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Peace Without Poison

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Lebanon has pursued a steady policy of covert population control since 1962 and by 2003succeeded in bringing the total fertility rate down from nearly 6 to just 2 children per woman.Since 2007, the total fertility rate has been languishing at 1.5 children per woman.Every president of the Lebanese Republic, from Fuad Chehab to the incumbent Tammam Salam,and every prime minister from Rashid Karami to Najib Mikati, has been poisoning the Lebanesepeople with abandon.The data shows unequivocally that the drop in fertility cannot be attributed either tocontraceptives or abortions. The contraceptive prevalence rate has never exceeded 63% and hasbeen at 58% (of which only 34% by modern methods) since 2000, while abortion is illegal andallowed only on the rare occasions when it is necessary to save the life of the woman.443 | P a g e

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