In This Issue:
- PRI in the Media
- Reaching the Next Generation
- Deadly Contraceptives Destroyed
- Dominican Republic Defends Life
- Deepening Depopulation
- Fewer Young Mothers Globally
- Overpopulation Myth Persists
- A Future Without Families
- UN Misdeeds
- UN Reform Masks Agenda
- Science Gone Mad
- 270 Million Lost to IVF
- Mothers Replaced by Robots
- Pro-Life Around the World
- Alberta Babies Left to Die
- Canada’s Death Spiral
- Pro-Life on the Home Front
- States Unite Against the Pill
- Court Stalls Pro-Life Protections
- Texas Blocks Abortion Travel
- Good News
- 27-Week Baby Survives
PRI in the Media
Reaching the Next Generation: This week, From the Median featured PRI President Steven Mosher’s 2024 Q&A following his Bring America Back to Life presentation on “The Devil and Chinese Communism.” He emphasized that winning the next battle on abortion depends on reaching the next generation of leaders. Mosher also discussed Ohio’s Issue 1, which enshrined abortion into the state constitution by misrepresenting the heartbeat law as an extreme ban without exceptions. Though the heartbeat law was in effect for only 82 days, countless lives were saved during that time. He warned of a deeper problem in the Church, as 50% of Catholics voted for Issue 1 despite the Vatican’s clear opposition, a divide fueled by silence from many pastors and priests on the issue. While the overturn of Roe was a historic pro-life victory, Mr. Mosher stressed that laws alone cannot change hearts. The culture itself must be transformed if America is to move away from abortion.
Deadly Contraceptives Destroyed: Recently, the Mackinder Forum’s Weekly Geopolitical News Bulletin featured PRI President Steven Mosher’s article, “$10 Million in Abortifacient Contraceptives Are Going Up in Smoke.” In it, Mr. Mosher exposed how U.S. foreign aid has long funded the population control agenda—this time in the form of $10 million worth of abortifacient contraceptives and condoms bound for Africa. He applauded the Trump administration for breaking with decades of half-measures by choosing to destroy the deadly stockpile rather than allow it to be forced on women overseas.
Dominican Republic Defends Life: Recently, ZENIT News reported on the Dominican Republic’s decisive stand in defense of life, highlighting the nation’s refusal to insert abortion exceptions into its Penal Code despite enormous global pressure. The article featured Carlos Polo, Director of PRI’s Latin America office, who framed the battle as a true “David-and-Goliath” struggle. He exposed how powerful international networks, along with local and regional groups, coordinate to push abortion across Latin America—warning that while they failed in the Dominican Republic, they will undoubtedly try again.
Deepening Depopulation
Fewer Young Mothers Globally: Pew Research Center’s new analysis of U.N. data shows births to women under 25 are plummeting worldwide. In North America, they’ve fallen from 45% in 1950 to 23% today and are projected to drop to 12% by 2100. Europe will fall from 35% in 1950 to just 9%. Latin America and the Caribbean will decline from 39% today to 17%. In Africa, the share remains at 41%—the same as 1950—but is expected to halve to 20% by 2100. Experts cite delayed marriage, contraception, and cultural rejection of family, warning that the trend will age societies and shrink workforces.
Overpopulation Myth Persists: Despite record-low fertility in England and Wales, population controllers still cling to the myth of “overpopulation.” The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) blames money worries and sexism, prescribing “fertility care” and abortion, while Africa’s 4.1 births per woman versus Sweden’s 1.4 disproves such claims. Abortion, not famine or disease, is now the world’s leading cause of death globally, with millions of unborn lives lost each year. Meanwhile, the IVF industry stores countless frozen embryos, which are often discarded. Even as governments scramble to reverse collapsing birth rates, many people remain trapped in anti-natalist ideology. The real crisis is not overpopulation, but a global birth dearth.
“It’s not surprising that the myth of overpopulation lives on since it is still being taught in high schools and colleges by teachers and professors who were themselves propagandized decades ago,” says Mr. Mosher. “That’s why an Executive Order purging anti-people propaganda from our nation’s schools is so important. If you haven’t yet signed our petition to President Trump urging him to do this, please do so.”
A Future Without Families: Global fertility continues to fall, with the United States at just 1.6 births per woman in 2025, a rate the UN expects will remain stagnant through the century. Some experts claim this decline is driven by delayed marriage, education, and shifting family priorities. China has collapsed to 1.0—the lowest worldwide—while Africa, though highest at 4.0, has fallen sharply from 6.5 in 1950. Despite generous subsidies and family incentives in Europe and East Asia, evidence shows government incentives rarely reverse demographic decline.
UN Misdeeds
UN Reform Masks Agenda: The European Union (EU) is exploiting the UN’s financial crisis—caused by U.S. funding cuts—to push reforms that entrench its radical agenda. Under the UN80 plan, backed by UN Secretary General António Guterres, 40,000 mandates would be consolidated under his office. Cloaked in buzzwords like “efficiency” and “policy coherence,” the reforms would embed abortion, gender ideology, and climate alarmism at the core of UN priorities. While the U.S. cautiously welcomed the plan, Russia attempted to block it with a procedural resolution, which the EU dismissed as ‘unnecessary’ and ‘rushed.’ Though the outcome remains uncertain, Russia’s resolution alone is unlikely to halt the reforms.
Science Gone Mad
270 Million Lost to IVF: A new academic study estimates that IVF has killed more than 270 million unborn children since its introduction in 1978. While just 13–17 million babies have been born through the procedure, each birth comes at the cost of countless discarded and destroyed embryos. Like abortion, IVF is rooted in eugenics, routinely discarding babies with so-called defects. Destroying embryos in a lab is no different than aborting a child in the womb.
“The death toll from IVF is horrific,” says Mr. Mosher. “But that from abortion is ten times worse. As one friend of PRI pointed out, ‘Assuming 60 million babies were aborted annually over the last 47 years, that’s nearly 3 billion babies aborted during the same period.’”
Mothers Replaced by Robots: China is racing to launch the world’s first “pregnancy robot,” a humanoid machine equipped with an artificial womb to carry a child to term. Developed by Chinese scientist Zhang Qifeng, the robot would sustain a baby in a fluid-filled womb through a nutrient hose, with a prototype expected next year at a cost of about 100,000 yuan (Approximately $14,000). Marketed as a solution for infertility and population decline, the project has triggered fierce ethical backlash for severing the natural bond between mother and child and further commodifying human life.
“File this under the category of too little, too late, and too evil for words,” says Mr. Mosher. “After aborting and sterilizing hundreds of millions of women, the Chinese Communists now pretend that they want to ‘aid infertile couples in conceiving children’ by developing artificial wombs. Pray they don’t succeed. Otherwise we will see soulless clones produced by the millions in China according to a state plan.”
Pro-Life Around the World
Alberta Babies Left to Die: For 25 years, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has known that babies sometimes survive abortions in provincial hospitals, only to be left to die under “comfort care” policies. In 2024 alone, 28 infants were born alive after failed abortions but were denied oxygen, incubators, or any life-saving treatment. Smith once called late-term abortion “horrific,” yet she has done nothing to protect newborns abandoned in Alberta hospitals. Unless AHS policy changes, Alberta will remain complicit in state-sanctioned neglect of its most vulnerable.
Canada’s Death Spiral: In a recent article, The Atlantic exposed Canada’s chilling embrace of euthanasia, euphemistically called “Medical Assistance in Dying” (MAID). Once considered homicide, MAID now accounts for 1 in 20 Canadian deaths—over 60,000 lives lost since legalization in 2016—surpassing deaths from Alzheimer’s and diabetes combined. In Quebec, the rate has soared to more than 7% of all deaths, the highest worldwide. Some doctors boast of personally euthanizing hundreds. Parliament is preparing to expand access to the mentally ill and minors, exposing the grim reality of a culture that prizes “autonomy” over the sanctity of life.
Pro-Life on the Home Front
States Unite Against the Pill: The attorneys general of 22 states have sent a joint letter to the Trump administration urging the reinstatement of safety protocols for the abortion drug Mifepristone. Addressed to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Martin Makary, the letter calls for requiring that only licensed physicians be permitted to prescribe the drug, and only after an in-person visit, both before and after the deadly pill is administered.
“PRI has in the past reported that mifepristone causes serious health complications for women and that the drug’s labeling is deliberately misleading,” says Mr. Mosher. “Obama and Biden administration officials did everything they could to make the abortion pill available through the mail, or over the counter throughout the country. And they almost succeeded. Now it’s time to protect women and children from this kind of medical malpractice. Mifepristone needs to be taken off the market entirely.”
Court Stalls Pro-Life Protections: The Missouri Supreme Court has sent a case over abortion licensing back to a lower court, refusing to rule on whether Judge Jerri Zhang acted lawfully in pausing state licensing requirements for outpatient abortion facilities. That rule remains the last barrier to reinstating abortion after the tragic passage of Amendment 3. The case now heads to an appeals court. Attorney General Andrew Bailey, who has led the fight to defend Missouri’s pro-life protections, called the ruling “disappointing but not surprising,” and vowed to continue standing for women, children, and Missouri values.
Texas Blocks Abortion Travel: Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 33 into law, blocking local governments from using taxpayer dollars to fund abortion-related travel. The measure responds to Austin and San Antonio, which had allocated public funds for women’s hotels, food, and transportation to obtain abortions out of state. Beginning September 1, such expenditures will be illegal. While some abortion activists decry the move as “state overreach,” Texas has instead invested $165 million into the Thriving Texas Families program—funding pregnancy centers, promoting childbirth, and strengthening families—demonstrating a true commitment to life.
Good News
27-Week Baby Survives: Baby Jett was born at just 27 weeks, weighing barely over a kilogram, and doctors warned of severe complications, including a hole in his heart, retinopathy threatening blindness, and even a collapsed lung. Yet this tiny child fought for life, enduring intensive care and multiple crises. His heart healed, his vision improved, and he was finally discharged. Now five years old, Jett is thriving as a joyful big brother. His story is a powerful witness to the dignity and resilience of premature babies, proving that every life, no matter how fragile, is worth defending.
Quote of the Week
“A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.”
~ Pope John Paul II
