Women's news

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33121, 11 January 1973, Page 5

Women's news

realises that the average couple anywhere is not likely ( to consider population explo- ( . sion seriously,” she said, i “For this reason, the organ-1 isation supports factors. which indirectly motivate: people to have small families. ( We know that marriage is im-I portant and that it is impor-j tant to raise children. But it! is essential to restrict the | (size of families for the sake (of most women, apart from; the consequences of overpopulation.” Women’s Liberation could play its part by helping 'women to expand their life roles beyond motherhood and wifehood; if a woman wanted to pursue a career it was unlikely that she would have i 'large family, she said. The supply of-food was the main restricting factor in (world population, with the exception of industrial countries. such as the United (States and New Zealand. Energy crisis ! “But we don’t want to see the population limited by (such unpleasant factors, ! which would come into effect (if food reaches its natural : limit,” she said. “This could bring mass starvation, even in the United States. But before this came there would; be other very unpleaasnt limiting factors, such as severe energy (power) shortages, which are already beginning in many countries. People are becoming frightened about the energy crisis. in the United States.” If New Zealand acted; wisely, planned for a stable ( population and prudent u=e of its natural resources, there need not be this shortage of I energy.