A Cut for Population Control Money?

Official federal spending on overseas “population assistance,” which means population control, has a slim chance of dropping significantly in fiscal year 2007. The Bush administration proposed only $357 million for such family-planning programs early this year, a significant reduction from… Read More

US Population: 300 Million Strong and Growing

Sometime next month, the US Census Bureau will announce that the population of the United States has reached 300 million. The USA has the world’s third-largest population, trailing far behind China (1.3 billion) and India (1.1 billion).
Accompanying the 300… Read More

France’s End

Most American news stories about and commentators on the recent riots in France have blamed a combination of high unemployment (economics) and discrimination (race) for the riots. They have suggested that more jobs, quotas, and government spending would solve France’s… Read More

Smiles for Scalito

Yet a few pro-lifers point to cases in which Alito did not rule in a pro-life direction. I believe their criticism rests on a fundamental misunderstanding of judges’ proper role.
Alito, nicknamed “Scalito” for the similarity between his judicial philosophy… Read More

Washington Post Abortion Doubters?

Incredibly, this probably temporary spate of balance concerning the abortion issue has come as a new Supreme Court justice, who could reduce the majority for the feminists’ sacrosanct Roe v. Wade, is about to join the court. Now that the… Read More

UNFPA Discovers Fatherlessness

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) this month released its State of World Population 2005 report, titled The Promise of Equality: Gender Equity, Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals, and regular readers of this space will not be surprised… Read More

UN Chokes on Abstinence

That the United States is spending more money than any other nation on stopping the spread of AIDS in Africa counts for little. He is upset with the US emphasis on abstinence, which he accuses of causing a condom shortage… Read More

The Gospel of Life Down Under

A Family Life International (FLI) conference called “Be Not Afraid to Live the Gospel of Life,” held in Melbourne, Australia, September 16-18, provided an opportunity for speakers and about 200 attendees from around the globe to spread the Culture of… Read More

Choice or Control?

By promoting family planning in mainland China and working with the Chinese government's population control apparatus, UNFPA effectively supports and subsidizes China's coercive population control program.
Anyone who believes UNFPA's claim that its participation has moderated China's brutal policies need… Read More

Pro-Life Renaissance or Scam?

Abortion does not have the salience in British politics that it does in the States. Nevertheless, recent advances in medical technology are penetrating into British consciousness. For example, half of all British babies born prematurely at 23 weeks can now… Read More

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