The last year of the Obama administration saw the fertility rate fall to an all-time low. According to recent data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), the U.S. fertility rate sank to a record low of 62.0 births per 1,000 women of reproductive age in 2016. This was a slight decrease from …
One of the world’s most extensive and prolific abortion networks has passed a tragic milestone. In 2016, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), for the first time reported in its history, aborted more than one million unborn baby boys and girls in a single year. The final death toll for 2016: 1,094,679 children lost through …
This past June 19th, Population Research Institute’s Sergio Burga Álvarez delivered an address before the ambassadors at the 47th Regular Session of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Cancun, Mexico. Burga, representing the “Coalition of Democracy and Human Rights,” expressed the sentiment of 670 parliamentarians from various Latin American countries, calling on the OAS …
Pro-Family Voices Defend Rights of the Family at the Organization of American States Read More »
A judge in White County, Tennessee has signed a standing order that offers to shorten prison sentences by 30 days for inmates that agree to accept long-term or permanent birth control. In order to qualify, male inmates must agree to be sterilized via vasectomy, and female inmates must agree to accept Nexplanon, a three-year contraceptive …
Tennessee County Offers to Shorten Prison Time for Inmates Who Agree to Get a Vasectomy Read More »
This week we celebrate the 49th anniversary of Humanae Vitae, the brave and beautiful encyclical of Blessed Paul VI promulgated on July 25, 1968. Brave? Absolutely. This eloquent articulation of the teaching of the Church and the fundamentals of the Natural Law constituted a direct challenge to what Pope Benedict has called “the spirit of …
A woman from Anhui province in eastern China has died after her husband forced her to undergo four sex-selective abortions in a single year, according to reports from the Daily Mail, the South China Morning Post, and Huanqiu.com. The woman, who goes by the name Yueyue, after giving birth to a daughter four years ago, …
Chinese Mother Dies after Husband Demands a Son, Forces Her to Have Four Abortions Read More »
A recent decision handed down by the United Nations Human Rights Committee (CCPR) has once again condemned Ireland for maintaining laws that protect the right to life for the unborn. The decision is now the second time in the last year that the CCPR has attempted to intervene on Ireland’s national sovereignty, pressuring the country …
United Nations Human Rights Committee Pressures Ireland to Legalize Abortion Read More »
A 42-year-old man and father of four has claimed that he was forcibly sterilized at the hands of local family planning authorities in Yunnan province in southwest China. The victim, a Mr. Hu, says that he was detained by family planning officials on the evening of February 8thwhile he was visiting a friend’s house for …
Father of Four Says He Was Forcibly Sterilized by China Family Planning Officials Read More »
Trouble In China’s Two-Child Policy – demographics is colliding with ideology; Government Funding Poses Problems for Catholic Education as hard-left attacks moral policies; Indian States Impose Limit On Families of Employees, forcing many to quit, others to consider aborting third child We begin with our Weekly Briefing: Chinese Women Continue to Face Coercion, Crippling Fines …
A high-ranking Rotterdam city official has proposed that women the government has deemed ‘incapable’ of raising children should be forced to use contraception. Rotterdam alderman Hugo de Jonge argues that judges should be able to compel—by force if necessary—women to use birth control who the state determines to be living with an irremediable learning disability, …
Dutch City Proposes Mandatory Birth Control for ‘Incompetent’ Mothers Read More »
