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The organization Zero Population Growth (later renamed Population Connection) was started in 1968 by a biologist named Paul Ehrlich. | The organization Zero Population Growth (later renamed Population Connection) was started in 1968 by a biologist named Paul Ehrlich. | ||
In the 1990s, at least one environmentalist became even more radically anti-copulation. A member of Zero Population Growth named Les Knight launched the ''Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT)'' with the goal of “Phasing out the human race by voluntarily ceasing to breed”. He launched a 1996 website explaining his goals.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/14/anti-natalists-childfree-population-climate-change</ref> | In the 1990s, at least one public environmentalist became even more radically anti-copulation. A member of Zero Population Growth named Les Knight launched the ''Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT)'' with the goal of “Phasing out the human race by voluntarily ceasing to breed”. He launched a 1996 website explaining his goals.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/14/anti-natalists-childfree-population-climate-change</ref> | ||
==Politics== | ==Politics== | ||