PRI Staff

PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 15) April 19th

In This Issue: Planned Parenthood’s 2022-2023 annual report revealed that the organization provided a total of 392,715 abortions. If the CDC factored child deaths caused by abortion into their “Leading Causes of Death” data, that would make Planned Parenthood-performed abortions the fourth leading cause of death, behind heart disease, cancer, and Covid-19.

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PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 14) April 12

In This Issue: New data regarding American fertility may hold a silver lining to the “birth dearth” that the nation is experiencing. As we have highlighted previously, the U.S. fertility rate is below replacement and, in general, continues to trend downward. However, data from 2022 suggests that while Americans are having fewer babies, the babies that are being born are more likely to be born to married parents.

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PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 13) April 5

In This Issue: This week, the political network for values celebrated our Ibero-American office’s 20th anniversary on social media, stating the following:

“Congratulations to the Population Research Institute for their 20 years of service in Ibero-America. We join them in the celebration and look forward to continuing to work together to defend life, family, and liberties.”

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PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 12) March 29

In This Issue: On March 26th, the Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments for the case that will decide the future of the abortion pill. Since the pandemic, the FDA has loosened restrictions on the abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol. According to one expert, “The telehealth policy, which the FDA temporarily implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic before making it permanent, is really ‘what opened the gate’ to the drug’s broader use.” This has directly contributed to the uptick in abortions. Last year, the total number of abortions in the U.S. surpassed 1 million for the first time in over a decade.

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Response to Archbishop John Wester

    On March 6, the Lepanto Institute and the Population Research Institute published a 130-page report summarizing the findings of their joint, year-long investigation into projects that Catholic Relief Services was carrying out in three African countries. Prior to the publication of that report,

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PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 11) March 22

In This Issue: In this argument for her audience to have more children, Leah Libresco Sargeant breaks down why increasing your family size is a good thing. The issue goes beyond economics. In Sargeant’s words, saying no to children is a no to hope, need, particularity, and something better than our plans. Her compelling speech describes how children are not just society’s future, but each individual’s connection to the future. Parents are truly lucky to be needed by their children; to love and be loved in return by their children. Children pull parents out of selfishness and give them the opportunity for personal growth. Further, children require parents to grow in magnanimity–greatness of soul. Children may challenge you and change you, but in that, they are blessings, not burdens.

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PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 10) March 15

In This Issue: Last week, the Population Research Institute (PRI) and Lepanto Insitute (LI) held a joint press conference to release the results of a year-long investigation of Catholic Relief Services in three African countries. These countries were Cameroon, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe. Our investigator found, and provided, evidence of CRS pushing contraception, abortion education, and graphic sexual education, supporting masturbation, on girls as young as ten.

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PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 9) March 1

In This Issue: The news is getting out that the world is heading towards a “demographic train wreck.” Many of the countries experiencing low fertility rates are experimenting with different approaches to try to motivate couples to have children. However, there’s one approach governments aren’t trying: An appeal to faith. Governments discount the importance of faith, but around the world, religious groups (Catholics, Orthodox Jews, Mormons, etc.) are the ones embracing large families. As The Washington Times points out, “In an anti-natalist culture, procreation is an act of faith.”

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PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 8) February 23

In This Issue: Last Friday, Elon Musk posted a short, honest comment about the side effects of hormonal birth control on X. Musk’s post read, “Hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression & triples risk of suicide. This is the clear scientific consensus, but very few people seem to know it.” This post caused a wave of responses from women who shared their negative experiences with birth control.

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PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 15) April 19th

In This Issue: Planned Parenthood’s 2022-2023 annual report revealed that the organization provided a total of 392,715 abortions. If the CDC factored child deaths caused by abortion into their “Leading Causes of Death” data, that would make Planned Parenthood-performed abortions the fourth leading cause of death, behind heart disease, cancer, and Covid-19.

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 14) April 12

In This Issue: New data regarding American fertility may hold a silver lining to the “birth dearth” that the nation is experiencing. As we have highlighted previously, the U.S. fertility rate is below replacement and, in general, continues to trend downward. However, data from 2022 suggests that while Americans are having fewer babies, the babies that are being born are more likely to be born to married parents.

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 13) April 5

In This Issue: This week, the political network for values celebrated our Ibero-American office’s 20th anniversary on social media, stating the following:

“Congratulations to the Population Research Institute for their 20 years of service in Ibero-America. We join them in the celebration and look forward to continuing to work together to defend life, family, and liberties.”

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 12) March 29

In This Issue: On March 26th, the Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments for the case that will decide the future of the abortion pill. Since the pandemic, the FDA has loosened restrictions on the abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol. According to one expert, “The telehealth policy, which the FDA temporarily implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic before making it permanent, is really ‘what opened the gate’ to the drug’s broader use.” This has directly contributed to the uptick in abortions. Last year, the total number of abortions in the U.S. surpassed 1 million for the first time in over a decade.

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 11) March 22

In This Issue: In this argument for her audience to have more children, Leah Libresco Sargeant breaks down why increasing your family size is a good thing. The issue goes beyond economics. In Sargeant’s words, saying no to children is a no to hope, need, particularity, and something better than our plans. Her compelling speech describes how children are not just society’s future, but each individual’s connection to the future. Parents are truly lucky to be needed by their children; to love and be loved in return by their children. Children pull parents out of selfishness and give them the opportunity for personal growth. Further, children require parents to grow in magnanimity–greatness of soul. Children may challenge you and change you, but in that, they are blessings, not burdens.

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 10) March 15

In This Issue: Last week, the Population Research Institute (PRI) and Lepanto Insitute (LI) held a joint press conference to release the results of a year-long investigation of Catholic Relief Services in three African countries. These countries were Cameroon, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe. Our investigator found, and provided, evidence of CRS pushing contraception, abortion education, and graphic sexual education, supporting masturbation, on girls as young as ten.

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 9) March 1

In This Issue: The news is getting out that the world is heading towards a “demographic train wreck.” Many of the countries experiencing low fertility rates are experimenting with different approaches to try to motivate couples to have children. However, there’s one approach governments aren’t trying: An appeal to faith. Governments discount the importance of faith, but around the world, religious groups (Catholics, Orthodox Jews, Mormons, etc.) are the ones embracing large families. As The Washington Times points out, “In an anti-natalist culture, procreation is an act of faith.”

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 4, Issue 8) February 23

In This Issue: Last Friday, Elon Musk posted a short, honest comment about the side effects of hormonal birth control on X. Musk’s post read, “Hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression & triples risk of suicide. This is the clear scientific consensus, but very few people seem to know it.” This post caused a wave of responses from women who shared their negative experiences with birth control.

Read More »