Peace Without Poison

Responsible for introducing covert methods of depopulation is the third president of the People’sRepublic of Bangladesh, Mohammad Mohammadullah, who held the office from 1973 to 1975,and Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who held the office from 1972 to 1975.The program has been running without interruption under the leadership of Abdur RahmanBiswas (1991-1996), Shahabuddin Ahmed (1996-2001) Badruddoza Chowdhury (2001-2002),Iajuddin Ahmed (2002-2009), Zillur Rahman (2009-2013), and incumbent Abdul Hamid (sinceMarch 2013).As Bangladesh’s fertility has declined its GDP per capita has increased.That Bangladesh could not have possibly accomplished such a rapid fertility decline through theuse of contraceptives is amply demonstrated by its low contraceptive prevalence rate, which eventoday is no more than 51% for rural and 54% for urban areas.The abortion rate in Bangladesh, at 18.2 per 1,000 women, and the menstrual regulation rate (apost-contraceptive way to control fertility), at 18.3 per 1,000 women, can also not explain thedrop in fertility from 7 to 2.4 children per woman.Bangladesh is in stage three of the demographic transition.72 | P a g e