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PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 25) June 28

In This Issue: As you know well by now, the U.S. fertility rate is falling. But why aren’t young Americans having children? According to Professor (Emeritus) Mike Walden of North Carolina State University, it boils down to four reasons: individualism, tight money, aging, and fear.

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PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 24) June 21

In This Issue: As physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia become normalized around the world, a new trend related to organ donation has also emerged: death by organ donation. This process involves “ending people’s lives with their informed consent by taking them to the operating room and, under general anesthesia, opening their chest and abdomen surgically while they are still alive to remove vital organs for transplantation into other people.”

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PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 23) June 14

In This Issue: The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially partnered with a radical, pro-abortion organization. The WHO’s board voted in favor of bestowing “official relations” on the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR). The CRR is an international abortion law firm and lobbying group that believes access to abortion and transgender surgeries is a fundamental human right.

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Ten Great Reasons to Have Another Child

  “For those who marry and have families, children are the primary means God uses to help them grow in holiness and virtue. Children teach their parents patience, perseverance, charity, and humility.” – PRI President, Steve Mosher Not sure if you should have another baby?

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PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 22) June 7

In This Issue: By 2050, over three-quarters of countries will have fertility rates below replacement (2.1). By 2100, this will increase to 97% of countries. Fertility rates have rapidly changed in the last 70 years, with the global Total Fertility Rate falling from ~5 in 1950 to 2.2 in 2021. Now, the world is facing another 70 years of rapid change. 2100 may sound far away, but children born today will live to see a low-fertility world.

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PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 20) May 24

In This Issue: Planned Parenthood now offers the abortion pills through its app in four states. The abortion giant is pushing abortion access through all available avenues. Planned Parenthood’s “Direct” app also offers “birth control, UTI treatments, and the emergency contraception Ella delivered to their door without seeing a doctor.” Women in Hawaii, Maryland, Washington, and now Illinois can receive the deadly combination of mifepristone and misoprostol without an in-person visit.

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PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 19) May 17

In This Issue: Last week, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol announced that he would be creating a “Ministry of Fertility” to counter the country’s low fertility rate. South Korea has the lowest fertility rate in the world at 0.72, which President Yoon called “a national emergency.”

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PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 18) May 10

In This Issue: Countries brought their grievances over low fertility rates to this year’s UN Commission on Population and Development. Representatives voiced concerns over the potential consequences of falling fertility rates, including anemic economic growth, labor shortages, fiscal insolvency, and other social problems. Yet, even as representatives from countries in the Middle East and Europe shared these concerns, representatives of Western countries and UN agencies continued to push for lowering populations.

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PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 17) May 3

In This Issue: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has released the provisional birth rate data for 2023 and the U.S. was once again in decline. The statistics revealed that a little under 3.6 million babies were born last year, which is 76,000 fewer than the year before. It is also the lowest one-year tally since 1979.

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PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 17) April 26

In This Issue: In March, Iowa tabled legislation that would have made it a felony to “cause the death” of an “unborn person.” Iowa is trying to avoid introducing personhood legislation, which recognizes the unborn child as having legal rights and protections. Alabama’s recent Supreme Court decision regarding IVF put personhood legislation in the spotlight for all the states.

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PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 25) June 28

In This Issue: As you know well by now, the U.S. fertility rate is falling. But why aren’t young Americans having children? According to Professor (Emeritus) Mike Walden of North Carolina State University, it boils down to four reasons: individualism, tight money, aging, and fear.

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 24) June 21

In This Issue: As physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia become normalized around the world, a new trend related to organ donation has also emerged: death by organ donation. This process involves “ending people’s lives with their informed consent by taking them to the operating room and, under general anesthesia, opening their chest and abdomen surgically while they are still alive to remove vital organs for transplantation into other people.”

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 23) June 14

In This Issue: The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially partnered with a radical, pro-abortion organization. The WHO’s board voted in favor of bestowing “official relations” on the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR). The CRR is an international abortion law firm and lobbying group that believes access to abortion and transgender surgeries is a fundamental human right.

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 22) June 7

In This Issue: By 2050, over three-quarters of countries will have fertility rates below replacement (2.1). By 2100, this will increase to 97% of countries. Fertility rates have rapidly changed in the last 70 years, with the global Total Fertility Rate falling from ~5 in 1950 to 2.2 in 2021. Now, the world is facing another 70 years of rapid change. 2100 may sound far away, but children born today will live to see a low-fertility world.

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 20) May 24

In This Issue: Planned Parenthood now offers the abortion pills through its app in four states. The abortion giant is pushing abortion access through all available avenues. Planned Parenthood’s “Direct” app also offers “birth control, UTI treatments, and the emergency contraception Ella delivered to their door without seeing a doctor.” Women in Hawaii, Maryland, Washington, and now Illinois can receive the deadly combination of mifepristone and misoprostol without an in-person visit.

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 19) May 17

In This Issue: Last week, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol announced that he would be creating a “Ministry of Fertility” to counter the country’s low fertility rate. South Korea has the lowest fertility rate in the world at 0.72, which President Yoon called “a national emergency.”

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 18) May 10

In This Issue: Countries brought their grievances over low fertility rates to this year’s UN Commission on Population and Development. Representatives voiced concerns over the potential consequences of falling fertility rates, including anemic economic growth, labor shortages, fiscal insolvency, and other social problems. Yet, even as representatives from countries in the Middle East and Europe shared these concerns, representatives of Western countries and UN agencies continued to push for lowering populations.

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 17) May 3

In This Issue: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has released the provisional birth rate data for 2023 and the U.S. was once again in decline. The statistics revealed that a little under 3.6 million babies were born last year, which is 76,000 fewer than the year before. It is also the lowest one-year tally since 1979.

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 17) April 26

In This Issue: In March, Iowa tabled legislation that would have made it a felony to “cause the death” of an “unborn person.” Iowa is trying to avoid introducing personhood legislation, which recognizes the unborn child as having legal rights and protections. Alabama’s recent Supreme Court decision regarding IVF put personhood legislation in the spotlight for all the states.

Read More »