Less than two months after 13 women died in the neighboring state of Chhattisgarh, 43 women were sterilized in unsanitary and inhumane conditions in Chatra, a northern district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Knowing the facility had no electricity, the sterilization camp coordinator rented a
The tide is turning against euthanasia in Europe. Now is the time for those who value human life to press forward to ban the kind of misconceived “mercy killing” that afflicts the Netherlands. The problems of euthanasia and end-of-life issues are extremely complicated ones, and
The Fifth World Congress of Families, co-sponsored by PRI, was held in Amsterdam from August 10–12. Joel Bockrath and I went to the Netherlands with two goals. The first was to encourage European pro-life and pro-family leaders to work for a ban on sex-selective abortions
Too Many Abortions in New Zealand The number of abortions in New Zealand is too high, says MP Gordon Copeland, adding that while the ratio of abortions to live births decreased in 2007, there are still too many abortions performed annually in his country. “Since
A new abortion study, “Induced Abortion Rates and Trends Worldwide,” was published in The Lancet recently. The study was a collaborative effort between the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization. It was completed with the intention of documenting trends worldwide. Researchers found that between
“In general, Russia suffers from a frightening poverty in the sphere of facts and a frightening wealth of all types of arguments,” wrote Chekhov in a letter to a friend. Now, Russia suffers from a destructive poverty of a sort that she has not in
September 8, 2006 Volume 8, Number 35 Dear Colleague: Americans should celebrate their coming 300 millionth fellow resident. But many wrong-headed commentators will be complaining. Steven W. Mosher President Three Hundred Million and Counting Sometime next month, the U.S. Census Bureau will announce that the population
Brits and Abortion Despite what Planned Parenthood and other anti-life organizations would like us to believe, many adults in Britain believe the number of abortions being performed in their country should be reduced, according to a poll by Communicate Research for Choose Life. Surprising some
India’s Missing Women Middle-class families determined to have male heirs, according to a survey of more than a million families, have aborted at least 10 million female babies in India in the past 20 years. The study by the British medical journal, The Lancet, also
April 6, 2006 Volume 8 / Number 14 Discrimination Against Traditional Mothers Dear Colleague: How far will discrimination against homemakers and their families go? A Dutch politician wants to push the envelope by forcing college-educated homemakers into the workforce. Steven W. Mosher President Thus the
Less than two months after 13 women died in the neighboring state of Chhattisgarh, 43 women were sterilized in unsanitary and inhumane conditions in Chatra,
The tide is turning against euthanasia in Europe. Now is the time for those who value human life to press forward to ban the kind
The Fifth World Congress of Families, co-sponsored by PRI, was held in Amsterdam from August 10–12. Joel Bockrath and I went to the Netherlands with
Too Many Abortions in New Zealand The number of abortions in New Zealand is too high, says MP Gordon Copeland, adding that while the ratio
A new abortion study, “Induced Abortion Rates and Trends Worldwide,” was published in The Lancet recently. The study was a collaborative effort between the Guttmacher
“In general, Russia suffers from a frightening poverty in the sphere of facts and a frightening wealth of all types of arguments,” wrote Chekhov in
September 8, 2006 Volume 8, Number 35 Dear Colleague: Americans should celebrate their coming 300 millionth fellow resident. But many wrong-headed commentators will be complaining. Steven
Brits and Abortion Despite what Planned Parenthood and other anti-life organizations would like us to believe, many adults in Britain believe the number of abortions
India’s Missing Women Middle-class families determined to have male heirs, according to a survey of more than a million families, have aborted at least 10
April 6, 2006 Volume 8 / Number 14 Discrimination Against Traditional Mothers Dear Colleague: How far will discrimination against homemakers and their families go? A