Population Management – Society’s Responsibilities.  In a society that is moving toward social stability and then to social sustainability, population management is everyone’s moral responsibility.  Of all the factors that lead to the increased prosperity of a nation and also to its eventual decline and collapse, it is population increase that is the determining factor.  (Ref. Guns, Germs and Steel; and, Collapse, by Jared Diamond.)

Robin Williams quipped, “Reality… what a concept!”  That pretty well sums up the situation of modern democratic nations, particularly the United State’s culture of ignoring social problems.  If you don’t admit them, they don’t exist.  But unmanaged population growth, which also includes immigration whether legal or illegal, siphons social and material resources away from existing populations. 

The Social Sustainability moral responsibility of population management in a society that is moving toward social sustainability requires a degree of holistic transparency that may be breathtaking to many.  Society (population plus social, political and economic/financial organizations) must
1) recognize the limits of population increase:  three children per reproductive couple;
2) ensure that population management instructional materials are universally made available to every individual long before they reach reproductive age;
3) that each individual has been instructed regarding the necessity of population management; and the methods to achieve that end; and,
4) that population management devices, medications and procedures are easily available at low/no cost to every person of reproductive age. 
In a society that is moving toward a balanced and stable population, organizations in each of the three pillars of society are encouraged to take proactive measures to assist individuals to limit their reproduction. 

Socially, it is essential that education and training of the individual/family be provided to reproductive couples before their firstborn child arrives.  Politically, it is essential that there are no statutory limitations upon education to prepare the individual/family to enculturate their children with the responsibilities of population management.  Economically/financially, it is essential that organizations such as profit- making corporations and foundations make proactive decisions and actions that make it possible for all reproductively capable individuals to have access to low/now cost devices, medications and procedures.