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Latin America

MisterP

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5. the Central American elite were educated by the French, which have been natalist

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #4)

Sun May 8, 2016, 10:15 PM

May 2016

since the 20s population decline (midwives were damned as traitors) and in the 40s Alfred Sauvy said that the Third World's problem was that it needed twice the people!

in the 60s the more Catholic one was the more PRO-choice a respondent was; the left attacked OB/GYNs and even shut down demographics departments at universities; the Pill was seen as a Rockefeller plot to prevent revolution by reducing misery ...

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Jailed in El Salvador after losing their pregnancies [View all] Judi Lynn May 2016 OP

That country is run by a bunch of sick old men. CaliforniaPeggy May 2016 #1

You remember El Salvador was mentioned during Romney's run for the Presidency. Judi Lynn May 2016 #2

FMLN's had the Presidency 8 years and the Assembly 6 MisterP May 2016 #3

I've noticed, too. Doesn't make sense. Big mystery. n/t Judi Lynn May 2016 #4

the Central American elite were educated by the French, which have been natalist MisterP May 2016 #5

Bewildering. Doesn't seem possible it could work out like this. Judi Lynn May 2016 #6