Press Releases

Steven Mosher to appear on ABC’s “World News Now” For Immediate Release July 12, 2000 Contact Scott Weinberg (540) 622-5240 Steven Mosher, President of the Population Research Institute, will be a guest on ABC’s nationally syndicated news show, “World News Now,” to air later tonight. Mosher, an internationally known China expert who exposed that country’s

Peru’s Coercive Family Planning Program and USAID Involvement For Immediate Release March 9, 2000 Contact Scott Weinberg (540) 622-5240 WASHINGTON, DC – Did you know that in Peru, women of color are regularly called “beasts,” “dogs,” “cats” or “ignorant” by family planning officials, in an attempt to coerce their acceptance of family planning? Did you

PRC Embassy Denounces Appearance of “criminals” at PRI Conference; Falung Gong Leaders to Speak For Immediate Release November 18, 1999 Contact Scott Weinberg (540) 622-5240 WASHINGTON, DC – The Chinese embassy has spurned an invitation from Population Research Institute (PRI) to attend its international summit on Human Rights in China: 50 Years Later. In rejecting

In Celebration of the Birth of Baby Six Billion For Immediate Release October 8, 1999 Contact Scott Weinberg (540) 622-5240 WASHINGTON, DC – Steven W. Mosher, President of the Population Research Institute, will address the national media at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on Friday, 8 October 1999, on the topic of the

UNFPA Mis-states World Population For Immediate Release September 23, 1999 Contact Scott Weinberg (540) 622-5240 WASHINGTON, DC – Steven W. Mosher, President of the Population Research Institute (PRI), today criticized the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) for releasing a “statistically misleading” report “designed to generate fear of an overpopulation crisis that simply does not exist.” The

Reversing Itself, UNFPA Admits Ties to Milosevic Regime For Immediate Release August 16, 1999 Contact Scott Weinberg (540) 622-5240 WASHINGTON, DC – A spokesman of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), Alex Marshall, admitted last week that UNFPA was invited to conduct a “reproductive health” program in Kosovo by the Yugoslavian government last December 1998. This

BBC Broadcasts Debate on Kosovo Refugee “Family Planning” For Immediate Release August 5, 1999 Contact Scott Weinberg (540) 622-5240 WASHINGTON, DC – The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) this week broadcast a live debate between a UNFPA official and PRI journalist Austin Ruse – who spent eight days in Albanian refugee camps documenting human rights abuses

Population Group Slams Proposed Abortion Maneuver by Senator Hatfield For Immediate Release March 8, 1998 Contact Scott Weinberg (540) 622-5240 WASHINGTON — The Population Research Institute (PRI) today sharply criticized a move by Senator Mark Hatfield (R-OR) aimed at restoring U.S. funding for international population control programs. The Hatfield maneuver violates an agreement reached by