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 …
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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, …
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From the war in Syria to conflict in Ukraine and the South China Sea to mass starvation in Venezuela, this year’s Olympic Games in Rio presented a rare opportunity for the United Nations to bring nations together and to promote peace and justice at a time when there has perhaps been more global turmoil than …
UNFPA, UNAIDS Use Olympics to Bring Condoms, Hugs, and LGBT Advocacy to Rio Read More »
We begin today with Charlie’s Corner, dedicated to PRI’s longtime friend, prolife ally, and board chairman.Professor Rice comes first because today is the 48th anniversary of Humane Vitae, the Encyclical on Human Life promulgated by Blessed Pope Paul VI on July 25, 1968. Of course, that document was met with outrage not only from the …
China’s family planning police are widely hated and feared by the Chinese people. And who can blame them? For the past three and half decades, the family planning police have been the enforcement arm of China’s brutal one-child policy, carrying out the Communist Party’s mandate that couples have no more than one child, or no …
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Many women today living in immigrant communities in the United States face discrimination, mistreatment, or resentment from family members if they fail to bear a son. Disproportionately girls are being targeted for abortion in some parts of these communities. The choice to abort is a coerced one, more often than not one pushed by husbands …
Sex-Selection, Forced Abortion Are Happening Here in the United States Read More »
One of the best talks at our Australia conference was given by Vice Vincent Batarelo (pronounced Vee-che), who led the fight in Croatia to defend natural marriage. Dr. Batarelo was also a natural to invite to our conference, since he was born in Sydney to Croatian immigrants and grew up Down Under. After he completed …
As Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington, his government continues the brutal one-child policy. Millions of women are forced to have abortions each year, while others, desperate for sons, end the lives of any little girls they conceive. The resulting shortage of brides has given rise to a slave trade in women. We are …
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Who are the real nativists, bigots, and racists? You can start with Planned Parenthood, where black and brown babies die in far greater proportion than any others. A longtime member of Planned Parenthood’s national board once explained her particular passion — sterilizing Mexican women before they got across the border into the United States. PRI …
