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Christendom, The (Jenkins)
    NGOs . See also specific organizations
    Nicaragua
    abortion in
    Catholic Church in
    evangelical movement in
    feminist movement in
    international response to abortion ban in
    pro-life movement in
    proxy battle in
    Rosa case in
    Sandinistas in
    Niger
    Nixon, Richard
    Norway, birthrate in
    Nour, Nawal
    Nowicka, Wanda
    Nyamu, John

Obama, Barack
    Obando y Bravo, Miguel
    Ogola, Margaret
    Ortega, Daniel
    overpopulation
    control of. See overpopulation, control of
    as a myth
    as symptom of women’s oppression
    overpopulation, control of
    environmental movement and
    in India
    as reason for family planning export
    security study on
    sex selection and
    United Nations on
    women’s rights and

Pakistan
    Pandya, Pratima
    Papua New Guinea
    Pareyio, Agnes
    Pathfinder
    Paul VI, Pope
    Peru
    Philippines
    Piotrow, Phyllis
    Pius XI, Pope
    Pius XII, Pope
    Pivot of Civilization, The (Sanger)
    Planned Parenthood. See International Planned Parenthood Federation
    Poland
    Politi, Marco
    Politics of the Womb (Thomas)
    Pontifical Commission for the Study of Population, Family and Births
    population
    control of. See overpopulation, control of
    world. See world population
    Population Bomb, The (Ehrlich)
    Population Bomb, The (Moore)
    Population Council
    Population Crisis Committee
    population policy, U.S.
    backlash against
    birth of
    coercion in
    gag rule, global
    Helms amendment and
    as male-dominated
    Nixon and
    racism in
    sexism in
    vicissitudes of
    Population Research Institute
    “Population Tribune”
    Possessing the Secret of Joy (Walker)
    Potts, Malcolm
    Powell, Colin
    Prisoners of Ritual (Lightfoot-Klein)
    pro-life movements. See also specific movements
    anticolonialism and
    anti-Islam rhetoric of
    anti-sex selection activism and
    Indian lack of
    Kenyan
    Latin American
    low birthrates and
    methods of
    in Nicaragua
    Polish
    U.S. See pro-life movements, U.S.
    pro-life movements, U.S.
    birth of
    international scope of
    United Nations and
    Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa
    Punjab
    Putin, Vladimir

Qaradawi, Yusuf al-
    Qatar

Rajasthan
    Rajput, Kajal
    Rajput, Rajesh
    Rajput, Sunita
    Ramírez, Paulina
    rape/sexual violence
    abortion exceptions for
    of Bangladeshi women
    gender imbalance and
    spousal
    as weapon of war
    Ravenholt, Reimert
    Reagan, Ronald
    Red de Mujeres Contra la Violencia
    religion. See also right/religious right; specific religions
    birthrates and
    family planning and
    women’s rights and
    reproductive rights
    backlash against
    choice and
    economic freedom and
    forces at play in struggle over
    as human rights
    international law and
    low birthrates and
    as right to reproduce
    United Nations and
    United States and
    women’s rights and, relationship between
    right/religious right. See also conservatives; pro-life movements
    anti-imperialist righteousness of
    Bush and
    conferences. See also World Congress of Families
    family planning and
    methods of
    Muslims and
    UNFPA and
    United Nations and
    women’s rights and
    Rising Tide (Norris and Inglehart)
    “Rites and Wrongs” (Ahmadu)
    Roa, Monica
    Rockefeller, John D.
    Rockefeller Foundation
    Roe v. Wade
    Romania
    Romney, Mitt
    Rosa case
    Rosenbluth, Frances
    Rosita
    Ruse, Austin
    Rushdie, Salman
    Rusk, Dean
    Russia, birthrate in

Sadik, Nafis
    Sáenz Lacalle, Fernando
    Sahara Samay
    Sahib, Fatehgarh
    Sandinistas
    Sanger, Margaret
    Saudi Arabia
    Sauerbrey, Ellen
    Sauti Yetu Center for African Women
    Schrag, Claudia
    Schroeder, Patricia
    secularism
    Seims, Sara
    Sen, Amartya
    Sen, Gita
    Senegal
    September 11
    Sex and Destiny (Greer)
    sex determination tests
    sex differences
    sex selection
    activism against
    in Asia
    in Britain
    in China
    dowry and
    female education and
    as “female feticide”
    Hindus and
    increase in
    as middle class practice
    as moral labyrinth
    overpopulation and
    reasons for
    in South Korea
    in United States
    women’s role in choosing
    Sharma, Manmohan
    Shweder, Richard
    Sierra Leone
    Sikhs
    Simon, Julian
    Sinding,