Baby Seven Billion, Welcome.

Today is Baby Seven Billions birthday. e population controllers and the planned parenthood types believe we would be better o if she had never been born. ey are wrong. As our numbers have grown, our prosperity has soared; by nearly every measure of well-being, life has been getting dramatically better. In 1960 there were only three billion of us, and per capita income worldwide was a mere $1500. Today, as we pass the 7 billion mark, per capita income has soared to $9,000. While the population bomb is a myth, there has been a real explosion in health and longevity: As late as the 19th century, four out of every 10 children died before reaching age ve. Today under- ve mortality is under 6 percent and falling.

World food and resource production has never been higher; enough grain is produced for every person on earth to consume 3,500 calories daily. ere is no need for anyone to starve in the midst of this plenty. e human race has never been so well o . e real threat is not overpopulation, but underpopulation:

Two hundred years ago, human life expectancy was under 30 years. Today it is 69 years and climbing. As people live longer, naturally there are more of us around at any given time.

Eighty countries su er from below-replacement fertilityde ned as less than 2.1 children per woman. Even in the developing world family size has shrunk, from around 5 children per woman in 1960 to fewer than 3 today. And the decline continues. e population of the world is already aging, leading to closing schools, falling real estate and stock prices, and moribund economies. ink Greece. Once the population of the world peaksin 2040 acccording to the UN's "low variant projection"it will then begin to decline. Yet the population controllers continue to frighten people (and raise money) by telling them that too many babies are being born to poor people. is is tantamount to saying that only the wealthy should be allowed to have children, and is a new form of global racism. Let us join together in celebrating the birth of Baby Seven Billion. He or she is a sign of our future, our hope and our prosperity. People are our greatest resource. Everyone, rich or poor, is a unique creation with something priceless to o er to the rest of us.

e populations of the developed nations today are static or declining. Europe and Japan are projected to lose half their population by 2100.

Baby Seven Billion is not a liability, but an asset. Not a curse, but a blessing. For all of us.

Sincerely,
Steven W. Mosher, President Population Research Institute Carlos Polo, Director PRI-Latin America, Peru Fr. Linus Clovis, Chaplain Population Research Institute Dr. Alveda C. King, Director A can American Outreach Christine de Marcellus Vollmer, President, Latin American Alliance for the Family-ALAFA omas S. Monaghan, Chancellor Ave Maria University Janice Shaw Crouse, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, e Beverly LaHaye Institute Lord David Alton British House of Lords Austin Ruse, President Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute Carrie Gordon Earll, Senior Director Issue Analysis Citizen Link Penny Young Nance, CEO Concerned Women for America Jennifer Kimball, Be.L., Director Culture of Life Foundation Babette Francis, Co-ordinator Endeavor Forum, Australia Dr. Claude Newbury, Executive Director Family Life International Africa Paul Hanrahan, Executive Director Family Life International Australia Greg Clovis, Executive Director Family Life International U.K. Tom Minnery, Senior Vice President Government and Public Policy Focus on the Family Christopher Carmouche, Executive Director GrassTopsUSA Ignacio Arsuaga, President HazteOir.org Allan C. Carlson, President Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society Fr. Shenan Boquet, President Human Life International Laszlo Marki, Mathematician Hungarian Academy of Sciences D. Brian Scarnecchia, Founding President International Solidarity & Human Rights Institute Ted Baehr, Publisher MOVIEGUIDE Gayle Atteberry, Executive Director Oregon Right to Life Marie Smith, Director Parliamentary Network for Critical Issues Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director Priests for Life Kristin Hawkins, Executive Director Students for Life of America Marjorie Dannenfelser, President Susan B. Anthony List C. Preston Noell III, President Tradition, Family, Property, Inc. Carol Soelberg, President United Families International Lawrence D. Jacobs, Managing Director World Congress of Families Don Feder, Communications Director World Congress of Families Alexey Komov, WCF Representative Russia

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