Family planning's role

The theme of World Population Day, which fell yesterday, was: "Family planning - it's a right; let's make it real".

Surely, it is true that family planning is a right, as every individual has the right to freely and responsibly choose the size of his or her family. And on the species level, humans have the right to decide the size of our population in line with what we believe to be best for future generations.

Currently, the global population hovers around 6.7 billion and is expected to exceed 9.2 billion by 2050.