Western Europe

Spanish Pro-Lifers With New Ideas

Political systems and popular representation are changing. Movements like the Spanish 15-M, or the American Tea Party are spontaneous movements which indicate that democracy — while a good system of government — is currently in crisis. What this means is that there are some citizens

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Baby Seven Billion, Welcome.

A few seconds after midnight a baby emerged from the womb of her mother, drew her first breath, and announced her arrival into the world with a tiny cry. This is Baby Seven Billion. Today, 31 October 2011, is her birthday. This piece appeared in

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Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics … and Population Graphs

“There are three kinds of lies,” Disraeli once famously remarked. “There are lies, damned lies and statistics.” But we now know, thanks to the United Nations Population Fund, that there is a fourth way to lie as well: the Population Graph. In the run up

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New Numbers, Same Old Song

What are the population controllers to do when birth rates keep falling? Why, put pressure on the demographers in their employ to fudge the numbers, of course. You will be glad to learn that we all have official permission from the UN people-counters to panic

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Welcome Baby Seven Billion!

Population Research Institute celebrates the birth of the World’s Seven Billionth Person. Sometime late this year a baby will emerge from the womb of its mother, draw its first breath, and announce its arrival into the world with a tiny cry. Thus will Baby Seven

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Study Links Contraception and Abortion Rates in Spain

A 10-year study in Spain measuring the rates of both contraception use and abortions recently drew to a close. The results showed that as contraceptive rates rose by 60%, the abortion rate doubled. STUDY DESIGN: Since 1997, representative samples of Spanish women of childbearing potential

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New Study Links Abortion and Pre-Term Births

A study featured in the National Vital Statistics Reports, a publication of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, showed that, across all age groups, non-Hispanic black women experienced significantly more pre-term births than their white and Hispanic counterparts. In America, the abortion rate

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Spanish Pro-Lifers With New Ideas

Political systems and popular representation are changing. Movements like the Spanish 15-M, or the American Tea Party are spontaneous movements which indicate that democracy —

Read More »

New Numbers, Same Old Song

What are the population controllers to do when birth rates keep falling? Why, put pressure on the demographers in their employ to fudge the numbers,

Read More »

Welcome Baby Seven Billion!

Population Research Institute celebrates the birth of the World’s Seven Billionth Person. Sometime late this year a baby will emerge from the womb of its

Read More »