When the Trump administration ended most of USAID’s population control programs, $10 million in abortifacient contraceptives and condoms were in transit to Africa. The drugs and devices, now marooned in a warehouse in Belgium, constitute an acid test of the Trump administration’s commitment to ending
Since the 70s, Planned Parenthood has billed itself as an organization devoted to the “comprehensive care” of women’s health, one whose services tens of millions of women rely upon not just for IUDs and abortions, but for everything from prenatal care to breast cancer screenings. Based
America’s dismal birth rates are often blamed on economics. But the cost of bearing and raising children is only part of the reason the American total fertility rate, at 1.6 children per woman, is at historic lows. Equally important in discouraging young people from marrying and
Fifty-six years ago this week, Pope Paul VI released an encyclical that shocked the world. Not because it said something new, but because it not only refused to conform, but openly rejected the spirit of the age. Change was sweeping across the world in the
The biggest abortion promoters, the World Health Organization and the Guttmacher institute, have every reason to exaggerate the number of abortions worldwide each year. So when the World Health Organization and the Guttmacher Institute both estimate that 73 million induced abortions occur each year, can they be
The invention of the hormonal birth control pill in the 1960s was billed as a scientific triumph. In one fell swoop, this pharmaceutical innovation would free women to choose their own destinies. They could pursue careers without the “burden” of an unplanned pregnancy, while delaying marriage or
Meet FP2030: the global initiative powered by foreign aid, billionaire philanthropy, and policy pressure, all aimed at driving down fertility, particularly among the world’s poorest nations and peoples. That’s not how it’s advertised. FP2030 is being marketed as a “rights-based, empowering, and voluntary” program. It comes packaged with
U.S. government agencies have never engaged in open coercion to force down the birth rate, at least within the borders of the United States. (USAID’s past actions overseas are another matter.) We are, after all, not China. There, the birth control police hunted down women
The UNFPA, born in the dark fear of exploding human numbers, has always been driven by a desire to reduce human numbers. Its annual reports have typically been focused on population growth, pushing abortion, sterilization, and contraception to combat “overpopulation.” But now that the world’s
The departure of the activist ideologue, Archbishop Paglia, from the Pontifical Academy of Life, is very good news. Why, you ask? To answer that question, we have to look at why the Pontifical Academy for Life was founded and just how far Paglia strayed from
When the Trump administration ended most of USAID’s population control programs, $10 million in abortifacient contraceptives and condoms were in transit to Africa. The drugs
Since the 70s, Planned Parenthood has billed itself as an organization devoted to the “comprehensive care” of women’s health, one whose services tens of millions
America’s dismal birth rates are often blamed on economics. But the cost of bearing and raising children is only part of the reason the American total
Fifty-six years ago this week, Pope Paul VI released an encyclical that shocked the world. Not because it said something new, but because it not
The biggest abortion promoters, the World Health Organization and the Guttmacher institute, have every reason to exaggerate the number of abortions worldwide each year. So
The invention of the hormonal birth control pill in the 1960s was billed as a scientific triumph. In one fell swoop, this pharmaceutical innovation would free
Meet FP2030: the global initiative powered by foreign aid, billionaire philanthropy, and policy pressure, all aimed at driving down fertility, particularly among the world’s poorest nations
U.S. government agencies have never engaged in open coercion to force down the birth rate, at least within the borders of the United States. (USAID’s
The UNFPA, born in the dark fear of exploding human numbers, has always been driven by a desire to reduce human numbers. Its annual reports
The departure of the activist ideologue, Archbishop Paglia, from the Pontifical Academy of Life, is very good news. Why, you ask? To answer that question,