In This Issue:
- Breaking News
- Gender Ideology Defeated in Peru
- PRI in the Media
- Hungary Doubles Down on Families
- Deepening Depopulation
- India’s Fertility Falls Fast
- Children Seen as Unaffordable
- Housing Crisis Shrinks U.S. Families
- Communist China
- China Plans to Tax Contraception
- UN Misdeeds
- Nations Challenge Radical UN Language
- Pro-Life Around the World
- Netherlands Ending Euthanasia Limits
- Canada’s Euthanasia Deaths Hit Record
- Wales Launches New Baby Bundles
- Pro-Life on the Home Front
- NJ Targets Pro-Life Centers
- Sharp Decline in Military Abortions
- Judge Blocks Abortion Defunding
- Good News
- Nuns Reach Out to Abortion Workers
Breaking News
Gender Ideology Defeated in Peru: PRI’s Latin American office is proud to report that the Peruvian Congress has passed a new law on equal opportunity between men and women that respects the biological reality that there are only two sexes. This is a huge victory for Peru and for PRI, which provided the intellectual “muscle” behind this effort.
The new law throws out the “gender ideology” concept that was forced on Peru by Obama’s USAID and which has been the guiding principle of Peruvian governments since 2014. No more transgender nonsense will be allowed to corrupt laws, public policies, and official State documents.
The new law also mandates that so-called “Comprehensive Sexual Education”—which encourages all manner of bizarre sexual behavior—is to be replaced by “Scientific and Ethical Sexual Education” that respects biological reality and protects the development of children and adolescents.
The challenge now is to ensure that the Peruvian President actually follows the new law and does not either ignore it or attempt to coerce the Congress into revising or rescinding it. We will be closely monitoring the situation.
PRI in the Media
Hungary Doubles Down on Families: Recently, PRI President Steven Mosher’s article was reposted by Pregnancy Help News, highlighting Hungary’s bold expansion of its pro-family agenda. After raising fertility from 1.4 to nearly 1.6 with earlier pronatalist policies, Prime Minister Viktor Orban is now doubling child tax benefits and exempting mothers with two or more children from income taxes. These measures will soon expand to include first-time mothers under 30. Hungary is also broadening tax-free family allowances. Mr. Mosher notes that Hungary aims to surpass replacement-level fertility without relying on mass immigration, offering a model the U.S. should study as both nations face falling birthrates.
Deepening Depopulation
India’s Fertility Falls Fast: India is undergoing a rapid demographic shift, with its total fertility rate dropping from 3.5 in 2000 to just 1.9 today. Demographers expect the population to peak around 1.8–1.9 billion by 2080 before leveling off. States like Kerala (TFR 1.5) and West Bengal (1.3) highlight how quickly fertility has fallen. This downward trend has been driven by rising education, delayed marriage and childbearing, and the widespread use of contraceptives. As birth rates decline and life expectancy rises, experts warn that India will soon face growing challenges in caring for an aging population.
“India and China were the ugly poster children for overpopulation for decades,” says Mr. Mosher. “Now China’s population is shrinking, and India’s has fallen below replacement. When will the baby-hating billionaires who are still funding anti-natal programs wake up to reality? Why are they still so intent on driving down human numbers?”
Housing Crisis Shrinks U.S. Families: New projections from Redfin warn that America’s ongoing housing crisis will further depress the nation’s already record-low birth rate in 2026. Despite a slight improvement in affordability, homeownership will remain out of reach for millions: the median U.S. home price rose to $439,869 in October 2025 (up from $313,200 in 2019). Homeownership among Gen Z stalled at just 26.1% in 2024, and among millennials at 54.9%. With mortgage rates, property taxes, and homeowner insurance still high, experts say young adults will delay family formation, which in turn will deepen the nation’s fertility decline.
Children Seen as Unaffordable: A new American Family Survey shows rising anxiety about family affordability: 71% of Americans now say it isn’t affordable for most people to raise children, up 13 points since 2024 and 20 points since 2015. The most common barrier cited was lack of money (43%), especially among adults aged 18–44. Yet when asked about their own families, only 25% listed cost as a top concern. The report notes that U.S. birth rates were falling even before inflation and housing spikes, pointing to deeper cultural pressures—such as rising parenting expectations and higher career opportunities—that increasingly shape decisions about having children.
Communist China
China Plans to Tax Contraception: China is set to impose a 13% value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and devices—ending their VAT-exempt status for the first time since 1993—as Beijing scrambles to slow its steep population decline. Births fell to just 9.54 million in 2024, roughly half the number recorded a decade after the one-child policy ended. The new tax accompanies broader pronatalist incentives, such as childcare and elder care tax breaks, cash handouts, and extended parental leave. But experts say these steps are largely symbolic and unlikely to overcome the high cost of raising children or the long-term damage caused by China’s coercive population control policies.
UN Misdeeds
Nations Challenge Radical UN Language: A major shift unfolded at the UN this week as more governments than ever pushed back against abortion and gender ideology in UN policy. Forty-eight nations voted to remove “sexual and reproductive health” from a resolution on children, and seventy supported deleting “sexual orientation and gender identity” from a disabilities resolution. These amendments ultimately failed but came within just four votes. Delegations from Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East strongly defended parental rights, the family, and national sovereignty, despite intense pressure from the European Union. The close vote reveals a real chance to roll back radical language from UN policy.
Pro-Life Around the World
Netherlands Ending Euthanasia Limits: A shocking new petition in the Netherlands, backed by the End-of-Life Self-Direction Foundation, has gathered more than 75,000 signatures, triggering a parliamentary debate on removing all restrictions on assisted suicide, including the need for medical approval. The move follows years of expanding euthanasia practices, which claimed about 10,000 Dutch lives in 2025 and 9,958 in 2024 (5.8% of all deaths). A 2021 government review documented 9,799 assisted deaths, including 517 lives that were ended without explicit request. The proposal accelerates an already dangerous trend that threatens the vulnerable and normalizes death as a “solution.”
Canada’s Euthanasia Deaths Hit Record: According to Health Canada’s latest MAiD report, Canada recorded a staggering 16,499 euthanasia deaths in 2024. This accounted for 5.1% of all deaths nationwide and marked a 6.9% increase from the previous year. Since legalization in 2016, Canada has logged 76,475 state-assisted deaths. Disturbingly, most applicants cited non-medical concerns: 75.5% reported “loss of independence,” 48.5% feared being a burden, and 22.9% struggled with loneliness and isolation. “Track 2 deaths,” involving those not near natural death, rose to 732 cases, many involving disabled Canadians.
Wales Launches New Baby Bundles: The Welsh Government has launched a new “Baby Bundles” program, providing newborn families with packages of essential items, such as clothing, blankets, playmats, and a bilingual baby book, to ease costs during the first weeks of a child’s life. Families learn about the program at their 16-week appointments, with registration taking place at 25–28 weeks of pregnancy and deliveries beginning February 2026. Wales has allocated £2.5 million ($3.3 million) to the initiative, which officials say will support struggling families while strengthening local suppliers and helping address child poverty.
Pro-Life on the Home Front
NJ Targets Pro-Life Centers: Pro-life pregnancy centers are facing a new wave of pressure as New Jersey’s attorney general demands ten years of client documents—including donor information—from First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, a Christian nonprofit that is part of a nationwide network serving over 1 million women last year. The subpoena reflects a broader pattern of intimidation, vandalism, and regulatory targeting. The Supreme Court will now decide whether nonprofits can challenge such government overreach before donor privacy is irreversibly violated, a critical First Amendment protection the Court reaffirmed in 2021.
“I stopped reading the National Review years ago, but this story is worth a mention,” says Mr. Mosher. “Blue states are waging legal warfare against pro-life pregnancy centers for one simple reason: They are very, very successful in saving babies from the ghouls at Planned Parenthood.”
Sharp Decline in Military Abortions: New data from the Defense Health Agency show military abortions have dropped to their lowest level in five years. In 2021, TRICARE recorded 35 privately funded abortions, but only two took place between January and June 2025. Direct-care abortions fell from 14 to just three in the same period. Officials say the decline follows the Trump administration’s reversal of Biden-era policies that expanded abortion access. Still, advocates warn that many servicewomen face strong pressure to abort, and the true numbers remain hard to measure.
Judge Blocks Abortion Defunding: A federal judge has temporarily blocked part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that would have cut Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood affiliates. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani sided with 22 Democratic-led states, arguing the law’s wording was too vague and placed an “unconstitutional burden” on states, some of which claim they rely on Planned Parenthood for Medicaid services. The ruling comes as multiple lawsuits continue nationwide to challenge efforts to end taxpayer funding for the abortion giant.
Good News
Nuns Reach Out to Abortion Workers: For the fifth year in a row, religious sisters across the country are sending handwritten Christmas cards to every abortion facilitator, offering prayer, compassion, and a path out of the industry through And Then There Were None (ATTWN). What began with 21 convents has grown into a nationwide effort, inspired by Abby Johnson’s own conversion and the role prayer played in it. ATTWN reports that many workers reach out after receiving these cards, and several have, in the past, left the abortion industry to find healing and new employment.
Quote of the Week
“As soon as we were born, we needed others in order to live; left to ourselves, we would not have survived. Someone else saved us by caring for us in body and spirit. All of us are alive today thanks to a relationship, a free and freeing relationship of human kindness and mutual care.”
~ Pope Leo XIV
