Debat: 'Vruchtbaarheid en overbevolking'

Fertility and Overpopulation

Excellent scientists in conversation

Every animal species has its ideal number and Homo sapiens seems to be well beyond that ideal number. It is expected that by 2050 there will be 9.5 billion of us walking around on Earth, each with an equal right to comfort. Should birth control stop population growth? Reinout Verbeke (Eos) speaks with professor of gynecology Marleen Temmerman (UGent) about the contemporary problems surrounding family planning, fertility and overpopulation. Where are the medical and ethical boundaries?