There is virtually no difference between "population control" and genocide.
Nobody tries to control their own people's reproduction, they try to control other peoples' reproduction.
Nobody argues that the USA is overpopulated and needs population control, but tons of people argue that the entire continent of Africa is overpopulated and needs population control. It couldn't be more obvious that demographics play a role in who has population control enforced, and who doesn't.
You could just as easily allow people from "overpopulated Africa" to move to the USA and balance things out, but it would be easier for racists to force abortions and sterilizations on Africans than allow black-skinned immigrants to relocate into their communities.
If you're deliberately trying to prevent certain demographics of people from being born, that's genocide. This notion that genocide requires mass-murder is ignorant and dangerous. Eugenics is genocide, full stop.
And no, "population control" cannot ever be implemented equitably, don't even start.
Nobody argues that the USA is overpopulated and needs population control, but tons of people argue that the entire continent of Africa is overpopulated and needs population control. It couldn't be more obvious that demographics play a role in who has population control enforced, and who doesn't.
You could just as easily allow people from "overpopulated Africa" to move to the USA and balance things out, but it would be easier for racists to force abortions and sterilizations on Africans than allow black-skinned immigrants to relocate into their communities.
If you're deliberately trying to prevent certain demographics of people from being born, that's genocide. This notion that genocide requires mass-murder is ignorant and dangerous. Eugenics is genocide, full stop.
And no, "population control" cannot ever be implemented equitably, don't even start.