Professor Van Vleck Leads Campus Drive for Legal Abortion, Population Control; Population and Env Crisis
Title
Professor Van Vleck Leads Campus Drive for Legal Abortion, Population Control; Population and Env Crisis
Subject
legalization of abortion in Vermont, population control
Description
"As part of a general campaign against over-population and pollution, Associate Professor of Biology David Van Vleck is leading an on-campus drive to collect signatures for a petition calling for the legalization of abortion in Vermont."
Petition: "We the members of the Middlebury community, recognize that the future quality of life in the United States and the world is being threatened by the swift increase of population, pollution and consumption of limited natural resources. We realize that unchecked population growth will continue to nullify attempts to solve the most social, economic, and political problems, both nationally and internationally.
Petition: "We the members of the Middlebury community, recognize that the future quality of life in the United States and the world is being threatened by the swift increase of population, pollution and consumption of limited natural resources. We realize that unchecked population growth will continue to nullify attempts to solve the most social, economic, and political problems, both nationally and internationally.
Creator
The Middlebury Campus
Source
The Middlebury Campus 1_22_70 and 1_29_70_p4_5, p7_8
Publisher
The Middlebury Campus
Date
1970_01
Rights
Middlebury Campus
Format
.jpg
Language
English
Type
Newspaper article
Identifier
Population, environment, abortion
Coverage
1970
Files
Collection
Citation
The Middlebury Campus, “Professor Van Vleck Leads Campus Drive for Legal Abortion, Population Control; Population and Env Crisis,” Fifty Years of Green: An Environmental History of Middlebury College since 1965, accessed July 16, 2024, https://omeka.middlebury.edu/fyg/items/show/272.