Developing Nations Take Stand on Reproductive Health The five year review of the Cairo Conference on Population and Development chugs slowly and painfully toward an uncertain conclusion. Convened to review the implementation of the 1994 Cairo Program of Action, this process has been bogged down
Recent reports of Sen. Jesse Helms’ (R-NC) block of funds for family planning programs carried out by voodoo “priests” in Haiti demonstrate the sharp agenda differences between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee which approves the
Zhu Qingping begged not to be sent E back to China. Eight months pregnant with her second child, she was certain that she would be aborted upon arrival. Let her remain in the immigration detention camp at Port Hedland, Australia, until she gave birth, she
Readers of the 1999 Social Security Trustees report should not be led astray by the rosy news that the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Income Trust Funds had experienced “improvement in [their] financial condition … the result of continued strong economic growth resulting in reduced
Norplant No Longer Available in United Kingdom The hormonal contraceptive implant Norplant will no longer be available in the United Kingdom as of October. Norplant’s distributors Hoechst Marion Roussel cite the lack of demand for the drug delivery system as the reason for withdrawing the
The actions of the UNFPA in Kosovo I sparked immediate outrage from numerous organizations and human rights advocates, and for good reason. By all accounts, the UNFPA assessment of basic needs adds insult to the injury of a persecuted race. A Serbian-inflicted genocide drove these
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
Developing Nations Take Stand on Reproductive Health The five year review of the Cairo Conference on Population and Development chugs slowly and painfully toward an
Recent reports of Sen. Jesse Helms’ (R-NC) block of funds for family planning programs carried out by voodoo “priests” in Haiti demonstrate the sharp agenda
Zhu Qingping begged not to be sent E back to China. Eight months pregnant with her second child, she was certain that she would be
Readers of the 1999 Social Security Trustees report should not be led astray by the rosy news that the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Income
Norplant No Longer Available in United Kingdom The hormonal contraceptive implant Norplant will no longer be available in the United Kingdom as of October. Norplant’s
The actions of the UNFPA in Kosovo I sparked immediate outrage from numerous organizations and human rights advocates, and for good reason. By all accounts,
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