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'God commanded' family planning, says this Muslim leader in flood-ravaged Malawi

March 12, 2015
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Into the 1990s, Malawi banned not only birth control, but sex education and even miniskirts. Now, attitudes toward contraception are changing under the pressure of climate change and rapid population growth.

'God commanded' family planning, says this Muslim leader in flood-ravaged Malawi

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