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1750－2050年世界人口增長（單位：十億）資料來源：人口資料局，世界監測協會
World population growth from 1750 to 2050 in billions
Sources: Population Reference Bureau (PRB), Worldwatch Institute
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避孕不僅僅是一個個人問題，而且也是一個很大的社會問題。例如：世界上有設法使避孕在各處得到運用的國際組織存在。另一方面，世界上也有許許多多的男男女女，他們要麼對避孕革命的成果一無所知，要麼真真切切地對避孕感到害怕。確實如此，有一種廣泛的擔心，認為普遍地接受了避孕方法後，將會導致普遍的亂交和道德墮落。另一方面，越來越多的人們正警覺到了人口過剩的危機。毋容置疑，如果人口繼續增長而得不到控制，將在世界上的許多地區導致越來越深重的窮困。確實是這樣的，在世界上最貧窮和最不發達的國家裏將發生突出的人口增長問題，這就意味著在這些國家裏增加了巨大的社會和政治問題。在我們這個“地球村”，這些問題也進而一定會影響到發達國家，由此所致，我們共有的將來很可能預期相當黯淡，除非我們立即做出抑制人口增長的努力，否則，前景並不美妙。 |
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Contraception is not just a personal, but also a larger social issue. For example: There are international organizations which try to make contraception available everywhere. On the other hand, there are also many men and women who either remain blind to the consequences of the contraceptive revolution, or who are honestly afraid of them. Indeed, there is a
wide無spread concern that the universal acceptance of contraception might lead to universal promiscuity and moral decay. On the other hand, more and more people are becoming alarmed about the dangers of overpopulation. Indeed, there can be no doubt that a further unchecked growth of the population would produce mounting misery in many parts of the world. Indeed, much of the projected population increase will take place in the poorest, least developed countries, and this will mean an enormous increase in their social and political problems. In our "global village" these problems, in turn, are bound to affect the developed countries as well, and thus our common future could look rather bleak unless something is done about it right now. |
