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
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)
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
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