In This Issue:
- PRI in the Media
- CCP Smuggling Plot Exposed
- Deepening Depopulation
- U.S. Fertility Crisis Deepens
- Depopulation Hits German Cities
- US Births in Decline
- Communist China
- Faith Criminalized in China
- UN Misdeeds
- UN Redefines Forced Pregnancy
- Science Gone Mad
- UK Edges Toward Euthanasia
- Hospitals Defy Transition Ban
- Pro-Life Around the World
- Abortion Decriminalized in UK
- Abortion Warnings Spark Backlash
- Pro-Life on the Home Front
- Congress Investigates Planned Parenthood
- 105 Abortion Centers Shut Down
- Clinic Pushes 34-Week Abortions
- Abortions Rise Despite Bans
- Good News
- South Carolina Defunds Abortion
PRI in the Media
CCP Smuggling Plot Exposed: In his recent article for The Epoch Times, PRI President Steven Mosher revealed a chilling act of agroterrorism against the United States. Two Chinese researchers—Zunyong Liu and Yunqing Jian—were charged with smuggling a highly dangerous plant pathogen into the U.S., according to the Department of Justice. Both individuals had ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and were under orders to introduce this pathogen to the US. The fungus, Fusarium graminearum, was brought in from China and poses a serious threat to America’s food supply. This is part of the CCP’s broader effort to undermine the U.S. from within and ultimately replace it as the world’s leading power.
Deepening Depopulation
U.S. Fertility Crisis Deepens: A new study published in the journal Genus confirms what many have long suspected: most American women still want children, but a growing number are unsure if they’ll be able to follow through. Researchers found that while 62% of women intend to have children, nearly half of them are uncertain that it will actually happen. Meanwhile, 35% said they don’t plan to have children at all. The U.S. fertility rate, which began to decline after the Great Recession, dropped from a peak of 2.12 children per woman in 2007 to just 1.62 in 2023. Many attribute this decline to young people’s deepening uncertainty about the future of the country and the world—a sense of instability that’s leading them to postpone or forgo parenthood altogether.
“We must re-create a society that is family and child-friendly,” says Mr. Mosher. “Most young women want to be married with children, but many are worried that they won’t find a husband or that they won’t be able, for various reasons, to have children. This must change, if America is to survive.”
Depopulation Hits German Cities: Towns and cities in eastern Germany have been hollowed out by decades of depopulation and are now hoping to reverse the trend by welcoming new visitors and encouraging them to stay. In Guben, the population has fallen from 29,100 in 1995 to just 16,600 today—a drop of nearly 50%. By 2030, it’s projected to decline by another 16%, with the working-age population expected to shrink by 27%. Guben is just one of hundreds of German cities facing similar challenges. Many see attracting new residents as the key to revitalization.
“Some Eastern Germany towns are so desperate for people that they are inviting European migrants to stay for free for four weeks in the hope that they will decide to stay forever,” says Mr. Mosher. “The human face of depopulation is closing schools and shuttered businesses, and a population that is aging and dying.”
US Births in Decline: Newsweek has published a graph illustrating the decline in U.S. births over the past 50 years. In 2023, the U.S. fertility rate dropped to just 1.6 births per woman, far below the 2.1 replacement level needed to sustain the population without relying on immigration. This is no sudden dip; since the last peak in 2007, when the rate was 2.12, births have steadily declined. Federal projections show no recovery on the horizon, with the rate expected to average 1.6 for the next 30 years. The consequences are sobering: a shrinking younger generation cannot support long-term economic growth or care for an aging population.
Vice President JD Vance says, “We failed a generation not only by permitting a culture of abortion on demand but also by neglecting to help young parents achieve the ingredients they need to lead a happy and meaningful life. Our society has failed to recognize the obligation that one generation has to another as a core part of living in a society. So let me say very simply, I want more babies in the United States of America.”
Communist China
Faith Criminalized in China: In a disturbing escalation of religious persecution, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has issued harsh prison sentences in the ongoing crackdown on Linfen’s Golden Lampstand Church—a Christian church that was violently demolished by government forces in 2018. On June 20, 2025, ten members of the church were convicted on charges of “fraud,” a now-routine accusation used by the CCP to silence and dismantle independent religious groups. Sentences ranged from two to five years in prison, along with heavy fines between RMB 20,000 and 50,000 ($2,790 to $6,970). This latest wave of repression underscores the CCP’s broader campaign to eradicate any religious influence it cannot fully control.
“It is not just the members of the Underground Catholic Church in China that suffer heavy persecution, but also members of other Christian communities,” says Mr. Mosher. “The Sola Fide Movement in China is not opposed to the Chinese Communist Party. They simply want to be left alone to practice their evangelical Christianity. This, the CCP will not allow. All religious organizations in China, including the Catholic Patriotic Association, must serve the Party—or be destroyed.”
UN Misdeeds
UN Redefines Forced Pregnancy: In a deeply troubling development, the UN Human Rights Committee has ordered Guatemala to redefine “forced pregnancy” to include any denial of abortion, effectively labeling legal restrictions on abortion as a “human rights violation.” Under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, “forced pregnancy” is defined as the unlawful act of forcibly making a woman pregnant to alter a population’s ethnic makeup or to commit other grave international crimes. That definition was never intended to apply to abortion laws, especially given that the Rome Statute explicitly affirms there is no international right to abortion. Nevertheless, ongoing UN treaty negotiations are pushing to expand the term to encompass any denial of abortion, transgender medical procedures, and comprehensive sex education.
Science Gone Mad
UK Edges Toward Euthanasia: In a sobering development, UK MPs have voted 314 to 291 in favor of a bill that would legalize assisted suicide for terminally ill adults in England and Wales. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill would permit doctors to prescribe lethal medication to patients deemed likely to die within six months. The bill has drawn strong opposition from those who warn it could place subtle—or even direct—pressure on the elderly, disabled, and other vulnerable individuals to end their lives. There are also serious concerns that doctors are unable to accurately speculate who has only six months to live, leaving one’s eligibility to legally take their own life to doctor interpretation. The legislation now moves to the House of Lords for further consideration and potential approval into law.
Hospitals Defy Transition Ban: Despite President Trump’s January executive order banning taxpayer-funded “gender transition” procedures for minors, a new report suggests some of the nation’s leading hospitals may still be quietly carrying them out. According to research from Consumers’ Research, five major institutions—Cleveland Clinic, Vanderbilt, Henry Ford, Memorial Hermann, and Johns Hopkins All Children’s—are flagged as potentially continuing these harmful practices behind the scenes. The Biden-era push to medicalize gender confusion in children may still be underway, despite Trump’s clear and decisive effort to shut it down.
Pro-Life Around the World
Abortion Decriminalized in UK: The UK House of Commons voted 379 to 137 in favor of an amendment that removes criminal penalties for women who terminate their own pregnancies, even beyond the country’s already permissive 24-week legal limit. This change is part of a broader crime bill and effectively weakens the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, which previously held women criminally liable for illegal abortions. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the law was adjusted to allow women in England and Wales to receive abortion pills by mail and perform abortions at home within the first 10 weeks of pregnancy. These relaxed rules have led to several high-profile prosecutions of women who used the pills to end pregnancies past the 24-week legal limit. Now, this new amendment effectively opens the door to abortion on demand at any stage of pregnancy without fear of legal consequences.
“Great Britain is embracing the culture of death,” says Mr. Mosher. “First, the House of Commons granted legal immunity to women who procure their own abortion—even up to the moment of birth. Then, they voted to legalize physician-assisted suicide. If Britain stops being good, it will cease being great.”
Abortion Warnings Spark Backlash: A new law now in effect in Rio de Janeiro requires all public hospitals to display pro-life signage, including messages like: “Did you know that the unborn child is discarded as hospital waste?” Under the same law, abortion clinics must post signs outside informing citizens of alternatives to abortion and the serious health risks it poses to women, including infertility, infection, and even death. Abortion advocates have claimed the measure is “unconstitutional” and say it “persecutes” women simply for exposing the truth about abortion. In a nation where the majority still rejects abortion, the backlash to these signs is a chilling reminder of how quickly truth can be silenced by the vocal minority.
Pro-Life on the Home Front
Congress Investigates Planned Parenthood: Congress has launched a sweeping investigation into Planned Parenthood’s use of nearly $800 million in federal funding, citing alarming allegations involving abortions, organ harvesting, and gender transitions for minors. The abortion giant has a history of fraud, including a $4.3 million Medicaid settlement in 2013 and a $1.8 billion lawsuit from Texas in 2023. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene condemned Planned Parenthood as an “evil and barbaric” abortion provider that misuses federal funds and harvests fetal organs. She called on Congress to cut taxpayer funding and demanded extensive documentation, including financial records from 2020–2025, a list of affiliates, policies on abortion and transgender procedures, and all records related to fetal tissue collection. The organization must submit all requested information by June 27 as part of the ongoing congressional investigation.
105 Abortion Centers Shut Down: Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, more than 100 abortion clinics across the U.S. have shut their doors permanently, while, according to a recent report, others have relocated to states without abortion bans. This wave of closures reflects increasingly restrictive state laws, funding cuts, and shifting federal policies. To evade restrictions, abortion clinics have been shifting much of their focus from surgical abortions to mailing abortion pills. This shift means that counting facility closures alone doesn’t fully capture the reality, since clinics located in pro-abortion states can still send abortion pills to people in pro-life states, allowing mothers to abort their babies privately at home. This practice carries significant health risks for women, alongside the tragic consequences for the unborn.
Clinic Pushes 34-Week Abortions: Illinois has opened a new abortion clinic in Chicago, Hope Clinic, that offers abortion procedures up to 34 weeks. This timeframe is well beyond the typical viability threshold; in fact, babies born as early as 24 weeks can survive with some medical intervention. The abortion center’s launch highlights Illinois’s growing position as a key destination for late-term abortion procedures after the reversal of Roe v. Wade. Backed by Governor JB Pritzker and the state attorney general, Hope Clinic intends to provide abortion services to women nationwide, especially those from neighboring states with laws protecting the unborn.
Abortions Rise Despite Bans: New data from the WeCount project of the Society of Family Planning shows U.S. abortions rose to 95,000 a month in 2024—up from 88,000 in 2023—despite growing state-level restrictions. This recent report showed that a key factor in this concerning uptick in abortions is found in the advent of telehealth. By the end of 2024, one in four abortions were accessed through the mail, a massive increase from just 5% in late 2022. These deadly services are largely enabled by “shield laws” in states that have no abortion restrictions, which mail abortion pills across state lines. Three states have sued to restrict telehealth prescriptions of mifepristone, a key abortion drug. But last month, the Trump administration told a judge it believes the states lack legal standing.
Good News
South Carolina Defunds Abortion: The Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of South Carolina, deciding that Medicaid recipients cannot sue states for blocking access to providers like Planned Parenthood. In a 6–3 decision, the Court effectively allows states to exclude abortion-affiliated organizations from Medicaid without facing legal challenges from patients, a long-standing objective of the pro-life movement. In South Carolina, federal funding for abortion is already banned, but conservatives have long sought to cut off all funding to Planned Parenthood, which offers a range of reproductive health services. The decision is a blow to Planned Parenthood’s legal shield and marks a shift toward greater state authority in healthcare funding, opening the door for more red states to follow suit.
Quote of the Week
“We cannot build a just society if we discard the weakest—whether the child in the womb or the elderly in their frailty—for they are both gifts from God.”
~ Pope Leo XIV
