STOPP tells students—plan for larger families!

"You should plan for larger families," Jim Sedlak, director of STOPP International (STOPP), told students during an extended speaking tour in six cities and three states. "The world is facing a population shortage, and by early in the 21st century, there will be more people in the United States over 60 than under 20. The population pyramid has been turned upside down."

At high schools in Merrilville and Michigan City, Indiana; Lansing and Chicago Heights, Illinois; and Galveston, Texas, and at colleges in College Station and Houston, Texas, Sedlak addressed the issue of rapid population decline.

Sedlak attributed this population shift to "26 years of legalized abortion, which has taken a minimum of 38 million people out of the work force." As a result, he said, Social Security system, Medicare and health care costs are all out of control.

"My generation has messed things up," Sedlak told the universally attentive students, "and it's up to you to correct things. Your generation must bring an end to legalized abortion, and must begin having three to five children per family. Only then will our birth rates grow and we will return to a healthy population increase."

Sedlak said he is stressing this issue with students because "later this year, the world will reach a population of six billion people. These students will hear a lot of hype about the supposed 'overpopulation' problem. We want to let them know there is no overpopulation problem and, in fact, the real threat is just the opposite. The United Nations is predicting a world population decline by the year 2050, so we must begin now to change our view of abortion, children and family or face dire world-wide consequences."