China Ratchets Up One-Child Policy; Ignores Calls to End Coercion
HUIZHOU, GUANGDONG, China, June 11, 2013–Recent reports from China show coercion in China’s infamous one-child policy is once again on the rise. Women in the southern city of Huizhou are being targeted for sterilization. Those who have once child are being forced to wear IUDs. Those who have two children are subject to tubal ligation.
The Morning After Pill (AKA Plan B) Available to Children
Front Royal, VA, 5/5/13 — U.S. Federal District Judge, Edward Korman, ruled today that the Morning After Pill must be sold over the counter to all comers. This means any 13-year-old girl will be able to buy Plan B, and no one, including her parents, need ever know. In his ruling, Korman ordered the FDA
PRI President to Speak on Overpopulation at Georgetown Conference
Front Royal, VA, 1/23/13 – Steven Mosher is speaking this Saturday, January 26, at Georgetown University’s 14th Annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference for Life, “the nation’s largest student-run pro-life Conference.” As a part of the March for Life weekend events, Georgetown will bring together many of the top well-known leaders in the prolife movement. Mosher’s talk,
Catholics Have Absolute Right to Health Privacy, Say PRI Experts at Patient Privacy Summit
FRONT ROYAL, VA, 6/11/12: — The recent 2nd International Patient Privacy Summit, held in Washington, DC on June 6-7, 2012, brought together leading experts in the field to discuss the issue of health privacy in America. Steve Mosher, President of PRI, who chaired a panel on “Cultural Perspectives on Religion and Privacy” at the event,
China Expert Describes Confucius Institutes as “Trojan Horses.”
Front Royal, VA, 03/28/12 — Steven W. Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute (PRI) and a renowned China expert, will testify before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs today on the subject of the various “Confucius Institutes” being put in place all over the United States. These institutes, according to Mosher, represent a significant
New Cartoon on Medical Privacy by PRI
Front Royal, VA, 03/19/12 — The Population Research Institute (PRI) has released another short, humorous cartoon — this time explaining the issue of medical privacy, and some of the threats posed by electronic medical records. The video — available at www.pop.org/medical-privacy — is a minute and a half long. In the snappy, humorous style that
Mosher: “My Employees Don’t Want Free Contraception”
FRONT ROYAL, Va., March 5, 2012 PRNewswire-USNewswire — In violation of the First Amendment, President Obama has ordered all Catholic nonprofits to provide their employees with so-called “modern methods of birth control.” “We at Population Research Institute reject this unlawful ‘mandate’,” says PRI President Steven Mosher. “Not only does it violate our deeply held religious
“Illegal Children” Abducted by Chinese Authorities and Trafficked Abroad
According to a report in the Caixin Century magazine, population control officials in the Chinese province of Hunan seized at least 16 babies born in violation of the one-child policy, sent them to state-run orphanages, and then sold them abroad for adoption. In the words of Steven W. Mosher, China expert and president of the
Steve Mosher to Testify on China’s Crackdown on Dissent at Congressional Hearing
Front Royal, VA, 05/11/11 — On Friday, May 13th, Steven W. Mosher will testify on Chinese human rights abuses before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mosher is an internationally recognized authority on China and population issues, as well as an acclaimed author, speaker, and president of the Population Research Institute (PRI). The hearing is
UN Agency Calls for Population Reduction, PRI Responds
According to PRI President Steven Mosher, while the release pays lip service to human achievements, it also makes a veiled demand for more population control. Front Royal, VA, 05/05/11 — A recent press release by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) declares that the world’s population will reach 7 billion people on October 21, 2011.