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Qulaity of Life and The Environment
Pages 7-8

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... We believe that this goal can be achieved, provided we are willing to undertake the requisite social change. Given time, political will, and intelligent use of science and technology, human ingenuity can remove many constraints on improving human welfare worldwide, finding substitutes for wasteful practices, and protecting the natural environment.
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... Most maternal deaths are due to unsafe practices in terminating pregnancies, a lack of readily available services for high-risk pregnancies, and women having too many children or having them too early and too late in life. ~ Millions of people still do not have adequate access to family planning services and suitable contraceptives.
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  • unsustainable demands
  • single technology
  • natural environment
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  • maternal deaths

  • human rights
  • common goal
  • terminating pregnancies
  • currently practicing
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  • live harmoniously
  • practicing contraception
  • reproductive age
  • fundamental human
  • human ingenuity

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  • married couples
  • adequate access
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