Eastern Asia

Part 5. Human Rights and Reproductive Wrongs

Note: The following is excerpted from Steven Mosher’s book, Population Control—Real Costs, Illusory Benefits. When the government sterilization team arrived in their little town of La Legua, Peru, Celia Durand and her husband, Jaime, looked at each other and shook their heads. Although Celia had

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Part 3. The Chinese Model

Note: The following is excerpted from Steven Mosher’s book, Population Control—Real Costs, Illusory Benefits. We have had sufficient experience now with population programs to realize that they can easily become a vehicle for elite pressure on the poor. I fear that the elevation to legitimacy

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In Wake of Obama Election, Pro-Life Group Takes Aim at UNFPA

Front Royal, VA, 12/03/08 – The Population Research Institute has launched the first in a series of short videos, aimed at documenting the UNFPA’s link with human rights abuses in a number of countries. "As a result of PRI’s investigation, which revealed the connections between

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The Huffington Post Gets It Wrong–Again

19 November 2008 — Vol. 10/ No. 49 If you read The Huffington Post, then you’re probably aware of the fact that, on Tuesday, December 2nd, The Huffington Post published an article bitterly attacking our organization. The article focused on our ongoing investigations of the

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China Frees Pregnant Mom, China Expert Still Wary

Front Royal, VA, 11/19/08 – Even though the young Chinese mother facing forced abortion was freed, Steven Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute, says don’t breathe a sigh of relief yet. "As for Arzigul Tursun and her unborn baby," said Mosher, "the Chinese government

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China Frees Pregnant Mom after International Outcry

19 November 2008 — Vol. 10/ No. 49 A young mother pregnant with her third child has been freed after narrowly escaping a forced abortion at the hands of Chinese authorities, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA). Arzigul Tursun, who is six-months pregnant, was scheduled

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PRI to President-Elect Obama: Don’t Fund Forced Abortion

Front Royal, VA, 11/11/08 – The Population Research Institute, whose groundbreaking investigation in China led the Bush administration to cut funding to the U.N. Population Fund for the past seven years, stands by its accusation that the UNFPA was—and is—involved in coercive abortions in China.</p

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Part 3. The Chinese Model

Note: The following is excerpted from Steven Mosher’s book, Population Control—Real Costs, Illusory Benefits. We have had sufficient experience now with population programs to realize

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