PEDIATRICS Vol. 47 No. 5 May 1971, pp. 952-955
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Is Reaction to the Population Problem Misplaced?

Richard L. Day M.D.1, Peter S. Pinto M.D.2, and Leslie Corsa Jr. M.D.3

1 Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 515 Madison Avenue, New York, New York Mount Sinai School of Medicine of, The City University of New York, Fifth Avenue and 100th Street, New York, New York 10029
2 3828 Alaska Ketchikan, Alaska 99901
3 Center for Population Planning, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104

The September issue publishes two letters1,2 about the population problem which, in their enthusiasm for a cause, unintentionally overlook a propaganda trap which can, and in fact already has led to some unhappiness on the part of some conscientious parents who love children. The approach to the problem exemplified by the letters has also led to bitterness on the part of some black people, though admittedly this bitterness is not justified. There is a way around the trap.