In her 1999 book, The War Against Population: The Economics and Ideology of World Population Control 
Kasun explains, “Dr. Ravenholt was reported to believe that only such extreme measures could counteract the ‘population explosion’ that would otherwise so reduce living standards that foreign rebellions would spring up ‘against the strong U.S. commercial presence.”
Ravenholt was a cut-up. Kasun cites a scholar who “described Dr. Ravenholt’s behavior at a dinner for population researchers: for the amusement and edification of the guests, Dr. Ravenholt strolled around the room gesturing as if he were operating a hand vacuum abortion pump.”
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