In This Issue:
- PRI in the Media
- Biowarfare Threat Unveiled
- Corruption at the Top
- Deepening Depopulation
- Fertility Crisis Ignored
- US May Cover Childbirth
- Older Moms, Fewer Kids
- Communist China
- China Closes Kindergartens
- UN Misdeeds
- UN Abortion Agenda Exposed
- Science Gone Mad
- IVF Errors Prompt Crackdown
- LA Gender Clinic Closed
- Pro-Life Around the World
- UK Backs Abortion Reform
- Puerto Rico Pro-Life Push
- Pro-Life on the Home Front
- Research Shows Abortion Spike
- Pregnancy Clinic Under Fire
- 21-Week Abortions Being Considered
- Good News
- Pro-Life Support Rises
PRI in the Media
Biowarfare Threat Unveiled: This week on the Committee on the Present Danger: China webinar, PRI President Steven Mosher joined the panel to expose the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) secret bioweapons laboratory that was discovered on U.S. soil two years ago during the Biden Administration. This laboratory was operating in California and belonged entirely to the CCP. Once discovered, the Biden Administration did everything in its power to cover it up by destroying all the evidence rather than investigating it. In response, the CCP covertly embedded their bioweapon scientists within American laboratories, allowing them to operate unnoticed and use facilities funded by the American people to advance their research. Mr. Mosher proposed a solution to this crisis: stop researchers with ties to the CCP from working in American laboratories altogether.
Corruption at the Top: A recent article from The Washington Times uncovers the deep-seated corruption within the leadership of China and Russia, despite their so-called “anti-corruption campaign.” The insights of PRI President Steven Mosher were showcased to expose the regime for having corrupt high-ranking party officials. As Mr. Mosher explains, these officials aren’t keeping their “ill-gotten gains” in China, they are moving them abroad to places like the U.S., Canada, and Australia. Mr. Mosher warns that there are huge sums of money being constantly smuggled out of China by corrupt officials trying to protect their fortunes.
Deepening Depopulation
Fertility Crisis Ignored: A recent article for Quillette exposes the global crisis of falling fertility rates. Despite the global population continuing to grow due to demographic momentum, fertility rates have fallen below replacement levels in many developed nations. Institutions have largely failed to respond or spark public discussion on this issue. Part of the reason is that demographic trends are often hidden by broader social structures, and social norms make discussions about fertility sensitive and often avoided. The author calls for a cultural shift towards a more pronatalist society, viewing children not as burdens but as vital contributors to continuity and cultural inheritance.
“We at PRI are facing the crisis of falling fertility head on by encouraging young couples to be fruitful and multiply,” says Mr. Mosher. “There is no economic and social policy that will return America to the universal marriage and high fertility that we had a century ago. But if only one in ten couples were willing to be generous in having children—trusting God with their fertility—we could easily right the demographic ship, without any help from the soy boys and cat ladies.”
US May Cover Childbirth: As the U.S. faces a precipitous drop in birth rates, lawmakers are considering an eye-catching solution: making childbirth free for privately insured families in addition to the Trump Administration’s “baby bonus.” The Congressional Budget Office projects that, over the next 30 years, fertility rates will average just 1.6 births per woman—well below the replacement rate. Across the country, birth rates are hovering at record lows. Experts say the financial burden of prenatal care and delivery may be deterring would-be parents. The Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act aims to eliminate out-of-pocket costs for expectant mothers, hoping to make having a baby more affordable and accessible.
“We at PRI couldn’t agree more that childbirth should be free, and are working to help bring this about,” says Mr. Mosher. “This would especially help stay-at-home moms, who count on their husband’s income to survive. Progressives would prefer both parents to work—this is the point of free child care and year-long parental leaves—but such policies depress births even farther. Look at Norway, which has the most generous parental leave policies in the world—two years for both parents at full pay—but, at the same time, has one of the lowest birth rates in the world.”
Older Moms, Fewer Kids: The average age of first-time mothers in the U.S. is rising steadily, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2023, women giving birth were, on average, 29.6 years old—the highest ever recorded. The trend reflects a significant shift in family formation, with more women delaying childbirth. Why? Some experts have again attributed this to rising childcare costs. In 2022, the median annual cost per child ranged from $6,552 to $15,600 a year, according to the Department of Labor. The rising cost of childcare is one of several factors causing many Americans to delay or reconsider having children.
Communist China
China Closes Kindergartens: China is shutting down tens of thousands of preschools and kindergartens as birth rates plummet nationwide. A study by MyCOS shows steep birth declines even in high-fertility provinces. Shandong saw a 63% drop, Hunan 60%, with similar trends in populous regions like Hubei, Anhui, and Jiangxi. China’s demographic decline began with the one-child policy introduced in 1979. The fertility rate fell from an average of 2.9 to 1.1 by 2015. Policy shifts in 2016 and 2021 allowed two and then three children respectively but failed to reverse the trend. Many families cite high costs and a lack of support as reasons for delaying or even entirely avoiding having children.
UN Misdeeds
UN Abortion Agenda Exposed: Nations around the world are facing mounting pressure from UN agencies to liberalize abortion laws, effectively eliminating all restrictions. There is also growing pressure to adopt special legal protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity, all under the guise of human rights. In response, the Center for Family and Human Rights has developed a database that tracks thousands of recommendations issued by UN treaty bodies and through the Universal Periodic Review process, exposing a pattern of ideological overreach disguised as human rights advocacy. This tool equips users with the evidence they need to push back and shed light on the UN’s ongoing campaign to normalize abortion and gender ideology across the globe.
Science Gone Mad
IVF Errors Prompt Crackdown: Australia’s IVF industry is under fire after yet another embryo mix-up. Twice in just two months, Monash IVF has mistakenly implanted embryos into the wrong patients. These errors have triggered intense scrutiny and urgent calls for national regulation and mandatory DNA testing in IVF clinics. IVF activists are pushing for more regulations and saying that these are not “rare mistakes” despite the industry claiming they are. These incidents are not just medical errors; they expose the deeper risks of a system that treats human life like a lab project.
LA Gender Clinic Closed: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is shutting down its “Center for Transyouth Health and Development” effective July 22nd, following a Trump Administration executive order that cuts off federal funding to facilities that provide gender transition services to minors. This is a huge step toward protecting children since research shows that over 80% of children with gender dysphoria outgrow it, while “reassignment” procedures often worsen mental health by reinforcing confusion and increasing the risk of self-harm and suicide rather than alleviating it. This LA facility is notorious for having performed gender transition procedures and administered irreversible puberty-blocking drugs to minors in the name of “gender-affirming care.”
Pro-Life Around the World
UK Backs Abortion Reform: A recent poll shows strong public support from UK citizens for the proposed law change, with two-thirds of women favoring the return of in-person appointments, while only 4% want to keep the current system. In contrast, just 16% of the public approve of existing proposals that would allow women to self-administer abortions up to birth through “pills-by-post,” without legal restrictions. This amendment addresses serious risks overlooked by the remote system, including criminal cases like the one in December 2024, where a woman was forced to abort after her drink was secretly spiked with an abortifacient. Another case involved a mother who lied about being 7 weeks pregnant when she was actually 32 to 34 weeks along; she used the “pills-by-post scheme” to abort her baby and later spoke of the trauma of seeing her stillborn child. These tragedies highlight the critical need to end the “pills-by-post” system to better protect the mothers and their babies.
For more on the abortion pill, check out our fact sheet here.
Puerto Rico Pro-Life Push: Pro-life groups in Puerto Rico are pushing for the government to enforce restrictions on abortion. While abortion is technically illegal in Puerto Rico, it remains widely accessible. Under the El Pueblo de Puerto Rico v. Pablo Duarte Mendoza decision, the law is broadly interpreted to permit abortion when claimed to be necessary for the woman’s “health,” which is a term that includes both physical and mental well-being. Pro-life groups in Puerto Rico, such as Students for Life PR, Pro Vida PR, and Alerta Puerto Rico, are mobilizing to pressure government officials to enforce existing pro-life laws. Pro-life advocates are preparing legal actions, emphasizing the need for national support to hold leaders accountable and calling for public attention and firm enforcement of the Penal Code’s abortion restrictions.
Pro-Life on the Home Front
Research Shows Abortion Spike: A new peer-reviewed article from the Charlotte Lozier Institute exposes how Planned Parenthood and abortion drugs have driven a nearly 20% rise in U.S. abortions from 2017 to 2023, reversing decades of decline. Planned Parenthood now performs 40% of all abortions (up from 14% in 1999) shifting abortion into a high-volume, supply-driven business. Planned Parenthood, with annual revenues exceeding $2 billion, focuses more on abortion services than on vital health care like cancer screenings and prenatal care. Its political arm spent $70 million in the 2024 election cycle to promote abortion alone. This alarming reversal of nearly three decades of pro-life progress shows how the industry actively creates demand for abortions among healthy mothers carrying healthy babies.
“Everyone knows that Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion provider in the U.S.,” says Mr. Mosher. “But did you know that its share of U.S. abortions has more than doubled over the past quarter century? And it continues to grow, in part because it has become a major supplier of abortion pills, basically handing them out to anyone who walks through the door.”
“Note also that the abortion pill is manufactured in China,” Mr. Mosher continued. “Here we have one more way—in addition to Covid and fentanyl—that the Chinese Communist Party is killing Americans, waging war on America’s unborn.”
Pregnancy Clinic Under Fire: The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin involving New Jersey’s aggressive investigation into a faith-based pregnancy center. This is a major case about whether constitutional claims by a religious organization against a state investigation fall under federal court jurisdiction or must first be handled in state court. The state, under Attorney General Matthew Platkin, issued a sweeping subpoena demanding they disclose decades of private records, including the identities of nearly 5,000 individual donors. According to a brief filed by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF)—the same legal group that successfully argued the Dobbs case overturning Roe v. Wade—Platkin has been openly hostile toward pregnancy centers. The pregnancy clinic argues its First Amendment rights are being violated and seeks immediate protection in federal court. Lower courts forced the pregnancy center into state proceedings first, delaying justice. Now, the Supreme Court will decide whether pro-life organizations can defend their constitutional rights directly in federal court when targeted by hostile state officials.
21-Week Abortions Being Considered: Wisconsin’s only independent abortion facility, Care for All, is expanding its deadly services. Having previously offered abortions up to 14 weeks, the center now hopes to kill unborn children as late as 21 weeks gestation. While abortion remains legal in Wisconsin for now, the state’s legal status is unsettled, with a Supreme Court case still pending. Meanwhile, the abortion industry in Wisconsin—and across the nation—has been aggressively promoting at-home chemical abortions, claiming they are safe without medical supervision or follow-up care. Care for All aims to provide abortion without gestational limits, continuing the relentless expansion of abortion access regardless of legal or ethical boundaries.
Good News
Pro-Life Support Rises: A recent Gallup survey reveals a modest but meaningful shift in American attitudes toward abortion from 2024 to 2025: those identifying as pro-life rose from 41% to 43% while pro-choice identification dropped from 54% to 51%. At the same time, views labeling abortion as morally wrong or acceptable only in very limited circumstances also increased by three points. Support for abortion dipped across genders—women’s acceptability fell by 3 points, men’s by 7. This trend defies post-Dobbs expectations and challenges mainstream narratives. As one pro-life thinker noted, the rise is “especially noteworthy” given the political landscape of 2024. This subtle surge in pro-life sentiment underscores a critical cultural shift occurring beneath the political surface.
Quote of the Week
“It is incumbent upon each of us to help create a Culture of Life in our families, emphasizing to our children and grandchildren the joys of family life and the blessing of children. Flood social media with positive postings about the magic of family love.”
~ PRI President Steven Mosher
