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Genuinely Pro-Life
By Judie Brown Webster defines pro-life as “opposed to abortion,” but even among pro-life folks there is a vast array of opinions on what that means. So for the purposes of this article, let’s begin by saying that pro-life means we are opposed to abortion because it is a sin. It is, as St. John Paul II said, murder. In paragraph 58 of The Gospel of Life, the Holy Father taught that “the moral...
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,...