July 6, 1999 Volume 1/ Number 8 Dear Friend and Colleague: The US Senate last month passed a bill to enforce payment of the US “debt” to the United Nations. Included in this bill is language that would resume funding for the UN Population Fund’s (UNFPA),
June 29, 1999 Volume 1/ Number Dear Friend and Colleague: Our Weekly News Briefing focuses on the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which has just given its highest award to the government of Vietnam for its Draconian efforts to limit every couple to one or two
June 22, 1999 Volume 1/ Number 6 Dear Friend and Colleague: Walt Disney loved children, and the “wonderful world” he created was a wholesome kind of entertainment for all ages. Since his death in 1966, however, the Disney Corporation has been widely criticized for producing material
June 15, 1999 Volume 1/ Number 5 Dear Friend and Colleague: Since the 1960's, the United States has been giving money to organizations that run "voluntary family planning" programs around the world. The Tiahrt Amendment – which essentially defines "voluntariness" with respect to family planning, passed
June 8, 1999 Volume 1/ Number 4 Dear Friend and Colleague: A controversial UNFPA document entitled “Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations” reveals some of the principles upon which the UNFPA’s “reproductive health” campaign within the Kosovar refugee camps is based. Naturally, servicing traumatized refugees —
June 1, 1999 Volume 1/ Number 3 Dear Friend and Colleague: During times of war, population reduction programs often take on new names. We are concerned about reported instances of war crimes committed in Yugoslavia against the Kosovar population. Our concern over human rights abuses extends
I recently overheard a conversation between my teenage brother and my Mom which began like this: “Mom, can I go to the Vans Warped Tour on Saturday?” Horrified, I dug through my files, thinking Planned Parenthood. Not only did Planned Parenthood tum out for the
A 1968 Disney propaganda cartoon featuring Donald Duck encourages families in the developing world to have fewer children. The cartoon “Planificacion Familiar” (“Family Planning”) was created by Disney for the Population Council, one of the chief promoters of population control, and is being distributed by
The UN was established out of the ruins of a world that had gone to war to avoid ideological domination by a 1000-year Reich. When we consider that, through forty of the UN’s first fifty years, the non-communist sovereign states steered a careful course through
Japan: Contraceptive Pill Now Legal After thirty years of consideration, the Japanese government in early June approved the contraceptive pill for use in Japan. Up until now, Japan has been the only industrialized nation to forbid the use of the pill for contraceptive reasons, although
July 6, 1999 Volume 1/ Number 8 Dear Friend and Colleague: The US Senate last month passed a bill to enforce payment of the US “debt”
June 29, 1999 Volume 1/ Number Dear Friend and Colleague: Our Weekly News Briefing focuses on the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which has just given
June 22, 1999 Volume 1/ Number 6 Dear Friend and Colleague: Walt Disney loved children, and the “wonderful world” he created was a wholesome kind of
June 15, 1999 Volume 1/ Number 5 Dear Friend and Colleague: Since the 1960's, the United States has been giving money to organizations that run "voluntary
June 8, 1999 Volume 1/ Number 4 Dear Friend and Colleague: A controversial UNFPA document entitled “Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations” reveals some of the
June 1, 1999 Volume 1/ Number 3 Dear Friend and Colleague: During times of war, population reduction programs often take on new names. We are concerned
I recently overheard a conversation between my teenage brother and my Mom which began like this: “Mom, can I go to the Vans Warped Tour
A 1968 Disney propaganda cartoon featuring Donald Duck encourages families in the developing world to have fewer children. The cartoon “Planificacion Familiar” (“Family Planning”) was
The UN was established out of the ruins of a world that had gone to war to avoid ideological domination by a 1000-year Reich. When
Japan: Contraceptive Pill Now Legal After thirty years of consideration, the Japanese government in early June approved the contraceptive pill for use in Japan. Up