title: NSSM 200 and the world population explosion.
abstract: This paper was published in the wake of Pope John Paul II's encyclical 'Evangelicum Vitae', which condemns abortion and contraception. The author describes how, in the mid-1970's, the Vatican blocked the implementation of President Nixon's 'National Security Study Memorandum 200', which was intended to combat global overpopulation. The author explains that excessive population growth is considered threatening to U.S. security interests, and concludes that "papal security-survival along with the influence of fundamentalist Protestant opposition to birth control is now pitted against the U.S. and world security-survival."
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001290:Attitude; D001519:Behavior; D002410:Catholicism; D002835:Christianity; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D019049:Developed Countries; D004777:Environment; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D009656:North America; D011057:Politics; D011156:Population Density; D011584:Psychology; D011640:Public Policy; D012067:Religion; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Attitude; Behavior; Carrying Capacity; Catholicism; Christianity; Developed Countries; Environment; Natural Resources; North America; Northern America; Opposition To Family Planning; Overpopulation; Policy; Political Factors; Population Policy; Protestantism; Psychological Factors; Recommendations; Religion; Social Policy; United States; World