population control

British  

noun

1. a policy of attempting to limit the growth in numbers of a population, esp in poor or densely populated parts of the world, by programmes of contraception or sterilization

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population control Cultural  

1. In reaction to the prediction by Thomas Malthus that the world's population would soon outgrow its food supply, a movement began in the early twentieth century to limit the number of births and therefore limit the growth of the world's population. The movement is supported by groups such as the International Planned Parenthood Federation. A number of countries have made population control a national policy. To varying extents, the methods of population control include family planning, birth control, contraception, and abortion (see also abortion). These policies are opposed by many groups, including the Roman Catholic Church, and are controversial.

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Example Sentences

The “Declaration of a New American Future” calls for the end of legal abortion, as well as taxpayer funding of abortion and population control programs.

From Washington Times

Any population control process promises to be costly and complex because it requires finding the hippos scattered along the mighty Magdalena River.

From Seattle Times

The problem for Hong Kong, however, is that it doesn’t have the resources and capacity to eradicate the coronavirus through heavy-handed lockdowns and population control the way other Chinese cities have.

From Washington Post

The UN Conference on Population and Development in the 1990's, initially started out very racist about population control.

From Salon

And these early studies — which have largely relied on preexisting disease surveillance or population control projects in deer — provided only a snapshot of what could be a sprawling problem.

From Seattle Times