Is the Earth a Finite Number of People?

A few generations of single child families will make possible dramatic improvements of living standards in even the most impoverished countries. This would be an orderly drawdown over generations, not a mass extermination. If mankind were at or above that capacity, it would be legitimate for governments to encourage parents to voluntarily limit their child bearing through natural family planning. Reproduction is no longer exclusively a personal matter. Society must have a voice and some power of direction in regulating this vital function. The desires of human couples are very important, but they must not neglect a consider ration of society at large.