The U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) on 29 April 1999 revised its classification of quinacrine for female sterilization (QS) from “accepted” to “acceptance not established,”1 undercutting chief quinacrine advocate Stephen D. Mumford’s main “justifications” for pressing for widespread QS throughout the developing world. To date, Mumford has
The population controllers should get their stories straight. After the US Congress last year cut off UNFPA’s funding, that agency’s highly paid flaks (er, public relations specialists) stayed up nights imaging their way back to the US Treasury. Thereafter appeared a spat of stories praising
The folly of throwing money at population control programs has become increasingly apparent. Likewise, the good done by organizations promoting social and economic development has garnered some attention as well. However, press on the pop-control crowd continues to dominate. Why? Besides the obvious answer that
The Population Research Institute hosted its annual Congressional Briefing on Capitol Hill on 9 March 1999. The briefing, entitled “The Social and Economic Consequences of Depopulation” was led by PRI President Steven W. Mosher and featured Social Security expert W. Patrick Cunningham, East Asia specialist
At the Ara e Madhe refugee camp in Shkoder (also called Scutari) in northern Albania, I was met by Doctor Maria Grazia Saramel taking a young Kosovar woman to the refugee hospital. Before arriving in Albania, I had heard that health care for the refugees
A recent report issued by the Capital Research Center (CRC) reveals the shaky legal and constitutional grounds on which Time-Warner vice-chair- man Ted Turner’s United Nations Foundation has been built. The CRC report states that Turner’s $1 billion “gift” to the UN almost eighteen months
We don’t want to make a habit of bashing Ted Turner, especially given that there are so many other wealthy population control wackos around. But he is such a tempting target (a father of five children who would limit the rest of us to one)
No matter how hard political establishments work on spin control, the truth about their policies often manages to seep out around the ragged edges. So it is with the half-century-old myth about populations and their effect on economic prosperity. Even before World War II, birthrates
Speaking at a PRI-sponsored Congressional Briefing March 9 on Capitol Hill, Congressman Joseph Pitts (R-16-PA) renewed his call to shift 100 million foreign operations dollars from USAID population control projects to child survival programs instead. Congressman Pitts said that “When we address Foreign Operations Appropriations,
One of the rallying cries of population control advocates is that population growth leads to the depletion of natural resources. These fears are unfounded, according to an article in the New York Times (“U. S. Water Use Fell, Despite Population Increase, Reports Says” New York
The U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) on 29 April 1999 revised its classification of quinacrine for female sterilization (QS) from “accepted” to “acceptance not established,”1 undercutting chief
The population controllers should get their stories straight. After the US Congress last year cut off UNFPA’s funding, that agency’s highly paid flaks (er, public
The folly of throwing money at population control programs has become increasingly apparent. Likewise, the good done by organizations promoting social and economic development has
The Population Research Institute hosted its annual Congressional Briefing on Capitol Hill on 9 March 1999. The briefing, entitled “The Social and Economic Consequences of
At the Ara e Madhe refugee camp in Shkoder (also called Scutari) in northern Albania, I was met by Doctor Maria Grazia Saramel taking a
A recent report issued by the Capital Research Center (CRC) reveals the shaky legal and constitutional grounds on which Time-Warner vice-chair- man Ted Turner’s United
We don’t want to make a habit of bashing Ted Turner, especially given that there are so many other wealthy population control wackos around. But
No matter how hard political establishments work on spin control, the truth about their policies often manages to seep out around the ragged edges. So
Speaking at a PRI-sponsored Congressional Briefing March 9 on Capitol Hill, Congressman Joseph Pitts (R-16-PA) renewed his call to shift 100 million foreign operations dollars
One of the rallying cries of population control advocates is that population growth leads to the depletion of natural resources. These fears are unfounded, according
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