In This Issue: Ireland recorded 10,600 abortions in 2025, a 59.02% increase from 6,666 in 2019, the first-year abortion on demand became legal. The latest figures bring the total number of abortions since legalization to nearly 60,000.
In This Issue: Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, has resumed billing Medicaid for non-abortion services after nearly a year without federal reimbursements. The organization has claimed that the funding cut contributed to the closure of nearly 30 of its roughly 600 clinics, along with a 25% decline in birth control distribution and a 20% drop in breast cancer screenings.
In This Issue: After temporarily preserving abortion pill access last week, the U.S. Supreme Court has now formally blocked a lower court ruling that would have restored in-person restrictions on mifepristone, keeping nationwide telehealth and mail-order distribution in place while the case proceeds.
In This Issue: Japan is moving to fully cover childbirth costs under its public insurance health system as births fall for the 10th straight year. In 2025, births dropped below 710,000. Despite spending over $20 billion annually on pro-natal policies, the crisis has deepened. Current subsidies of 500,000 yen ($3,130) often fall short of average delivery costs, especially in Tokyo.
In This Issue: South Korea’s demographic crisis sparked controversy after Jindo county governor Kim Hee-soo suggested “importing” young women from countries such as Vietnam or Sri Lanka to marry rural Korean men to help raise the birth rate. With fertility at just 0.75—far below replacement—and projections showing the population could fall from 52 million to 26.8 million by 2100, lawmakers are scrambling for solutions.
In This Issue: Taiwan has broken the record for world’s lowest birth rate, according to newly released government data. Births fell for the 10th consecutive year, with just 107,812 newborns in 2025, a 20% drop from 2024. Taiwan’s birth rate stands at 4.62 per 1,000 people, with its total fertility rate estimated at around 0.72, despite recent government subsidies aimed at boosting births.
In This Issue: urkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned that the nation is facing a demographic “disaster” as fertility continues to fall. Turkey’s fertility rate dropped to 1.48 in 2024, while the share of elderly citizens has climbed to 10.6%. Projections show that one in four Turks will be over 65 by 2050, and four in ten by 2100.
In This Issue: For the first time in 80 years, France recorded more deaths than births in 2024—651,000 deaths versus 650,000 births—marking a historic demographic turning point. Declining fertility since 2010 and rising deaths as baby boomers age have pushed the nation into natural population decline. Unlike Germany and Spain, which offset losses more through immigration, France has no clear strategy.
In This Issue: Pew Research Center’s new analysis of U.N. data shows births to women under 25 are plummeting worldwide. In North America, they’ve fallen from 45% in 1950 to 23% today and are projected to drop to 12% by 2100. Europe will fall from 35% in 1950 to just 9%. Latin America and the Caribbean will decline from 39% today to 17%.
In This Issue: Most of the world already has below-replacement birthrates. By the 2080s, the global population is projected to decline, and if each generation averages just 1.5 children per two adults, the population could shrink by 66% every century. Overpopulation fears were once focused on famine and scarcity and echoed by thinkers like Malthus and Ehrlich.
In This Issue: Ireland recorded 10,600 abortions in 2025, a 59.02% increase from 6,666 in 2019, the first-year abortion on demand became legal. The latest figures bring the total number of abortions since legalization to nearly 60,000.
In This Issue: Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, has resumed billing Medicaid for non-abortion services after nearly a year without federal reimbursements. The organization has claimed that the funding cut contributed to the closure of nearly 30 of its roughly 600 clinics, along with a 25% decline in birth control distribution and a 20% drop in breast cancer screenings.
In This Issue: After temporarily preserving abortion pill access last week, the U.S. Supreme Court has now formally blocked a lower court ruling that would have restored in-person restrictions on mifepristone, keeping nationwide telehealth and mail-order distribution in place while the case proceeds.
In This Issue: Japan is moving to fully cover childbirth costs under its public insurance health system as births fall for the 10th straight year. In 2025, births dropped below 710,000. Despite spending over $20 billion annually on pro-natal policies, the crisis has deepened. Current subsidies of 500,000 yen ($3,130) often fall short of average delivery costs, especially in Tokyo.
In This Issue: South Korea’s demographic crisis sparked controversy after Jindo county governor Kim Hee-soo suggested “importing” young women from countries such as Vietnam or Sri Lanka to marry rural Korean men to help raise the birth rate. With fertility at just 0.75—far below replacement—and projections showing the population could fall from 52 million to 26.8 million by 2100, lawmakers are scrambling for solutions.
In This Issue: Taiwan has broken the record for world’s lowest birth rate, according to newly released government data. Births fell for the 10th consecutive year, with just 107,812 newborns in 2025, a 20% drop from 2024. Taiwan’s birth rate stands at 4.62 per 1,000 people, with its total fertility rate estimated at around 0.72, despite recent government subsidies aimed at boosting births.
In This Issue: urkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned that the nation is facing a demographic “disaster” as fertility continues to fall. Turkey’s fertility rate dropped to 1.48 in 2024, while the share of elderly citizens has climbed to 10.6%. Projections show that one in four Turks will be over 65 by 2050, and four in ten by 2100.
In This Issue: For the first time in 80 years, France recorded more deaths than births in 2024—651,000 deaths versus 650,000 births—marking a historic demographic turning point. Declining fertility since 2010 and rising deaths as baby boomers age have pushed the nation into natural population decline. Unlike Germany and Spain, which offset losses more through immigration, France has no clear strategy.
In This Issue: Pew Research Center’s new analysis of U.N. data shows births to women under 25 are plummeting worldwide. In North America, they’ve fallen from 45% in 1950 to 23% today and are projected to drop to 12% by 2100. Europe will fall from 35% in 1950 to just 9%. Latin America and the Caribbean will decline from 39% today to 17%.
In This Issue: Most of the world already has below-replacement birthrates. By the 2080s, the global population is projected to decline, and if each generation averages just 1.5 children per two adults, the population could shrink by 66% every century. Overpopulation fears were once focused on famine and scarcity and echoed by thinkers like Malthus and Ehrlich.