Steven W. Mosher

$10 Million in Abortifacient Contraceptives Are Going Up in Smoke

$10 Million in Abortifacient Contraceptives Are Going Up in Smoke

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

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Time to Grin and Bear it—Babies, I mean.

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

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President Trump, please sign this Executive Order

President Trump, please sign this Executive Order

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

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Denied U.S. Funding, the UNFPA Claims it’s Not Anti-Natal

Denied U.S. Funding, the UNFPA Claims it’s Not Anti-Natal

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

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Pope Leo XIV

Could Pope Leo XIV be Any More Pro-Life?

People are parsing every word uttered by the new Pope, Leo XIV, eager to see if he will preach the fullness of the Catholic faith, without compromise or confusion. As the leader of a pro-life, pro-family group, Population Research Institute, which has worked closely with

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Trump Pulls the Plug on UNFPA Funding

Fulfilling another one of his campaign promises, President Trump in March ordered the defunding of the UN’s chief population control organization, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). That process is now complete. Termination notices for more than 40 abortion, sterilization, and contraception promoting projects have

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Baby Bonus or Baby Bust?

The latest population numbers are out, and it’s clear that America’s long-running birth and fertility crisis continues. The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) for 2024 was an anemic 1.62 births per woman, far below the 2.1 needed to sustain our current numbers. We simply aren’t making

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Baby Bonus or Baby Bust?

The latest population numbers are out, and it’s clear that America’s long-running birth and fertility crisis continues. The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) for 2024 was

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