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Peace Without Poison

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According to the Contraceptive Security Strategic Plan for Egypt 2006–2010 (CSSP), PresidentMubarak had set a national goal of reaching replacement level fertility by the year 2017. Withinternational pressure mounting, the current administration is undoubtedly staying the coursetowards replacement level fertility, which at this crucial stage can only be lowered either throughlegislation or though covert sterilization.That Egypt has accomplished its drop in fertility from 7 to 3 children per woman not throughvoluntary methods of birth control and better family planning services as through covertsterilization is amply demonstrated by the low contraceptive prevalence rate, which to this dayhas not exceeded 60%.Abortion in Egypt plays no role since it is illegal and therefore extremely rare.Egypt is in stage three of the demographic transition.236 | P a g e

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