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Is Social Security Doomed by Contraception and Abortion?

In the July/August, 1996 issue of Culture Wars, I published an article, “Contracepting Social Security,” that used the Social Security Trustees’ reports to document how artificially reduced birthrates had seriously injured Social Security solvency. In that article, I argued that the key to the Ponzi

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President’s Page: Time to Defund Planned Parenthood

For over three decades, Planned Parenthood has fattened at the federal trough. This year alone, over $300 million in Title X money is slated to go to the nation’s biggest abortion provider, a huge subsidy amounting to about one-third of its annual budget. The good

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The Birth Dearth: Economic and Social Impact of Aging Societies

ROME, SEPT 30, 2007 (Zenit.org)— Decades of declining birthrates are causing a rapid aging of many nation’s populations. Romanian President Traian Basescu recently warned that his country’s population was declining and that more needs to be done to support women who have children, the Associated

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Gender Equity and the Demeaning of Men’s Issues

9 29 October 2007     Vol. 9 / No. 40 Dear Colleague, Attending an academic conference recently, I heard feminists denounce the lack of equality between men and women. They claimed to want “gender equity,” demanding more female heads of state, higher wages, and above all,

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The Obstetric Fistula Fallacy

  24 October 2007     Vol. 9 / No. 39 Dear Colleague, Feminists and abortion-rights activists have staked a claim to obstetric fistula. As usual, their motives are ideological, and do not translate into programs that help women on the ground. Steven W. Mosher THE OBSTETRIC

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Chimeras, Great Britian, and the Brave New World

PRI Weekly Briefing, September 24, 2007 Vol. 9 / No. 35     15 October 2007     Vol. 9 / No. 38   CHIMERAS, GREAT BRITAIN, AND THE BRAVE NEW WORLD In Greek mythology, the chimera was a vicious beast born of the unholy union of

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PRI Criticizes Guttmacher Report

Front Royal, VA, 10/10/07 – The Guttmacher Institute’s latest report on world abortion rates is a self-serving fantasy, says Population Research Institute President Steven W. Mosher. The study, just released today, argues that 42 million abortions were performed in 2003, most in developing countries. Accurate

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US Bishops Issue a New CALL to Latinos

2 October 2007     Vol. 9 / No. 36 U.S. Bishops issue a new CALL to Latinos   More than 30 Catholic Latino businessmen and professionals from around the country gathered on 7 to 9 September in the Archdiocese of Denver for the third Catholic Latino

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HillaryCare, 2.0

PRI Weekly Briefing, September 24, 2007 Vol. 9 / No. 35 24 September 2007     Vol. 9 / No. 35 Dear Colleague, To paraphrase Marx, socialism is the opiate of the intellectuals. Socialized medicine is more of the same. As in Canada and Great Britain, it

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The Obstetric Fistula Fallacy

  24 October 2007     Vol. 9 / No. 39 Dear Colleague, Feminists and abortion-rights activists have staked a claim to obstetric fistula. As usual, their

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PRI Criticizes Guttmacher Report

Front Royal, VA, 10/10/07 – The Guttmacher Institute’s latest report on world abortion rates is a self-serving fantasy, says Population Research Institute President Steven W.

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HillaryCare, 2.0

PRI Weekly Briefing, September 24, 2007 Vol. 9 / No. 35 24 September 2007     Vol. 9 / No. 35 Dear Colleague, To paraphrase Marx, socialism

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