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Peace Without Poison

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Bahrain’s lopsided population pyramid on the male side is the result of the large number offoreign workers who live in the country and has nothing to do with covert depopulation measuresand everything to do with economic necessity.Bahrain reached replacement level fertility in 2011 but clearly not due to contraceptives sincefewer than 62% of the people use them. Abortion is also not a factor in the fertility decline sincethe abortion rate, the historical record shows, has been constant at c. 11% since 1997.Bahrain is in stage four of the demographic transition.68 | P a g e

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