Overpopulation

             Overpopulation has become an increasingly widespread problem in our world. There are over 6.8 billion people living on Earth today. An estimated one-billion of those inhabitants do not have the sufficient amount of food for themselves to stay properly nourished. That is 1/7 of our population that is starving. This problem does not only create inhumane lifestyles, but it is also causing damages to our environment. Pollution is becoming worse as more people drive cars, produce and throw out trash, cut down trees ect. Our Earth does not have the resources to infinitely sustain this large amount of people. With the outstanding number of people born each day increasing constantly and the damage caused by this, a solution needs discovered. Some radicals suggest limiting the number of children that you are allowed to have, forcing abortions or putting chemicals in the water that will sterilize people. These are controversial issues especially to free democratic countries because solutions such as these limit us of our freedoms. Many people agree that the most fair way and efficient way to resolve this issue is continuous education on pregnancy prevention. Educating young women on the ways to prevent pregnancies is the most basic and simple step in the solution. As well as un-educated women living in under-developed countries, and showing them that there are ways for them to contribute to their country other than having children. We cannot be sure which actions we take are proper and correct, but one thing is for sure, we must take action or there will soon be no world to save. We all need to come together and strive for new ways to suppress this growth so we can protect our environment and prevent the destruction of Earth.