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PRI Insider (Volume 5, Issue 28) August 1

August 1, 2025 No Comments

In This Issue: New data from the National Center for Health Statistics, a division of the CDC, shows that while the number of U.S. births rose slightly in 2024 to 3.63 million, the overall fertility rate continued to fall—from 54.5 to 53.8 births per 1,000 women aged 15–44. Birth rates dropped across all younger age groups: teens (down 4%), women in their 20s (down 2–3%), and women in their early 30s (down 1%).

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PRI Insider (Volume 5, Issue 27) July 25

July 25, 2025 No Comments

In This Issue: Global fertility continues to slide, with Latin America and the Caribbean—once known for large families—now seeing steep, unexpected drops. Births in the past decade have fallen sharply across the region: Uruguay down 34%, Argentina 32%, Costa Rica 27%, Mexico 24%, Chile and Cuba 21%, Colombia 13%, and Brazil 10%.

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PRI Insider (Volume 5, Issue 26) July 18

July 18, 2025 No Comments

In This Issue: In 2022, nearly one in every three pregnancies (29.7%) in England and Wales ended in abortion—a record high and a sharp increase from 26.5% the year before. This surge follows the 2020 introduction of at-home abortion pills. The total number of abortions reached 247,703, marking a 13% rise from 2021 and a 34% jump since 2012.

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PRI Insider (Volume 5, Issue 25) July 11

July 11, 2025 No Comments

In This Issue: Most of the world already has below-replacement birthrates. By the 2080s, the global population is projected to decline, and if each generation averages just 1.5 children per two adults, the population could shrink by 66% every century. Overpopulation fears were once focused on famine and scarcity and echoed by thinkers like Malthus and Ehrlich.

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PRI Insider (Volume 5, Issue 24) July 4

July 4, 2025 No Comments

A significant demographic shift is taking place in the U.S. over the past 20 years, with 21 states recording more deaths than births in 2022, and all 50 states experiencing a decline in fertility rates between 2005 and 2023. During that period, the national fertility rate fell 18.4%, dropping from 66.7 to 54.4 births per 1,000 women aged 15–44, according to LendingTree.

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PRI Insider (Volume 5, Issue 22) June 20

June 20, 2025 No Comments

In This Issue: A new peer-reviewed article from the Charlotte Lozier Institute exposes how Planned Parenthood and abortion drugs have driven a nearly 20% rise in U.S. abortions from 2017 to 2023, reversing decades of decline. Planned Parenthood now performs 40% of all abortions (up from 14% in 1999) shifting abortion into a high-volume, supply-driven business.

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PRI Insider (Volume 5, Issue 20) June 6

June 6, 2025 No Comments

In This Issue: A recent study based on Czech national health data, revealed substantially lower conception rates among vaccinated women between the ages of 18–39, compared to their unvaccinated peers. The analysis, led by Danish researcher Dr. Vibeke Manniche, found that between 2021 and 2022, unvaccinated women were considerably more likely to conceive a child.

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PRI Insider (Volume 5, Issue 19) May 30

May 30, 2025 No Comments

In This Issue: The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a new guidance urging the widespread use of long-acting contraceptives—including self-injectables—for adolescents, even those under the age of 15. The document also recommends that governments revise age-of-consent laws to expand minors’ ability to access these drugs without parental involvement.

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PRI Insider (Volume 5, Issue 18) May 23

May 23, 2025 No Comments

In This Issue: Population Research Institute has joined national pro-life leaders in a call for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and FDA Commissioner Martin A. Makary to revoke approval of the abortion pill. PRI supports the newly issued letter from these pro-life leaders, which exposes the dangers of the abortion pill.

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PRI Insider (Volume 5, Issue 8) March 14

March 13, 2025 No Comments

In This Issue: PRI President Steven Mosher celebrates the shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as a monumental victory for American taxpayers and the country’s values. The closure will save $54 billion annually and ends a long-standing history of misused taxpayer funds, including reckless spending on woke ideologies such as funding LGBT activism, promoting transgender surgeries, and advancing gender and diversity initiatives globally.

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PRI Insider (Volume 5, Issue 28) August 1

August 1, 2025 No Comments

In This Issue: New data from the National Center for Health Statistics, a division of the CDC, shows that while the number of U.S. births rose slightly in 2024 to 3.63 million, the overall fertility rate continued to fall—from 54.5 to 53.8 births per 1,000 women aged 15–44. Birth rates dropped across all younger age groups: teens (down 4%), women in their 20s (down 2–3%), and women in their early 30s (down 1%).

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 5, Issue 27) July 25

July 25, 2025 No Comments

In This Issue: Global fertility continues to slide, with Latin America and the Caribbean—once known for large families—now seeing steep, unexpected drops. Births in the past decade have fallen sharply across the region: Uruguay down 34%, Argentina 32%, Costa Rica 27%, Mexico 24%, Chile and Cuba 21%, Colombia 13%, and Brazil 10%.

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 5, Issue 26) July 18

July 18, 2025 No Comments

In This Issue: In 2022, nearly one in every three pregnancies (29.7%) in England and Wales ended in abortion—a record high and a sharp increase from 26.5% the year before. This surge follows the 2020 introduction of at-home abortion pills. The total number of abortions reached 247,703, marking a 13% rise from 2021 and a 34% jump since 2012.

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 5, Issue 25) July 11

July 11, 2025 No Comments

In This Issue: Most of the world already has below-replacement birthrates. By the 2080s, the global population is projected to decline, and if each generation averages just 1.5 children per two adults, the population could shrink by 66% every century. Overpopulation fears were once focused on famine and scarcity and echoed by thinkers like Malthus and Ehrlich.

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 5, Issue 24) July 4

July 4, 2025 No Comments

A significant demographic shift is taking place in the U.S. over the past 20 years, with 21 states recording more deaths than births in 2022, and all 50 states experiencing a decline in fertility rates between 2005 and 2023. During that period, the national fertility rate fell 18.4%, dropping from 66.7 to 54.4 births per 1,000 women aged 15–44, according to LendingTree.

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 5, Issue 22) June 20

June 20, 2025 No Comments

In This Issue: A new peer-reviewed article from the Charlotte Lozier Institute exposes how Planned Parenthood and abortion drugs have driven a nearly 20% rise in U.S. abortions from 2017 to 2023, reversing decades of decline. Planned Parenthood now performs 40% of all abortions (up from 14% in 1999) shifting abortion into a high-volume, supply-driven business.

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 5, Issue 20) June 6

June 6, 2025 No Comments

In This Issue: A recent study based on Czech national health data, revealed substantially lower conception rates among vaccinated women between the ages of 18–39, compared to their unvaccinated peers. The analysis, led by Danish researcher Dr. Vibeke Manniche, found that between 2021 and 2022, unvaccinated women were considerably more likely to conceive a child.

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 5, Issue 19) May 30

May 30, 2025 No Comments

In This Issue: The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a new guidance urging the widespread use of long-acting contraceptives—including self-injectables—for adolescents, even those under the age of 15. The document also recommends that governments revise age-of-consent laws to expand minors’ ability to access these drugs without parental involvement.

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 5, Issue 18) May 23

May 23, 2025 No Comments

In This Issue: Population Research Institute has joined national pro-life leaders in a call for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and FDA Commissioner Martin A. Makary to revoke approval of the abortion pill. PRI supports the newly issued letter from these pro-life leaders, which exposes the dangers of the abortion pill.

Read More »

PRI Insider (Volume 5, Issue 8) March 14

March 13, 2025 No Comments

In This Issue: PRI President Steven Mosher celebrates the shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as a monumental victory for American taxpayers and the country’s values. The closure will save $54 billion annually and ends a long-standing history of misused taxpayer funds, including reckless spending on woke ideologies such as funding LGBT activism, promoting transgender surgeries, and advancing gender and diversity initiatives globally.

Read More »
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