I initially thought that birth rates might rise when COVID hit. Indeed, there was a slight uptick in the total fertility rate (TFR) in 2021, rising to 1.66 children per woman over her reproductive lifetime from the previous year’s 1.64. But then the numbers of
As American families continue to fracture, our youngest generations are suffering the consequences. You have probably heard of Generation Z, the so-called “Zoomers” born between 1999-2009. But did you know that they have now been joined by an younger generation? Generation Alpha, as it is
Pope Leo XIV is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’ with a whole series of events in the coming months. Already, on September 5, 2025, he announced that the historic papal residence in Castel Gandolfo is henceforth to be known the “village” of “Borgo Laudato Si’,” supposedly bringing
Last year, the Lepanto Institute and Population Research Institute conducted a joint year-long investigation of Catholic Relief Services activities in three African countries: Cameroon, Zimbabwe, and Lesotho. We discovered that CRS was pushing pornographic sex education, condoms, and abortifacient contraceptives on minor girls. CRS denied
For decades, the Dominican Republic, where abortion has been banned since 1884, has been under tremendous pressure from international abortion networks and the feminist movement to decriminalize abortion and allow it under some circumstance. But despite these well-funded groups and their well-organized campaigns, which had
When the Trump administration ended most of USAID’s population control programs, $10 million in abortifacient contraceptives and condoms were in transit to Africa. The drugs and devices, now marooned in a warehouse in Belgium, constitute an acid test of the Trump administration’s commitment to ending
America’s dismal birth rates are often blamed on economics. But the cost of bearing and raising children is only part of the reason the American total fertility rate, at 1.6 children per woman, is at historic lows. Equally important in discouraging young people from marrying and
The biggest abortion promoters, the World Health Organization and the Guttmacher institute, have every reason to exaggerate the number of abortions worldwide each year. So when the World Health Organization and the Guttmacher Institute both estimate that 73 million induced abortions occur each year, can they be
U.S. government agencies have never engaged in open coercion to force down the birth rate, at least within the borders of the United States. (USAID’s past actions overseas are another matter.) We are, after all, not China. There, the birth control police hunted down women
The UNFPA, born in the dark fear of exploding human numbers, has always been driven by a desire to reduce human numbers. Its annual reports have typically been focused on population growth, pushing abortion, sterilization, and contraception to combat “overpopulation.” But now that the world’s
I initially thought that birth rates might rise when COVID hit. Indeed, there was a slight uptick in the total fertility rate (TFR) in 2021,
As American families continue to fracture, our youngest generations are suffering the consequences. You have probably heard of Generation Z, the so-called “Zoomers” born between
Pope Leo XIV is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’ with a whole series of events in the coming months. Already, on September 5, 2025, he
Last year, the Lepanto Institute and Population Research Institute conducted a joint year-long investigation of Catholic Relief Services activities in three African countries: Cameroon, Zimbabwe,
For decades, the Dominican Republic, where abortion has been banned since 1884, has been under tremendous pressure from international abortion networks and the feminist movement
When the Trump administration ended most of USAID’s population control programs, $10 million in abortifacient contraceptives and condoms were in transit to Africa. The drugs
America’s dismal birth rates are often blamed on economics. But the cost of bearing and raising children is only part of the reason the American total
The biggest abortion promoters, the World Health Organization and the Guttmacher institute, have every reason to exaggerate the number of abortions worldwide each year. So
U.S. government agencies have never engaged in open coercion to force down the birth rate, at least within the borders of the United States. (USAID’s
The UNFPA, born in the dark fear of exploding human numbers, has always been driven by a desire to reduce human numbers. Its annual reports