Population Action International

Population Action International

Population Action International is a nonprofit founded 1965 (then called "Population Crisis Committee"). It was founded by Hugh Moore, Lammot du Pont Copeland and William Henry Draper Jr. as a lobbying organisation for government involvement in population control. Member Harriet C. Babbitt and trustee Barbara Roberts.

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* http://www.populationaction.org/


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