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John D. Rockefeller III’s 1958 swing through Asia had momentous consequences for the cultures of the world. For the scion of the Rockefeller family came back from a close encounter with Asian poverty convinced that population control, not economic development, was the cute. And he

Confounding the doomsayers, world population growth is slowing dramatically. The U.S. Census Bureau recently reported that the globe’s population grew by only 79.6 million in 1996. This is seven million fewer than the 86-plus million in 1994, the high-water mark of population growth. It is

Contrary to the claims of the Clinton Administration and population control advocates, men and women in the developing world do not lie awake at night worrying about when their next shipment of contraceptives will arrive from America. Nor do they demonstrate outside US embassies when

On August 30, 1995, I went to the Social Security Clinic No. 76 in Uruapan, Michoacan State. I was in labor with my last child. As my daughter was born, the gynecologist, a woman, told me that I should get an operation so I wouldn’t

My name is Maria Graciela Hilario de Rangel. I am from the city of Morelia. I have had IUD’s placed into me twice. The first time was ten years ago, when one was placed in me before I was released from the clinic. I later

I am a medical professional who has worked in Mexican hospitals for several years. I am here today to tell you about the devastating results of U.S. family planning funding sent to Mexico. Here in the United States, family planning is voluntary. But in Mexico,

The purpose of this Population Research Institute (PRI) report is to respond to the assumptions and conclusions contained in President Clinton’s Finding of January 31, 1997, entitled “The Impact of Delaying USAID Population Funding from March to July 1997: Justification for a Presidential Determination on