italy has experienced the fastest and most extreme decline in fertility ever recorded. [man] italy will be the first country in the world in which the number of people aged 60 and over will become greater than people aged 20 and less, so the first country in the history of mankind in which we have this crossing over with people aged 60 and over which is increasing and people less than 20 who... um, who are decreasing. fertility rates have dropped throughout europe, but in southern europe, the rates are lowest, with italy averaging 1.3 children per woman. low birth rates are brought about by a combination of factors. some are common to many countries, and this program will look at how italy in particular has been affected by these. we'll also look at some factors that are specific to the very low fertility rates in italy. probably the most significant factor that has influenced fertility rates in europe has been industrialization. industrialization has brought more people into urban areas and encouraged more materialistic life styles. in northern european countries, this

there will be such a fertilized egg. some of them attach to the uterine wall and develop into young babies.

there will be such a fertilized egg. some of them attach to the uterine wall and develop into young babies. some do not attach. they simply go away. they wash away. would you consider the ones that don't attach, naturally, forget anything to do with artificial technology or science, would you consider those fertilized eggs that don't attach to the wall to be people, people, persons? if they just go away? are they just human beings that have gone away and not been developed into babies? but you would consider them persons? >> they would be persons, yes, they would be. >> to what purpose do we do this? do we attach this reality? >> here's the reality. let me use something that some of the reporters who have been dealing with this have been addressing. and that is, ivf, in vitro fertilization. the reality is this, the science has moved us back to an appreciation that there has been a business model that has been used with these ivfs and not a human life model. you know, if you go back to louise brown, the first baby of in v

and they will need to cause more fertilized eggs.is murder because 50% may not stur vooif and discarding them is murder, so that would drastically reduce the pregnancy rate. as for miscarriages, if it is looks like it is due to child negligence, negligence of the mother, maybe she had a glass of alcohol or whatever it is. maybe she talked ath about not wanting to be pregnant. >> a homicide investigation. >> yes. >> irin carmon thank you for joining me sglont thank you very much, lawrence. >>> and the hardest working man in show business, brian williams is joining me. we might just get him to sing and dance. [husband:] getting cold out here. [wife:] in here too. we need more affordable energy in this country. we need to protect the environment. what about the economy? what about our planet? [announcer:] at conocophillips, we're helping power america's economy with cleaner, affordable natural gas. more jobs. less emissions. a good answer for everyone. so with affordable energy that we can get to safely... we could afford to eat out mor

and they will need to cause more fertilized eggs.der because 50% may not stur vooif and discarding them is murder, so that would drastically reduce the pregnancy rate. as for miscarriages, if it is looks like it is due to child negligence, negligence of the mother, maybe she had a glass of alcohol or whatever it is. maybe she talked ath about not wanting to be pregnant. >> a homicide investigation. >> yes. >> irin carmon thank you for joining me sglont thank you very much, lawrence. >>> and the hardest working man in show business, brian williams is joining me. we might just get him to sing and dance. man: my electric bill was breaking the bank. so to save some money, i trained this team of guinea pigs to row this tiny boat. guinea pig: row...row. they generate electricity, which lets me surf the web all day. guinea pig: row...row. took me 6 months to train each one, 8 months to get the guinea pig: row...row. little chubby one to yell row! guinea pig: row...row. that's kind of strange. guinea pig: row...row. such a simple word... row

in vitro fertilization could be affected. this is a constitutional law professor and abortioning rights supporter. she just returned from mississippi where she took part in a symposium on the measure. >> the implications for fertility treatments are uncertain and problematic because if embryos are persons then you have in fertility clinics a bunch of persons who are frozen. you can't leave them there or discard them. >> answers to questions like that are unclear. abortion opponent rebecca is a michigan attorney and spokeswoman for the personhood movement. she tells the story of her own mother's rape, using it as an example of why there should be no exceptions to abortion laws. she says while any impact on birth control or ivf wouldn't take place immediately she adds this. >> what about fertilized embryos that are already created, what would happen to them? >> that's something that would have to be determined legislatively. you know, i could foresee that there might be some people who would want to transfer their embryos out o

fertilized.ke a great deal of litigation to sort through what all of that means. >> it's interesting the amendment in mississippi has been endorsed by candidates from both major parties. there is a doctor that was quoted in a daily beast article and one of four positions in the state who performed in vitro and had panicked calls with women with fertility problems. patients were extremelia anxious. they are contemplating if they should get ivf for fear of this law preventing them if it is passed to do so. >> that fear is starting to spread. i think it's starting to get the attention of people from mississippi that there unintended consequences of this legislation or this constitutional amendment that they hadn't thought about and they are starting to think about that now. mississippi presents an ideal venue for the conservative christian fundamentalist approach taken and this is the first shot in trying to bring down row v wade. >> it's interesting you bring that point up. brad is a lawyer and exe

our fear in the field of in vitro fertilization is that the target will be these fertilized eggs that laboratory. and that judges or the legislature will take measures to either prevent the freezing of embryos or to limit the number of eggs that can be fertilized and could mandate the number of embryos that we have to transfer to our patients. >> what does this mean for any possible criminality against the work that you do? >> again, that's a fear. but it's something that we don't know. it's really the uncertainty around how this amendment would be applied towards doctors that is leading medical organizations in the state, like the mississippi state medical association, the mississippi nurses' association to oppose this measure because of the precarious situation it could put doctors in from really all aspects of offering women's healthcare. >> doctor, the people who -- they say the opponents are using scare tactics, though. they believe that this measure would help protect women and babies. when you hear that, what is your response? >> well, i am scared. i don't think i'm using a sca

if a fertileized egg is a person legally, anything that stops a fertileized egg from eventually becoming a live birth becomes a crime. potentially becoming murder. so if you have a miscarriage, that could be grounds for criminal investigation into manslaughter or murder. it could make fertility treatment illegal. same goes for many common forms of birth control, any form of hormonal birth control like the hormonal birth control used sometimes in the iud or birth control pill. certainly morning after pill. they could potentially be made illegally this thing. not to mention, of course, banning all abortion, no exceptions, full stop. we have tried to ask mitt romney's campaign is that's really what governor romney meant when he went on mike huckabee's show and said he absolutely supported this. we want to find out if he really meant that and wants to ban birth control or if he was tricked into answering that way. so far mitt romney's campaign has not gotten back to us on this despite repeated questions. that's where the ban abortion and birth control and fertility treatment campaign stands

if the lawn looks bad, you put some fertilizer on it and it starts growing beautifully again. and growth factors are fertilizer for the brain, essentially. >> narrator: svendsen wants to surgically deliver growth factors to the brains of parkinson's patients using stem cells, because they're ideally suited for a stealth-like role. >> the idea is to design stem cells that make this drug. put the stem cells in the brain and then they'll deliver it rather like a trojan horse. the brain accepts the stem cell because it's neural and it's going to integrate and migrate and get into the brain tissue. i think we've got something very exciting going on here. >> narrator: svendsen's idea is still in development. but clinical trials using another surgical technique have, so far, proved disappointing, which points to the treadmill retains a certain advantage. with exercise, the growth factor boost happens in house, no surgery required. >> so one of the reasons that we are very interested in the possibility that exercise is protective is that the actual release of dopamine is still in the

. >> each human egg cell at the point of fertilization, each on fertilized human egg cell into which a mature human cell has been transplanted, each on fertilized human egg cell might start developing and dividing constitutes a human embryo. >> that means researchers cannot patent am really stem cells either. greenpeace, which challenged the pact in germany, hailed the court's decision. >> we welcome the european court of justice's clarification of the issue that human embryos enjoy a high level of protection against commercial interests. they cannot exploded by industrial or commercial interests. >> the scientist at the heart of the legal storm says the ruling will hurt european researchers and push stem cells science to the u.s. and asia. >> this decision virtually condemns european scientists conducting basic research. this prevents them from being in a position to put the results of this basic research to use. >> the court's decision is binding for all national courts in the eu summit even in countries with more liberal laws on stem cells, such as belgium and the netherlands. >>

don't fertilize. cut down on water and fertilizing. let them go dore manhattan and -- go dormant and rest. >> you don't want them back in a corner. if you have white walls, sometimes that will reflect light. if you have a plant that likes a shady spot, but make sure it fits your area. >> we talked about bringing bugs in. >> yes. >> in our most recent test is the stink bug. i have seen some coming into my house. >> i have used this trap outside. it kept them off my tomato plants plants well. this year they are adding a light to this so this can be used in doors as well. do get as much caucusing as you can get. try to keep them from sneaking in through cracks and openings. >> there are sprays like this that can be used outside and kill bugs on sight. >> you have to see the bug running and spray it. >> pretty much. >> they are not going to eat the killer. >>, they are not. if we go to organics, there are some things, too. >> the trap will bring them n you want the plant near some plant you would favor. >> right. i'm not going to keep this

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it declares that a fertilized egg is a person.ing about reproduction, you know the vast majority of fertilized eggs never implant and never become persons. they never become either live births or pregnancies that are terminated. so it just asserts something that is medically and scientifically untrue but does so in a way that can mean that everything from a spontaneous miscarriage could, you know, result in like we need to now think about whether or not this was a caused murder because this was a person, that in vitro fertilization can be impacted because it would be cruelty to freeze embryos to making it impossible to get iuds and other birth control, which actually reduces the number of abortions when women have access to birth control. this is an absolutely appallingly extreme measure meant to take away women's right to reproductive choice on both ends of the spectrum and to take it to the supreme court. >> it nice to see you this morning. always a pleasure to see you. can you remember to read more of melissa's thoughts on this

if any fertilized egg is considered a person, a miscarriage would be cause for criminal investigation as potential murder. and as that sioux city voter asked about, a law like this could also outlaw some forms of birth control. people facing the prospect of one of these amendments understand that it could potentially ban birth control. these images from the raleigh rally to save the pill, this week. mitt romney must not understand that he says this is what he supports absolutely. the birth control ban. there is one on the ballot in mississippi. that's what it is designed to do. whether or not mitt romney understands his own position, thanks to this awesome hero after voter in sioux city, iowa today, mitt romney at least can no longer avoid the question. >> i don't know if you want to have some staff look into this, but hormonal forms of birth control work a little differently so they prevent implantation, not conception. so it would ban hormonal forms of birth control which is what most women use. so i don't know if you want to look into that but as someone who uses birth control this

nowhere do we say "fertilized egg," for that matter.evelopment stage of human being. >> but if all -- i think we all agree that human beings are persons. this is more of a theological question, philosophical. what we're talking about are specific parameters dealing with the medical, the humankind. to say all humans are personalpers personalpersons, who isn't going to vote for that? >> well, yeah, i think it's the opposite of washy washy. it's very straightforward, very concise and simple. you know, if we do believe that all humans are persons, then to be human is enough and we know when new human comes about. so it's very simple. i believe and i am looking forward to a victory in mississippi because it is just that simple. these what ifs are just that, what ifs. >> what do you think the most immediate effect will be in mississippi if it does pass? >> well, i think the most immediate impact that will make the biggest splash will be that abortion would become unconstitutional in the state and then would start a states' rights argument bef

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year by two thousand and fifty in addition to medical progress and higher agricultural productivity fertility is thought to be the main driver of population interesting we enough worldwide population continues to grow despite the fact that the growth rate itself has been steadily declining the reason for this is the fact that there are still more people living in countries with a higher birthrate these countries are also some of the developing world poorest such as niger some malya afghanistan and congo which means more people born into dire poverty the seven billion third citizen will be born into a wardrobe counter contradictions we have potential for millions us to starving social and economic equity as at the crux of the phenomenon because not only does overpopulation work the hardest against the planet's most vulnerable groups but it is the developed countries that are currently enjoying the biggest share of the resources this has led many to argue that altering consumption patterns in tandem with improving access to family planning are essential elements of the population discourse but

catch up with the fact that there are many more children born here than here before in the high fertility countries is exceedingly important to make sure that women do not have payments that they do not want to have so that they can give the advantages to their own children that they otherwise cannot. i think i will this if it was there is a problem that we have that is to show that when a country is that have to take you. seriously. to be choices for their lives they have come out not only out of poverty but also girls who demographic transition they become more prosperous i mean if it is about and i think that this is what we want to do to talk to the rights to it as sure that we have access to information the. choice ok matthew you want to jump in there because when you think what is exam kind of show you carry is about is that if we do all the right things with family planning then what kind of population will the planet finally settle on if there is populations go to the state democratic transition because what number do we get out with where we are sustainable for the world's resour

people in this crowd because they're not the ones the countries that still have relatively high fertility are not the countries where people are over consuming and depleting the world's fisheries and burning up our fossil fuels and creating greenhouse gases the real problem here is consumption there is a consumption crisis it is not a population crisis and to say that the solution to the world's problems by such a solution to the world poverty is to get poor people to stop having so many children is worse than a distraction is worse than a distraction in later i think most late of what it is it is it is not one of the other it is it is both and to the extent that. person in the world sure how delightful dignity and should be to have quality to their lows that is what we're talking about so we're ask was on sean should be we should look out and shoot. we do not consume the. planet's resources we should also help the poor women who have absolutely no access to education or to her of the choices. quality of their lives that that to confront you know when i want to go to matthew day we're alm