British hospitals burned dead babies to heat buildings.

[C10H15N]

At this point it is nothing more then the appropriate disposal of hazardous medical waste.

[Abdussamad]

As the text below the YouTube clip explains, Sanger was specifically arguing that people in developing countries shouldn’t have babies until 1957.

Well... well... although I think that this women was nuts, I firmly believe that if people can't afford to look after their children, then they should refrain from reproduction. For example, an average African women give birth to 7 children in her life, although she has the means to look after only one child. This uncontrolled population explosion is the basic force which fuels all the African civil wars.

Africa is relatively underpopulated compared to other continents. China alone has more people than all of Africa.

[bryant.coleman]

Africa is relatively underpopulated compared to other continents. China alone has more people than all of Africa.

Africa is having a population of more than a billion, and its is the second most populous continent after Asia. Comparing the Chinese with the Africans, you have to keep in mind that the Chinese doesn't depend on food aid from the developed nations, but more than 50% of the Africans are dependent on it. With the Western economies still in recession, I don't think that the food aid will flow infinitely.

[Abdussamad]

Africa is relatively underpopulated compared to other continents. China alone has more people than all of Africa.

Africa is having a population of more than a billion, and its is the second most populous continent after Asia. Comparing the Chinese with the Africans, you have to keep in mind that the Chinese doesn't depend on food aid from the developed nations, but more than 50% of the Africans are dependent on it. With the Western economies still in recession, I don't think that the food aid will flow infinitely.

Africa is relatively underpopulated compared to the amount of land and resources they have. A lot of African countries are badly governed that's all.

China did suffer a famine about half a century ago.

Food aid from the west will flow indefinitely because that is mostly a by product of your food subsidies which benefit your own farmers at home. Also food aid is a very very small amount compared to the size of your economies. In return you get substantial leverage in resource rich African countries. For example you mentioned the DRC. Coltan is used in smart phones. Where would Apple's famed 50% gross margins be if the essential components of smart phones were more expensive?

[bryant.coleman]

Africa is relatively underpopulated compared to the amount of land and resources they have. A lot of African countries are badly governed that's all.

I disagree with that. Almost 50% of the African land area is covered by the uninhabitable Saharan desert. Also in the South there are the Kalahari and Namibe deserts. And inhabited areas excluding these deserts are already densely populated. Just check what percentage of the Nigerian population lives in slums and other informal settlements.

http://www.lifenews.com/2014/01/30/al-gore-promotes-population-control-africans-must-have-their-fertility-managed/

[Wilikon]

They are dead, they didn't feel a thing...

At a funeral the corpse in the coffin is not the one crying. So you are right on that point