U.S. Stand on U.N. Convention for Children

They had a giant meeting at the United Nations this past weekend to discuss “the rights of children.” Unfortunately, the most important people were not asked for their advice. Mother Earth was not asked for her opinion and neither were the mothers of all the children the U.N. proposes to save; 95% of the people at the meetings were men, half of them representing countries where birth control and/or abortion are either sins or capital crimes. Nowhere on the action plan did it offer women a right to limit their fertility.

According to UNICEF, 40,000 children die needlessly every day. That’s the equivalent to the population of Culver City or Placentia. If we save these kids, what do we do with them? How many trees would we have to cut down to make school books and toilet paper, newsprint and houses? How many acres of land would we have to plow to give each of them 2,200 calories and 60 grams of protein each and every day? Where will the energy to heat, cool and light their homes come from? Why save them from disease at 2 and starvation at 5 when their future holds nothing but war at 15 or death in childbirth at 19 while having their third child?

Every problem we have today has its roots in overpopulation. From global warming to toxic waste, war in the oil fields to riots in the streets, it all boils down to “too many people, too little planet.”

Some activists believe we could save children by cutting the military. Sorry, a tank gunner is not an English teacher nor can you convert B-2 bombers into day-care centers.

WOODROW J. HUGHES

Northridge