Evidence that the abortion-minded are ecstatic over the accession of Barack Hussein Obama to the presidency is all over the news. Population control advocates, in particular, are thrilled that Obama will clamp down on global birth rates (at the same time that he restores economic
Proponents of “reproductive health care” assert that the 1994 population conference in Cairo marked a watershed between two radically different approaches to reducing the fertility of women in the developing world. They concede that, prior to Cairo, population control programs were driven solely by a narrow demographic imperative.
Most of us understand that children are the only future a nation has. The Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, apparently does not. In the name of fiscal austerity, she wants us to embark upon a population control program here at home to drive down
23 January 2009 — Vol. 11/No. 03 If you’re old enough, you may remember the 1958 novel called The Ugly American. Or perhaps you saw the 1963 movie by the same name, starring Marlon Brando. The "uglies" in the novel were arrogant and ignorant American
Note: The following is excerpted from Steven Mosher’s book, Population Control—Real Costs, Illusory Benefits. When the government sterilization team arrived in their little town of La Legua, Peru, Celia Durand and her husband, Jaime, looked at each other and shook their heads. Although Celia had
Note: The following is excerpted from Steven Mosher’s book, Population Control—Real Costs, Illusory Benefits. The combination of bribes, threats, and blandishments used to induce governments in the developing world to address their “population problem,” or at least to allow foreign-funded groups to operate freely within
Note: The following is excerpted from Steven Mosher’s book, Population Control—Real Costs, Illusory Benefits. We have had sufficient experience now with population programs to realize that they can easily become a vehicle for elite pressure on the poor. I fear that the elevation to legitimacy
06 November 2008 — Vol. 10/ No. 47 The decades-long love affair between Barack Obama and Planned Parenthood has reached its political fruition. Obama will soon be ensconced in the Oval Office, with all the people who helped put him there lined up outside for
Mosher played an important role in exposing the abuses associated with China’s “one-child” policy. In his latest book he tells us that China does not have a monopoly on population control-driven fanaticism and even cruelty … … What Mosher calls “costs” were not limited to
Fatal Misconception Reviewed by Steven W. Mosher I imagined that Fatal Misconception (Belknap Press, 544 pages, $35) would be a no-holds-barred historical account of how the West imperialistically imposed population control on the rest. Connelly, however, at the very outset of his study, specifically eschews
Evidence that the abortion-minded are ecstatic over the accession of Barack Hussein Obama to the presidency is all over the news. Population control advocates, in
Proponents of “reproductive health care” assert that the 1994 population conference in Cairo marked a watershed between two radically different approaches to reducing the fertility of women in the developing world. They concede that, prior to Cairo, population control programs were driven solely by a narrow demographic imperative.
Most of us understand that children are the only future a nation has. The Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, apparently does not. In the
23 January 2009 — Vol. 11/No. 03 If you’re old enough, you may remember the 1958 novel called The Ugly American. Or perhaps you saw
Note: The following is excerpted from Steven Mosher’s book, Population Control—Real Costs, Illusory Benefits. When the government sterilization team arrived in their little town of
Note: The following is excerpted from Steven Mosher’s book, Population Control—Real Costs, Illusory Benefits. The combination of bribes, threats, and blandishments used to induce governments
Note: The following is excerpted from Steven Mosher’s book, Population Control—Real Costs, Illusory Benefits. We have had sufficient experience now with population programs to realize
06 November 2008 — Vol. 10/ No. 47 The decades-long love affair between Barack Obama and Planned Parenthood has reached its political fruition. Obama will
Mosher played an important role in exposing the abuses associated with China’s “one-child” policy. In his latest book he tells us that China does not
Fatal Misconception Reviewed by Steven W. Mosher I imagined that Fatal Misconception (Belknap Press, 544 pages, $35) would be a no-holds-barred historical account of how