Weekly Briefing

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

People are parsing every word uttered by the new Pope, Leo XIV, eager to see if he will preach the fullness of the Catholic faith, without compromise or confusion. As the leader of a pro-life, pro-family group, Population Research Institute, which has worked closely with

The opening round of the tariff war with China is over. And earlier this month, President Trump achieved a very clear win. The president had Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the ropes. Trump’s 145% tariffs on Chinese goods landed a crushing blow to Beijing’s economy, already

Fulfilling another one of his campaign promises, President Trump in March ordered the defunding of the UN’s chief population control organization, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). That process is now complete. Termination notices for more than 40 abortion, sterilization, and contraception promoting projects have