Weekly Briefing

Congress Calls on USAID to Investigate Family Planning Abuses

March 31, 2000 Volume 2/ Number 9 Dear Friend and Colleague: This week, members of Congress requested that USAID Administrator, Brady Anderson, investigate possible violations of the Tiahrt Amendment occurring within family planning projects run by the Peruvian Ministry of Health (MOH) and funded by USAID.

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The Barrenness of Success

March 24, 2000 Volume 2/ Number 8 Dear Friend and Colleague: The UN Population Division (UNPD) on 21 March 2000 released a report titled “Replacement Migration: Is it a Solution to Declining and Aging Populations?” The report states that “virtually all the countries of Europe are

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USAID Controversy Erupts in Dominican Republic

March 17, 2000 Volume 2/ Number 7 Dear Friend and Colleague: Early this week Congressmen Todd Tiahrt (R-4-KS) and Christopher Smith (R-4-NJ) called upon USAID to investigate its “family planning” projects in Peru which appear to be in violation of US law. This request was

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Peru’s Coercive Family Planning Programs and USAID Involvement

 March 6, 2000 Volume 2/ Number 6 Dear Friend and Colleague: Evidence of human rights abuses in Peru’s family-planning program was obtained by investigators David Morrison and Dr. Pat McEwen, Director of Life Coalition International, during a PRI-sponsored investigation carried out in 1999 December. The following

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Robbing from the Poor: Underpopulation Strikes America

March 3, 2000 Volume 2/ Number 5 Dear Friend and Colleague: With America’s labor markets tightening, Alan Greenspan proposes to increase legal immigration levels. At the same time, President Clinton is paradoxically preparing to extract from the US taxpayer record sums aimed at reducing the number of

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Commerce Spin Aids Domestic Family Planning Proposal

February 23, 2000 Volume 2/ Number 4 Dear Friend and Colleague: Statistics issued by the US Census Bureau months ago were recently resurrected by the US Department of Commerce to suggest that America is becoming overpopulated. Steven W. Mosher President Commerce Spin Aids Domestic Family Planning

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Clinton’s Foreign Family Planning Targets Africa

February16, 2000 Volume 2/ Number 3 Dear Friend and Colleague: William Jefferson Clinton has promised the “family planning” lobby in Washington, DC, to restore spending for foreign “family planning” to its 1995 record level. In his 2001 budget summary, the President couches population control for black

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Population Control Comes Home in Clinton’s Budget

February 9, 2000 Volume 2/ Number 2 Dear Friend and Colleague: In releasing his budget proposal for 2001 this week, President Clinton said that “the details [in the budget] make the difference, and if we can enact them we will make all the difference for America.”

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US Census Report Reveals Benefits of Population Growth

January 7, 2000 Volume 2/ Number 1 Dear Friend and Colleague: The US Census Bureau’s special Compendium for the Millennium notes a prosperous past 100 years, but raises concerns about our future because of America’s rapidly falling birthrate. Steven W. Mosher President US Census Report Reveals

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The Barrenness of Success

March 24, 2000 Volume 2/ Number 8 Dear Friend and Colleague: The UN Population Division (UNPD) on 21 March 2000 released a report titled “Replacement Migration:

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