Sharing one's background and beliefs is not the same as sharing the errors. Overpopulation is a legend. And birth rates are going down across the board - not just in the West, but in Africa and even, as I pointed out, in some Muslim countries. The legend of the irresistible Muslim growth rate is even worse than a legend, it is one deliberately created for political reasons.

Having said that, I have no desire to see ballooning population numbers of the nineteenth-century kind. I think that a replacement level would be the best option especially for Europe, which is overcrowded as it is. It is not that we cannot feed ourselves, but that the spread of ever less attractive cities devours beautiful countryside and villages. We are rich as it is, and growth for its own sake does not strike me as desirable.

The passage about a nineteen-year-old thinking abortion was a good thing was a quotation, and you can take it up with the original author, if she wishes to make herself known. I certainly felt that she was being rather one-sided, and I tried to signal that.

And considering the vast number of abortion-is-good-for-you movies, I would say that there is no dictate that says that an abortion offers less in terms of dramatic possibilities than a choice to have a baby.