The work of PRI continues to draw the attention of national and international media. The following is a partial list of PRI-related “news clippings” from the past few months.
“The world’s population has doubled since 1960, and humanity has never boon so prosperous.”
Steven W. Mosher on CNN and Co., CNN TV, 12 October 1999
“We are grateful that Baby Six Billion has come into the world, Baby Six Billion, boy or girl, red or yellow, black or white, is not a liability, but an asset. Not a curse, but a blessing. For all of us.”
Steven W, Mosher, on C-SPAN TV, 12 October 1999.
“When PRI speaks, Congress listens.”
Congressman Christopher Smith (R-4-N.J.), on Radio Free Asia, 19 November 1999.
“Incremental political and social changes are altering the face of China, US-based Chinese dissidents said at a PRI conference in Washington, DC, on Saturday, although they emphasized that true democracy is still a long way off.”
Inside China, “US-Based Dissidents See Baby Steps Toward Democracy In China,” 22 November 1999.
“Speaking at a conference on human rights in China, sponsored by the non-profit Population Research Institute… dissident Lian Shengde said that in China “the people are ready for the government to change.”
Agence France Presse, 22 November 1999.
“Incremental political and social changes are altering the face of China, US-based Chinese dissidents said, although they emphasized that true democracy is still a long way off. Speaking at a conference on human rights in China, sponsored by the non-profit Population Research Institute… Mr. Lian Shengde, who served two years in prison after his actions in Tiananmen Square, reminded the conference that political repression remains a feature of daily life in China.”
Hong Kong Standard, “‘True Democracy’ Distant,” 23 November 1999.
“In enforcing a one child policy, the Chinese government has put the Chinese people in a position of having to turn on their daughters in their desire to have sons. It has put parents in the position of having to choose between a son, who will support them in old age, or having a daughter who will many out and live with her husband’s family. The result is that little girls have to run a gauntlet from conception through birth. Many of them do not survive that gauntlet.”
Steven W. Mosher, in EWTN News, “Chinese Freedom Fighters Slam WTO Agreement,” 24 November 1999.
“In Beijing in mid-November, China reached a trade agreement with the Clinton administration .… ‘The message the White House has sent to China with this agreement is that China should not respect human rights,’ says Wei Jingsheng. Wei addressed participants at the Chinese Human Rights conference in Washington in November sponsored by Population Research Institute.
Insight, “China’s Abuses Ignored for Profit,” by Catherine Edwards, 20 December 1999.
“Steven Mosher, president of Population Research Institute, summarized Julian Simons’ observations in a recent column published in many newspapers across the country. ‘As our numbers have climbed so has our well-being,’ Mosher wrote. ‘Currently, with 6 billion people, per-capita income has soared to $5,000. In 2100, when the population will be between 7 billion and 8 billion and falling, it will be $30,000 in current dollars.’”
Insight, “What Simon Said was Right,” by Timothy M. Maier, 20 December 1999.
“A baby shortage in America? Yes, warns Steven W. Mosher, president of Population Research Institute, who says the US Census bureau’s special Compendium for the Millennium raises concerns about America’s future because of the rapidly falling birthrate. ‘We are no longer having enough children to replace ourselves,’ he says. ‘For the first time in history, our nation is faced with the very real prospect of population decline.”’
The Washington Times, “Babies Wanted,” by John McCaslin, 10 January 2000.
“In his budget summary, the President has targeted ‘over 5 million low income women’ by stocking 4,600 urban contraceptive shops with ‘a full range of reproductive health services.’ For a ‘family planning’ program to draw in a disproportionate number of African Americans, either by accident or design, smacks of racism. This effect is particularly unconscionable given that African American birth rates, for the first time in history, have now fallen below replacement.”
Steven W. Mosher, on USA Radio News, 15 February 2000.
“Why does the Clinton Administration spend seven times as much money per capita to contracept or sterilize the average African woman than it does the average Asian woman?”
Steven W. Mosher, in Catholic World News Service, 18 February 2000.
“Republican lawmakers Tuesday called on USAID to investigate allegations that the Peruvian government is using U.S. aid money to hind forced sterilizations. Congressmen were responding to information provided by the Population Research Institute.”
ZENIT News, “Congress Wants Investigation of Support for Forced Sterilizations,” 15 March 2000.
“The concern in China is not too many people but too much poverty and a lack of economic development. China’s one-child policy is one of the most brutal governmental acts against human rights in the history of the world. It cannot be covered or excused by the adjective ‘overpopulated’.”
Scott Weinberg, in The Washington Post, “Not a People Problem,” 17 March 2000.
