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Opill? Oh No!
By Judie Brown Opill, also known as norgestrel, is the latest birth control pill to come on the market. Further, if the decision of FDA advisors becomes the FDA’s final decision, Opill could be available over the counter. That remains to be seen, but here’s the rub. If you have a headache, you can purchase aspirin or ibuprofen without a prescription, and that makes perfect sense. But Opill can...
Population Research – United Nations Population Division
1998 Revision of World Population Estimates and ProjectionsUnited NationsPopulation DivisionDepartment of Economic and Social Affairs This October 1998 document contained information on the world population shortage. It stated that 61 countries now have a...
How Prepared Are You to Kill for What You Believe?
Antonia Senior’s recent opinion piece in the Times entitled “Yes, abortion is killing. But it’s the lesser evil” has been analyzed by pro-life writers Dave Andrusko and Albert Mohler, who are both disturbed by her statement “If you are willing to die for a cause, you must be prepared to kill for it, too.”
Population Research – Peter T. Kilborn
Definition of Abortion Is Found to Vary AbroadPeter T. KilbornThe New York Times Officially, Bangladesh prohibits abortion except to save a mother’s life. But the government of Bangladesh, an emphatic proponent of birth control, and the nongovernment Family...
Population Research – Toni Horst, Ph.D.
Global GreyingToni Horst, Ph.D.Specialist in regional economics and demographics One implication of the growing elderly share of the population is that fewer workers will be supporting retirees in the future. At present, working taxpayers outnumber retirees in the...
Population Research – Fred Pearce
Counting DownFred PearceNew Scientist Magazine Only 12 years have passed since we hit the 5-billion mark, so the event has been greeted with portentous warnings of a “population time bomb” and a “demographic disaster”. But delve behind the...
Population Research – Frank Furedi
Six Billion People? Three Cheers!Frank FurediAuthor of Population and Development: A Critical Introduction The traditional argument of the population lobby, for example, was that controlling numbers was essential to economic development. For some time now,...