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Peace Without Poison

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guamGuam, an unincorporated territory of the United States, began covert depopulation measures in1962, when its total fertility rate stood at 6 children per woman, and its American administratorspursued an aggressive war on fertility until 1981, by which time the total fertility rate haddeclined to 3 children per woman.Since 1981 the pace of fertility decline has slowed considerably, which signals a far more carefuluse of involuntary sterilizers. The current total fertility rate stands at 2.4 children per woman.Guam is in the last phase of stage three of the demographic transition.977 | P a g e

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