Southern Asia

Problems with the New Bio-Politics

Problems With the New Biopolitics Fr some time now, liberal politicians and writers have been wringing their hands over the lack of attractive progressive ideas. Even prominent Democrats complain that their party cannot come up with a program with which to beat weakened Republicans in

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Problems With the New Biopolitics

June 23, 2006 Volume 8 / Number 24 Problems With the New Biopolitics Dear Colleague: An innovative proposal taking demographics into account has come from a new progressive publication.  Unfortunately, it also advocates some bad old ideas. Steven W. Mosher President For some time now, liberal

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From the Countries

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

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Global Monitor

Britain’s Unwed Future Marriage seems to be becoming an obsolete concept while moral and religious values seem to be eroding quickly among the youth of the United Kingdom. According to the BBC, quoting the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the proportion of children born out

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Top Indian Doctor Wants to Follow Chinese into One-Child Mania

Despite the massive and ongoing drop in India’s birthrate, Indian Medical Association (IMA) President Dr, Sudipto Roy called for his country to adopt a Chinese-style coercive one-child policy in April. The IMA had just passed a resolution urging Indians to have, voluntarily, only one child

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Bush vs. Bangkok: Abortion as ‘Reproductive Health’

The U.N. Population Fund’s conferences are generally carefully choreographed. But the run-up to the Fifth Asian and Pacific Population Conference, held in Bangkok in December, was unusually ragged. The UNFPA received its first shock even before the conference began. The Bush administration, acting on the

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UNFPA Aggression Countered by USAID in Afghanistan

February 6 2003 Volume 5/ Number 4 Dear Colleague: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has recognized the urgent need for life-saving aid in Afghanistan. But USAID’s efforts to save lives in Afghanistan are being blocked by congressional ideologues who favor the U.N. Population

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From the Countries

Finally — a Good Use for Condoms For years the population controllers have been dumping millions upon millions of condoms into Africa. Finally someone has found something useful to do with all these condoms. Sari makers in India are using them to lubricate the yarn

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From the Countries

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

Read More »

Global Monitor

Britain’s Unwed Future Marriage seems to be becoming an obsolete concept while moral and religious values seem to be eroding quickly among the youth of

Read More »

From the Countries

Finally — a Good Use for Condoms For years the population controllers have been dumping millions upon millions of condoms into Africa. Finally someone has

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