New NPG Forum Paper Explores Doctors’ Stance and Obstacles Faced When Confronting Overpopulation Share Article Rubenstein tackles the complicated foundations of the medical field’s professional stance on overpopulation. ALEXANDRIA, Va. (PRWEB) February 23, 2021 In 1972, an organization of doctors tackled overpopulation in their mission statement, saying, in part: “It is right that we as doctors should be especially concerned about the world population crisis.” Since that time, doctors have generally taken a more passive stance on overpopulation. Rarely quick to highlight the dangers of overpopulation or the connection between overpopulation and access to healthcare, female education, and environmental degradation, doctors are typically in the hot seat with population activists to do more. Countering the prevailing narrative, a cohort of medical professionals recently co-authored a new commentary dissecting population growth under a new light. A new Forum paper, published by Negative Population Growth, Inc. serves to highlight this new statement and delves deeper into the divisive mindsets that continue to suppress the overpopulation conversation. Titled Doctors Take Responsibility for Overpopulation, Again and written by Edwin S. Rubenstein, this work covers the recent doctors’ statement as well as revisits the archaic narratives that keep overpopulation under the rug.