The Chinese Ministry of State Security must have been asleep on the job. The email that appeared in my Inbox read: “It is better to be a criminal in China than a pregnant mother.” Now, I knew that women who get pregnant outside the state plan
When Michelle Obama arrives in Beijing today with her two daughters, Sasha and Malia, she will be the envy of Chinese women. She has what almost none of them have. Not only does she have two children—most urban Chinese are limited to one—but she has
Population Research Institute has launched a new “activism page” in conjunction with the publication of the second edition of Steven Mosher’s book, A Mother’s Ordeal. A modern classic, the book is a biography of a young one-child-policy enforcer in China. It provides a raw and
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Population Research Institute is pleased to announce the release of the second edition of Steven Mosher’s best-selling book, A Mother’s Ordeal: One Woman’s Fight Against China’s One-Child Policy, complete with a new preface by the author. A Mother’s Ordeal brings home the suffering
Population Research Institute’s video reached 1,000,000 views over the weekend. The video, which illustrates the mechanism of the morning after pill, has been viewed over 450,000 times in Taiwan. Taiwan is calculated to perform about 400,000 abortions per year, an enormous number for a country which witnesses less than 200,000 births a year. PRI believes the popularity of the pro-life
An obstetrician in the Shaanxi province of China was sentenced to death for child trafficking this week. The 55 year old woman repeatedly told her patients that their new born infant was either deformed or sick. She persuaded the new parents to give up their children
Have you wondered why the Chinese instituted their draconian birth control policy? What were the ideological roots behind it? And what, exactly, are the costs of their policy? Mr. Steven Mosher, the president of Population Research Institute, will be on EWTN News Nightly With Colleen
The Kenyan government recently outlined a new brand of coercive population control. Unlike China’s policy which uses coercion to control the number of births, Kenya is trying to control population earlier in the reproductive process by changing women’s desires to have children. In the early
The Philippines has long been under pressure from the U.S and elsewhere to adopt a China-like population control program, with the latest argument being that the mandatory provision of contraceptives will reduce maternal mortality in the island nation. The Philippines is a target because of its
Last Tuesday, the Washington Times published an article by Joseph Cotto entitled, “Overpopulation: Should America have a one-child policy?” Despite the provocative title, the article does not present a stimulating thought-experiment, but rather a series of half-truths and inconsistencies with dangerous implications. Because such half-truths
The Chinese Ministry of State Security must have been asleep on the job. The email that appeared in my Inbox read: “It is better to be
When Michelle Obama arrives in Beijing today with her two daughters, Sasha and Malia, she will be the envy of Chinese women. She has what
Population Research Institute has launched a new “activism page” in conjunction with the publication of the second edition of Steven Mosher’s book, A Mother’s Ordeal.
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Population Research Institute is pleased to announce the release of the second edition of Steven Mosher’s best-selling book, A Mother’s Ordeal: One Woman’s
Population Research Institute’s video reached 1,000,000 views over the weekend. The video, which illustrates the mechanism of the morning after pill, has been viewed over 450,000 times in Taiwan. Taiwan is calculated to perform about 400,000 abortions per year, an
An obstetrician in the Shaanxi province of China was sentenced to death for child trafficking this week. The 55 year old woman repeatedly told her
Have you wondered why the Chinese instituted their draconian birth control policy? What were the ideological roots behind it? And what, exactly, are the costs
The Kenyan government recently outlined a new brand of coercive population control. Unlike China’s policy which uses coercion to control the number of births, Kenya
The Philippines has long been under pressure from the U.S and elsewhere to adopt a China-like population control program, with the latest argument being that the
Last Tuesday, the Washington Times published an article by Joseph Cotto entitled, “Overpopulation: Should America have a one-child policy?” Despite the provocative title, the article