Biopolitics Is A Term That Was Coined By Michel Foucault. It Is Defined As The Calculated Management Of Life And Human Populations - Including How They Grow And How They Stop Growing. Biopolitical Decisions Involve Choices Between Who Lives And Who Dies In The Population. Congress And Government Always Engage In Biopolitics Through The Management Of Scarce Resources. The Approval Of A New Federal Budget Has Many Biopolitical Consequences; Decisions About Opioid Funding - Health Care - And Environmental Spending Could Mean The Difference Between Life And Death For Certain Groups. Battlestar Galactica Illustrates How Political Processes Are Tied To Biopolitical Concerns. In The Show - The Ship Is Faced With Scarce Resources Like Time - Weapons - Fuel - And Possible Escape Routes. When The Ship Encounters Civilian Survivors - It Cannot Take Everyone Onboard. The President Is Forced To Choose Between Leaving All The Civilians To Die At The Hands Of The Cylons And Spending Time Trying To Save Some. Ultimately - She Chooses To Let The Fleet Jump And Leave Behind Civilian Ships - Feeling That The Certain Survival Of The 50 - 000 People On Board Was Worth More Than The Uncertain Survival Of Thousands More Civilians.