The Union of Concerned Scientists, (UCS) (http://www.ucsusa.org/) exists, in its own eyes at least, to advance “responsible public policies in areas where science and technology play a critical role,” By itself this seems a worthy and applaudable goal. Properly prepared, such advice might be very
Chinese population growth slows; New Delhi bans babies China’s State Statistics Bureau announced in mid-February that recent surveys indicated the country’s rate of population growth had slowed down during the past five years. Between 1991 to the end of 1995, the Bureau said that China’s
On 2 February 1996, Washington Post columnist Judy Mann attacked the U.S. Congress and President Clinton for cutting the U,S, contribution to international population control by one-third. Steven W Mosher; Executive Director of the Population Research Institute, wrote this in response to her attack: First
(Dr. Jose Marti (a pseudonym is a physician practicing in Cuba. He has asked Population Research Institute to withhold his real name for fear of reprisals. — Editor.) Abortion and contraception are very common in Cuba, since they are promoted by the State through the
Ideologically driven movements are neither well-equipped nor eager to examine their own assumptions. The population control movement, which is based on the conjecture that the world has — or will soon have — more people than it can reasonably sustain, is no exception. That something
Slovenia Is Slipping Away In the previous issue of PRI Review, the article “Europe is Dying Out” listed 13 European countries experiencing natural population decline (deaths exceeding births), as well as four other nations of Europe “on the brink” of decline. One of those four
Foundation pours $$$ into population control The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, whose assets of more than $3 billion rank it as the sixth largest U.S. foundation — Ford with more than $2 billion is first — in 1994 bankrolled 72 population control
El Nuevo Herald reported on 6 July 1995 that according to data presented in a study of various birth control methods it is almost a miracle to be born in Cuba. Despite official government propaganda extolling gains in the public health arena, Cuba is now
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” 1 On 6 June 1993, off the New York City
Lies. Damn Lies, and Statistics If Babies Threaten the World, Why IVF? An article in this Review (p. 11), noted the expenditures of time, money and resources that some infertile couples resort to in order to have their own “blessed event,” a baby. But the
The Union of Concerned Scientists, (UCS) (http://www.ucsusa.org/) exists, in its own eyes at least, to advance “responsible public policies in areas where science and technology
Chinese population growth slows; New Delhi bans babies China’s State Statistics Bureau announced in mid-February that recent surveys indicated the country’s rate of population growth
On 2 February 1996, Washington Post columnist Judy Mann attacked the U.S. Congress and President Clinton for cutting the U,S, contribution to international population control
(Dr. Jose Marti (a pseudonym is a physician practicing in Cuba. He has asked Population Research Institute to withhold his real name for fear of
Ideologically driven movements are neither well-equipped nor eager to examine their own assumptions. The population control movement, which is based on the conjecture that the
Slovenia Is Slipping Away In the previous issue of PRI Review, the article “Europe is Dying Out” listed 13 European countries experiencing natural population decline
Foundation pours $$$ into population control The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, whose assets of more than $3 billion rank it as the
El Nuevo Herald reported on 6 July 1995 that according to data presented in a study of various birth control methods it is almost a
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost
Lies. Damn Lies, and Statistics If Babies Threaten the World, Why IVF? An article in this Review (p. 11), noted the expenditures of time, money