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Ibid.

181 ”the most powerful contraceptive”

Ibid.

182 including 98 percent of s.e.xually active Catholic women

Nicholas D. Kristof, ”Beyond Pelvic Politics,” New York Times, February 11, 2012.

183 where thirty-nine out of the fifty-five African countries have high levels of fertility

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, ”World Population to Reach 10 Billion by 2100 If Fertility in All Countries Converges to Replacement Level.”

184 population will triple in the balance of this century

Ibid.

185 2.5 children during their childbearing years

Bloom, ”Africa's Daunting Challenge.”

186 average is almost 4.5 children per woman

Ibid.

187 leading to disruptive and unsustainable population growth

Ibid.

188 by the end of the century to an estimated 129 million

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