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Future generations depend
on the wisdom of the present.
on the wisdom of the present.
Reproductive Health
NECSP's posture on
reproductive health is
nuanced, and we strive
to push the limits of
our sensitivity
regarding reprodutive
reproductive choice
issues and their
sensible resolution
depend on how they
are approached. We
realize that if one
argues for the value of
human life, that it is an
irrefutable argument.
Likewise, if one argues
for personal liberty and
free choice, that too is
a irrefutable argument.
However, in the context
of our organizational
purpose, we strongly
support the concept of
informed reproductive
liberty in no small part
because it reduces
rather than increases
the regrettable
instances of aborted
pregancies.
One of NECSP's great
hopes regarding the
future of reproductive
health is for the rate of
births that are planned
and wanted to rise
from a level that is
currently under 50%.
We would like to see
this number grow to at
least 75%.
NECSP's posture on
reproductive health is
nuanced, and we strive
to push the limits of
our sensitivity
regarding reprodutive
reproductive choice
issues and their
sensible resolution
depend on how they
are approached. We
realize that if one
argues for the value of
human life, that it is an
irrefutable argument.
Likewise, if one argues
for personal liberty and
free choice, that too is
a irrefutable argument.
However, in the context
of our organizational
purpose, we strongly
support the concept of
informed reproductive
liberty in no small part
because it reduces
rather than increases
the regrettable
instances of aborted
pregancies.
One of NECSP's great
hopes regarding the
future of reproductive
health is for the rate of
births that are planned
and wanted to rise
from a level that is
currently under 50%.
We would like to see
this number grow to at
least 75%.
Consumption
NECSP regards the
Earth as a strong,
robust and
self-regulating system,
able to withstand
tremendous agitations
to its integrity at any
given geological
moment.
However, we share the
deep and extremely
urgent concerns of so
many others at this
historical juncture.
Namely, that the
expotential human
population growth we
are now experiencing
is causing just such a
tremendous agitation
to the Earth's integrity
-- with unknowable
consequences.
We are resolute in
sounding the "common
sense alarm". The
continued pace of
resource extraction,
use and waste
products common to
modern western
culture is a gross
assualt upon the Earth
system we depend on
for our lives -- and the
quality with which we
experience them.
NECSP regards the
Earth as a strong,
robust and
self-regulating system,
able to withstand
tremendous agitations
to its integrity at any
given geological
moment.
However, we share the
deep and extremely
urgent concerns of so
many others at this
historical juncture.
Namely, that the
expotential human
population growth we
are now experiencing
is causing just such a
tremendous agitation
to the Earth's integrity
-- with unknowable
consequences.
We are resolute in
sounding the "common
sense alarm". The
continued pace of
resource extraction,
use and waste
products common to
modern western
culture is a gross
assualt upon the Earth
system we depend on
for our lives -- and the
quality with which we
experience them.
NECSP recognizes the
notable benefits of fair
trade and bustling
commerce -- but looks
askance at the 20th
century paradigm of
"all-growth,
all-the-time,
all-growth-is-good."
We also have
significant faith in the
ingenuity, creativity
and innovative skills of
human beings to
create ever more
benign and efficient
technologies.
But we harbor serious
concerns for the safety
of those new ideas and
clean technologies.
The profit motive can
be both good and bad
-- but especially bad
when it promotes a
myopic, short-term
(indeed, quarter to
quarter) mode of
assessment that does
little or nothing to
consider long term
ramifications to the
health of the world.