Peace Without Poison

The man responsible for adopting and implementing covert methods of depopulation in 1982across Saudi Arabia is King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1982-2005). During his reign SaudiArabia reduced its total fertility rate from more than 7 to 3.5 children per woman and did sowithout contraceptives, which throughout his reign were never used by more than 32% of Saudiwomen.His successor, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, his half-brother, who ascended to the throne in2005 and reigned until January 2015, continued using covert methods of depopulation andreduced the total fertility rate from 3 to 2.1 children per woman. He reached replacement levelfertility with even fewer contraceptives than his half-brother, since throughout his reign thecontraceptive prevalence rate never exceeded 24%.718 | P a g e