Overpopulation Is Not Too Late - 1729 Words

â€Å"A crowded society is a restrictive society; an overcrowded society becomes an authoritarian, repressive and murderous society† (Abbey).As resources continue to diminish due to high consumption, what awaits in the future is far from harmonious. It is only until now that government advertisers have found interest in raising consciousness about the issue of overpopulation, but is it too late for the inevitable events that are to come? With the rise of technology that question has become difficult to answer as new advancements continue to do the unexpected and merely the impossible. For instance topics that are now in discussion include cloning of living organisms, colonization in other planets, and creation of virtual worlds. Overpopulation†¦show more content†¦New technologies have made birth possible, yet the continuous reproduction has not been limited, therefore furthering the problem of overpopulation. According to an online data sheet, â€Å"World population is expected to rise from 7.2 billion today to 9.7 billion by 2050† (â€Å"World Population Data Sheet 2014†). Consequently, the idea of making life has changed in proportion to the new technological advancements. Natural conception, sperm fertilizes the egg inside the woman s body, has become a thing of the past, now even those with infertility issues have hope in the idea of creating life . There are various types of assisted reproductive technology procedures that enable those who have fertility problems produce fetuses. For example, the procedure Vitro Fertilization is when: Fertilization of the egg with the sperm, and the first few days of embryo development, occur outside the body in a test-tube or a Petri dish, in controlled conditions in a laboratory. After fertilization, early embryo development is checked in the laboratory by a scientist called an embryologist. When the embryo is 3 or 5 days old it is transferred into the uterus in the hope that the woman will become pregnant (â€Å"Assisted Reproductive Technology: The ART of Getting Pregnant†). The process of IVF requires no sexual contact that once was the only way to conceive a child .This demonstrates that technology contributes to the rise of population by encouraging