In This Issue:
- PRI in the Media
- “Anti-Racist” Chinese Charade
- Involuntary Inoculation
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- Census Crisis
- Communist China
- Fewer Births and More Suicide
- Email Infiltration
- College Student Jailed
- UN Misdeeds
- Technology Takeover
- Dangerous Drug
- Science Gone Mad
- Intellectual Disability and Euthanasia
- Minimizing Motherhood
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- Birth Control Blues
- Abortion Pill Access in Australia
- Pro-Life on the Home Front
- No Prescription Needed
- States Promote Life
- Pets are People
- Another Heartbeat Bill
- Good News
- Special Graduates
PRI in the Media
“Anti-Racist” Chinese Charade: Thousands of Chinese Canadians gathered on Parliament Hill for an “anti-racism” protest in June. However, the gathering included the singing of the official anthem of China’s military force. According to PRI President Steven Mosher, “The singing of the PLA military’s anthem in front of Parliament Hill is a militant act that makes clear where the real loyalties of these people lie — and this is not with the country they are living in.”
Involuntary Inoculation: A new report suggests that athletes may have been deliberately infected with COVID during the Military World Games held in Wuhan in October 2019. Mr. Mosher, who previously wrote about the likelihood of such an event, shares how this apparent test release of COVID correlates with past evidence of athlete illnesses after the games.
Deepening Depopulation
Census Crisis: Numbers from the 2020 Census show several troubling trends for marriage and family life in the United States. Less than 27% of households have children, marking a 20% decline in the last 10 years. Homeownership rates among those most likely to be raising kids—adults ages 25 to 40—similarly declined. The census data also indicates an aging population and Americans increasingly living alone.
“I suspect that all of these trends toward lower marriage and birth rates accelerated during Covid,” says Mr. Mosher. “The lockdowns and the vaccines were devastating for both family life and fertility. We need to adopt family-friendly policies across the board.”
Communist China
Fewer Births and More Suicide: A new study found that the suicide rate among Chinese youth, ages 5 to 14, quadrupled between 2010 and 2021. Past research shows a connection between a high suicide rate and a low birthrate in a population, suggesting that fewer children generally equates to a less happy society. The rising suicide rate and falling birth rate in China particularly demonstrate this.
“This cuts both ways,” says Mr. Mosher. “Not only do fewer children mean a less happy society, but a less happy society produces fewer children. Children are laughing, loving signs of hope in our midst. The unhappy produce few.”
Email Infiltration: Chinese hackers gained access to email accounts at some U.S. government agencies, including the State Department. The White House and Microsoft confirmed the breach that impacted two dozen organizations. The software company further confirmed espionage as the motive behind the incident, which began in mid-May.
“Eight years after Xi Jinping solemnly promised Obama in the Rose Garden that Chinese cyberattacks would stop, they still continue,” says Mr. Mosher. “Such attacks are tantamount to acts of war, and we should retaliate in like fashion.”
College Student Jailed: A female college student was sentenced to three years in prison in Xinjiang, home to the ethnic Uyghur population in China, for posting a video on social media about the “white paper” protests. These protests criticize the Chinese government for oppressive COVID-19 restrictions and limitations on free speech. Kamile Wiyat, a 19-year-old Uyghur, was arrested in December 2022 and sentenced for “advocating extremism.” Wiyat’s case is one case among dozens of young people detained for the protests.
UN Misdeeds
Technology Takeover: A new UN report calls on governments to compel technology companies to block pro-life speech and promote pro-abortion content. Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, a South African abortionist who regularly works for the UN, nominally prepared the report. Dr. Mofokeng advocates for countries to oppose “misinformation” from pro-life groups through digital campaigns in the UN report.
Dangerous Drug: The World Health Organization recently published a new abortion handbook for “clinical practice” that endorses the intake of a cancer drug to induce an abortion. The handbook promotes the use of Letrozole, which is currently administered to treat breast cancer, despite the drug proving ineffective for abortion during clinical trials in the U.S. About half of the women who participated in one such clinical trial reported side effects after taking Letrozole.
Science Gone Mad
Intellectual Disability and Euthanasia: Euthanasia among those with intellectual disabilities and autism are becoming more frequent in Holland. According to a new study of 39 case reports, the only reason for requesting euthanasia was related to intellectual disability or autism in 21% of the cases. The percentage rose to 41% when the two issues were considered major contributing factors to seeking euthanasia.
“Nearly a century after the Nazis euthanized hundreds of thousands of disabled children and adults, the Dutch are committing the same crime piecemeal,” says Mr. Mosher. “Soon, adults who are merely depressed will be offered lethal injections to end their ‘suffering’.”
Minimizing Motherhood: The CDC advised transgender individuals about how to “chestfeed” their babies on their website. The guidelines were directed toward biological men who claim to be women or women who underwent surgery, with “chestfeeding” constituting an unnatural alternative to breastfeeding. Some doctors further noted that the CDC failed to discuss the harmful effects of infants ingesting chemical hormones taken by transgender individuals.
Pro-Life Around the World
Birth Control Blues: A new study of 250,000 women in the UK found that those who began taking birth control pills as teenagers may have up to a 130% increased risk for depression. The heightened risk particularly occurred during the first two years of use and lingered in teenage girls even after discontinuing the pill. The research corroborates with another recent study that also confirmed an increased risk of depression for women taking birth control.
Abortion Pill Access in Australia: Australian authorities lifted restrictions on the distribution of abortion pills. The Therapeutic Goods Administration removed the need for special certifications that allowed doctors and pharmacists to dispense the drug. More healthcare practitioners, including nurses, will now be able to prescribe abortion pills.
Pro-Life on the Home Front
No Prescription Needed: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill on July 13. Opill, an oral contraceptive taken once per day, is the first hormonal birth control pill to be available without a prescription. The FDA’s decision may open the door to making other contraceptives and abortion pills more widely available through over-the-counter options, which directly opposes the Church’s teachings against contraception and abortion.
States Promoting Life: Pro-life states across the U.S. implemented measures during the first six months of 2023 to help mothers and families. Several states such as Texas and Tennessee passed state budgets to fund programs that provide pregnant women with alternative options to abortion. Other states have expanded tax credit policies, including state adoption credits that encourage people to adopt children.
Pets are People: A majority of Americans consider pets to be on the same level as human members of their family, according to a new poll by Pew Research. While 46% of pet owners viewed their animal as a family member but not on a human level, 51% affirmed that they considered pets as much a part of the family as a human member. Pope Francis previously criticized the widespread cultural phenomenon of treating pets as children amid declining birth rates.
Another Heartbeat Bill: Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds will likely sign the latest heartbeat bill in the country. The state legislature wrote the bill in response to Reynolds initiating a special session to formulate pro-life legislation. The Iowa House and Senate voted overwhelmingly for the new bill that prohibits abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected.
Good News
Special Graduates: Conjoined twin girls who successfully underwent separation surgery graduated from kindergarten in June. Twins Abby and Erin were connected at the head, a one in a 2.5 million chance occurrence, and were separated during a risky 11-hour-long procedure. The now seven-year-old twins face some developmental defects but just graduated from kindergarten, defying expectations from the medical field that declared the achievement impossible.
Quote of the Week
“But people are never to be thrown out. The disadvantaged cannot be thrown away. Every person is a sacred and unique gift, no matter what their age or condition is. Let us always respect and promote life! Let us not throw life away.”
~ Pope Francis, source
