India acts to save girl babies: The Indian Parliament has acted to prevent doctors from telling parents the sex of their expected children. The high bride price for girls at marriage partially motivates poor Indian parents to prefer raising boys. The practice of female infanticide
The Council Chamber of the Palais des Nations provided the international setting for an award ceremony conducted by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Center stage, as a reward recipient, was President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, host to the upcoming International Conference on Population and
Peruvian amendment to the constitution The Peruvian Commission of Health, Family and Population has proposed an amendment to the constitution. The article states that human life begins at conception and gestation ends at birth. Abortion is to be allowed only under grave circumstances affecting the
Big dollars for U.S. environmentalists Annual expenses for the following environmental advocacy groups in 1990: $4,300,000 Center for Marine Conservation $8,200,000 Conservation International Foundation $15,700,000 Cousteau Society $4,200,000 Defenders of Wildlife $68,700,000 Ducks Unlimited $15,600,000 Environmental Defense Fund, $3,300,000 Friends of the Earth (merged with
Promoting population control through religion The Institute for Development Training (IDT) attempts to bend religious principle to the promotion of population control through “educational” materials. Among the financial contributors to these efforts are Population Action International; United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia; Frank
TRAUMATIC IRISH ABORTION CASE The Irish Supreme Court, by a majority of four to one, recently rendered a decision concerning abortion under Article 8 of the Irish Constitution. Article 8 reads: “The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard
Demographic experts and international population control groups have been speculating for quite some time about just how many people live in Nigeria. According to the Population Reference Bureau, Nigeria’s 1991 mid-year population was 122.5 million.1 The December 1990 edition of Populi reported that Nigeria’s 1990
CANADIAN PROLIFERS IN CHARGE “The superb political machine of the prolifers kicks into gear with letters, phone calls and visits. Come time for the hospital annual meeting, there are hundreds of new members — and another hospital joins the list of hospitals refusing to do
India acts to save girl babies: The Indian Parliament has acted to prevent doctors from telling parents the sex of their expected children. The high
The Council Chamber of the Palais des Nations provided the international setting for an award ceremony conducted by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Center
Peruvian amendment to the constitution The Peruvian Commission of Health, Family and Population has proposed an amendment to the constitution. The article states that human
Big dollars for U.S. environmentalists Annual expenses for the following environmental advocacy groups in 1990: $4,300,000 Center for Marine Conservation $8,200,000 Conservation International Foundation $15,700,000
Promoting population control through religion The Institute for Development Training (IDT) attempts to bend religious principle to the promotion of population control through “educational” materials.
TRAUMATIC IRISH ABORTION CASE The Irish Supreme Court, by a majority of four to one, recently rendered a decision concerning abortion under Article 8 of
Demographic experts and international population control groups have been speculating for quite some time about just how many people live in Nigeria. According to the
CANADIAN PROLIFERS IN CHARGE “The superb political machine of the prolifers kicks into gear with letters, phone calls and visits. Come time for the hospital
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