-balance/
 >  > )
 >  > Another Day, Another Man Taking Aim at Women's Bodily Autonomy
 >  > The recent decision by the US Supreme Court to criminalize abortion should 
 >  > not come as a complete shock to those of us who have been paying attention 
 >  > to the backsliding of democracy over the years that has been slowly 
 >  > afflicting more and more nations.
 >  > 
 >  > "Taxing the Childless (
 >  > https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/sunday-times-article-tax-childless_uk_62c2a896e4b00a9334ea7083
 >  > ) " is the latest control tactic being used by those 
 >  > in power to "correct" the "declining birthrate" situation - which, as the 
 >  > author aptly puts it, is "another day, another man taking aim at women's 
 >  > bodily autonomy."
 >  > 
 >  > As we fight against and recover from these extreme acts of control and 
 >  > violence against women and children, combined with a complete disregard for 
 >  > the accompanying ecological destruction, we will continue to use our 
 >  > platform to share educational solutions.
 >  > 
 >  > Read these powerful pieces
 >  > * I Created Gilead, but the Supreme Court Might Make it Real (
 >  > https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/supreme-court-roe-handmaids-tale-abortion-margaret-atwood/629833/
 >  > )  by Margaret Atwood
 >  > * History Was Rewritten to Delegitimize Population Concerns: We Need to 
 >  > Reassert the Truth (
 >  > https://overpopulation-project.com/history-was-rewritten-to-delegitimize-population-concerns-we-need-to-reassert-the-truth/
 >  > )  by Jane O'Sullivan
 >  > * The Patriarchs’ War on Women (
 >  > https://msmagazine.com/2022/04/29/patriarchy-war-on-women-lgbtq-reproductive-rights/
 >  > ) by Zoe Marks and Erica Chenoweth
 >  > * State Abortion Bans Create New Governmental Obligations for Children (
 >  > https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/3542987-state-abortion-bans-create-new-governmental-obligations-for-children/
 >  > ) by Carter Dillard
 >  > * Abortion Bans are a Natural Outgrowth of Coercive Pronatalism (
 >  > https://msmagazine.com/2022/06/07/abortion-bans-coercive-pronatalism-forced-birth/
 >  > ) by Nandita Bajaj
 >  > * Men Rush to Get Vasectomies after Roe V Wade is Overturned (
 >  > https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10974103/Men-rush-vasectomies-Roe-v-Wade-overturned.html
 >  > )
 >  > 
 >  > Thinking of getting a vasectomy or tubal ligation in the US?
 >  > * Check out our podcast with Dr. Guarín (
 >  > https://www.populationbalance.org/episode-73-one-small-snip-for-man) to 
 >  > learn more about the procedure
 >  > * Check out this list of OB/GYNs (
 >  > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Djia_WkrVO3S4jKn6odNwQk7pOcpcL4x00FMNekrb7Q/htmlview?usp=sharing&pru=AAABgbyEz80*ki0mctT40bBlN9NCfbfg6w&fbclid=IwAR3qPGf-gu-Ujj1tAmyusdRw-LOh_VvKEdU4VLc_SrmsSXF7_fSMWvDeVGM
 >  > ) who will provide 
 >  > a tubal ligation
 >  > 
 >  > Have an abortion story to share or seeking to be inspired by others' stories?
 >  > 
 >  > * Check out and submit here: Abortion Stories (
 >  > https://www.populationbalance.org/share-your-abortion-stories)
 >  > 
 >  > Please Support This Vital Work
 >  > If you are inspired by the important work that we are doing at Population 
 >  > Balance, please consider donating today (
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 >  > these conversations.
 >  > 
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 >  > Thank you for your partnership in this important work! Please do not 
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 >  > 
 >  > Warmest regards,
 >  > Nandita Bajaj, Executive Director