GLOBAL WARMING:ECOLOGY AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT.PART 24

Though still exist among the so called primitive races when one reads the accountof anthropologistsand explorers.Abortionlike infanticide though strictly a matter of moral choices,is still animportant factor in the restrictive practices in curbing population growth.Even in the advanced worldwith good demographical data,there are no reliable statistics on induced abortion.Despite thisdrawback is absolutely large.Sexual taboo with its prolonged period of sexual continence,has placed its part to be categorised amongthe restrictive practices.The treatment of the aged and the ill either by abandonment or by killing them and the acceptance of disaster including wars,pestilence quite agreed,have keptpopulation growth accordingto Molony"within manageable limits".Marriage restrictions like migration,havent been as effective as others,has also kept its natural pledge to limit population growth.Evencontraception,the extent at which people value its significance as the foundation stone of restrictives appears debatable.