In This Issue:
- PRI in the Media
- Freedom Rises in Latin America
- Deepening Depopulation
- South Korea Rethinks Its Birthrate Crisis
- Finland’s Births Linked to Education
- Canada’s Fertility Remains at Record Low
- Communist China
- China’s Missing 130 Million People
- Science Gone Mad
- Push to Legalize Human Embryo Editing
- Pro-Life Around the World
- Belgium’s Euthanasia Deaths More Than Double
- Australians Want Stronger Abortion Limits
- Dutch Teen Abortions Reach Six-Year High
- Pro-Life on the Home Front
- FDA Pushes Abortion Pill Review to 2027
- Report Exposes Abortion Pill Risks
- Democrats Reframe Abortion as Economics
- Good News
- Arkansas Invests $1.7 Million in Life
- PRI Research & Resources
- Exposing Latin America’s Abortion Network
PRI in the Media
Freedom Rises in Latin America: Recently, PRI President Steven Mosher published an article in The Epoch Times examining how the closure of USAID has helped usher in a new era of freedom across Latin America. Mr. Mosher argues that USAID funded organizations promoting abortion, gender ideology, and other left-wing agendas throughout the region. With this funding network dismantled, conservative governments now outnumber left-wing governments 12 to seven, marking a dramatic political shift across Latin America.
Deepening Depopulation
South Korea Rethinks Its Birthrate Crisis: South Korea has unveiled a new five-year population strategy that shifts its focus from boosting births to improving quality of life amid the country’s demographic crisis. President Lee Jae Myung’s government has abandoned previous fertility rate targets, instead prioritizing employment, housing, and welfare. The plan includes $7,500 grants for firstborn children and 571,000 public housing units for young families. Meanwhile, births rose 14.7% through July compared to last year.
Finland’s Births Linked to Education: A new study finds that roughly two-thirds of Finland’s fertility among women born between 1969 and 1975 came from unions with at least one college-educated partner. Nearly 30% came from couples where both partners had higher education. Researchers found that educated couples contributed more births because they formed more partnerships and stayed together longer, not because they had more children on average. Meanwhile, childlessness has reached approximately 19% among Finnish women.
Canada’s Fertility Remains at Record Low: Canada’s fertility rate remained at an all-time low of just 1.26 in 2025, according to Statistics Canada. The average age of mothers at childbirth also reached a record high of 31.9 years, up from 26.7 in 1976. Experts point to rising living costs, delayed childbearing, working conditions, and lifestyle choices as contributors to the country’s decades-long fertility decline. Canada now has the seventh-lowest fertility rate among 20 high-income countries.
Communist China
China’s Missing 130 Million People: A new study suggests that China’s population may be just 1.27 billion, rather than the officially reported 1.4 billion. Demographer Yi Fuxian argues that the Chinese government has systematically inflated population figures, with schools exaggerating enrollment to secure government funding and local authorities incentivized to overstate the number of births. With China’s fertility rate now below 1.0, its demographic collapse is likely to be far worse than Beijing admits, threatening its economic ambitions and global influence.
“My friend, Yi Fuxian of the University of Wisconsin, convincingly argues that China overstates its population by 130 million or so,” says Mr. Mosher. “He is absolutely correct. The more China’s leaders desperately try to raise the country’s birthrate, the more local officials fudge the numbers to look good—and qualify for central government subsidies. The entire country is one, big ‘learning center’ fraud machine.”
Science Gone Mad
Push to Legalize Human Embryo Editing: Biotech startup Origin Genomics is pushing Congress to lift restrictions on genetically editing human embryos. The company is experimenting with donated embryos and using artificial intelligence to develop gene-editing techniques, claiming the technology could prevent inherited diseases. Critics warn that altering human embryos raises serious ethical concerns, including eugenics and “designer babies.” Despite these dangers, the company wants federal regulators to reconsider restrictions on genetically modifying human embryos.
Pro-Life Around the World
Belgium’s Euthanasia Deaths More Than Double: Euthanasia accounted for 4% of all deaths in Belgium in 2025, more than doubling from 1.9% in 2020. A new government report recorded 4,487 euthanasia deaths last year, including 1,117 people whose natural deaths were not expected in the coming months. Another 77 cases involved dementia, while 74 involved psychiatric disorders. Two minors were also euthanized between 2024 and 2025, raising further concerns about the country’s expanding euthanasia practices.
Australians Want Stronger Abortion Limits: A new national poll reveals widespread support for stronger protections for unborn children in Australia. The survey found that 58.6% of Australians support banning abortion after 24 weeks or earlier, with certain exceptions. Another 67% oppose sex-selective abortions, while 74.8% support equal medical care for babies born alive after failed abortions. Additionally, a large percentage favor safeguards against coerced abortions, challenging claims that pro-life views are held only by a fringe minority.
Dutch Teen Abortions Reach Six-Year High: The Netherlands recorded a sharp increase in abortions among girls under 15 in 2025, with 163 abortions, 2.5 times the previous year’s figure and the highest in at least six years. Abortions among teenagers aged 15 to 19 also rose 6%, reaching 2,918. Overall, nearly 40,000 unborn children were aborted nationwide, a 1.25% increase. Meanwhile, doctors prescribed abortion pills 339 times during the first year they were authorized to do so.
Pro-Life on the Home Front
FDA Pushes Abortion Pill Review to 2027: The FDA announced it will not complete its long-awaited review of the abortion pill mifepristone until March 2027. Despite mounting pressure from pro-life leaders, the agency refuses to reconsider mail-order abortion pill regulations until its review is finished. A recent study cited by pro-life advocates found that more than one in ten women taking mifepristone experienced serious complications, yet the FDA continues to delay action.
Report Exposes Abortion Pill Risks: A new report exposes serious concerns surrounding the FDA’s decades-long handling of the abortion drug mifepristone, arguing that the drug received special regulatory treatment and that safeguards were stripped away without sufficient evidence. Telehealth accounted for an estimated 22% of U.S. abortions in 2024, while studies cited by the FDA found surgical intervention rates as high as 12.5%. Hospital evaluations reached 22.5% among women taking abortion drugs at 11–14 weeks.
Democrats Reframe Abortion as Economics: Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, Democrats are increasingly portraying abortion as an economic necessity, linking it to rising living costs and financial hardship. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and writer Jessica Valenti have argued that abortion access is an economic issue. Pro-lifers counter that killing unborn children is no solution to financial hardship and that struggling mothers deserve meaningful financial assistance, maternal healthcare, and support for raising their children.
Good News
Arkansas Invests $1.7 Million in Life: Arkansas has awarded more than $1.7 million in grants to over three dozen pro-life pregnancy help organizations since July. These centers provide free services, including ultrasounds, pregnancy tests, diapers, and baby formula, to mothers and families in need. The state, which has protected most unborn children from abortion since 2022, has allocated $3.5 million for pregnancy assistance this fiscal year, further strengthening its commitment to protecting unborn life and supporting mothers.
PRI Research & Resources
Exposing Latin America’s Abortion Network: This week, we feature PRI’s report on the Latin American Consortium Against Unsafe Abortion (CLACAI), a regional network of organizations committed to the legalization and normalization of abortion in Ibero-America. The report examines CLACAI’s legal-political, media-cultural, and technological strategies, its connections to major international pro-abortion organizations, and its direct or indirect funding ties to USAID. It also documents the activities of CLACAI-affiliated organizations across 19 Ibero-American nations.
Quote of the Week
“From the end of Population Control funding to the establishment of Trump Accounts, no administration in American history has a better record of pro-life, pro-family accomplishments, while no opposition has ever fielded a worse set of radical anti-life candidates and insane socialist policies.”
~ PRI President Steven Mosher
