SameOldStory, I think I'm just confused about why you mentioned these two books. Because you agree with them? Because you disagree? Because you aren't sure and you want to know what other people think? I'm not trying to say you can't post your point of view or mention related fiction, I'm just having trouble understanding your point.
As for forced abortions, etc. in China, yes, there are reliable reports that it has happened. The reviewer you quoted makes it sound like a universal practice, however, and I don't see evidence for that. So I can't tell, on the basis of this excerpt of a review by an Amazon customer who may or may not have actually read the book, what the position of the book is. The viewer is making wild accusations that conflict with information I have. What should I think of the reviewer's other accusations about the author(s)?
Now, if the author(s) (Holdren or Holdren plus two co-authors or whatever) are advocating reducing the population by active culling (based on any criteria) or forced sterilization or abortion, I disagree with that premise. But I would like to see sensible people start to limit population voluntarily, because resources are getting pretty stretched. It's hard for me to see why anyone would think that continuing on as we have, with the rates of population growth and consumption of resources, is a good idea. I know too much of the math behind the "tragedy of the commons" problem.