Overview: Population and reproductive health / Deborah R. McFarlane ; History and future of world population / John R. Weeks -- Measures and theories: Measuring populations : mortality, fertility, and migration / Erin R. Hamilton ; Measuring reproductive health / Sara Yeatman ; Population theories and dynamics / John R. Weeks -- Health: Contraceptive history and practice / Deborah R. McFarlane and Richard Grossman ; Abortion and reproductive health / Andrzej Kulcycki ; Benefits of family planning / E. Hazel Denton -- Related issues: Women's status and reproductive rights / Deborah R. McFarlane ; Sustainability, population, and environmental degradation / John E. Becker and Deborah R. McFarlane ; Climate change, population, and reproductive health / Karen Hardee ; Food security, population, and reproductive health / Richard E. White -- Policies: Global population and reproductive health policies / John F. May -- Toward the future / Deborah R. McFarlane.