Population Research Institute

09/01/2026

Democracy is on a roll in Latin America. Since President Donald Trump took office, conservatives have been winning election after election south of the border. And Trump’s closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is an important reason why.

Democracy is on a roll in Latin America. Since President Donald Trump took office, conservatives have been winning election after election south of the border. And Trump’s closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is an important reason why. The latest victory came in Colomb...

08/28/2026

08/27/2026

The U.S.–China Catholic Association (USCCA), founded in 1989 to educate Catholics in America about the plight of their co-religionists in China, is now taking orders from—if not effectively run by—the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Members and speakers critical of China are being purged.

08/24/2026

Clinton had campaigned on a promise to make abortion “safe, legal and rare.” But that turned out to be mere campaign rhetoric. As soon as he took office in 1993, he directed the Department of Health and Human Services and the FDA to lift the import ban on RU-486.

The abortion pill had already acquired a troubling history in France before anyone tried to foist it on American women. It had been approved, pulled from the market, and forced back onto the market by government officials. Serious bleeding and other complications had already been documented. The sci...

08/14/2026

Baby Phillip has finally gone home after spending the first 196 days of his life in the NICU. Born at just 23 weeks gestation weighing only one pound and six ounces, Phillip underwent two procedures and overcame “extraordinary odds.” He left the hospital about twelve pounds heavier and without needing supplemental oxygen. His remarkable story demonstrates the resilience of premature babies when given lifesaving medical care.

Read about this and other stories in the PRI Insider.

In This Issue: Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed legislation removing the state’s 24-week gestational limit on abortion, allowing abortions later in pregnancy at a doctor’s discretion. The law, which takes effect in 90 days, makes Massachusetts the 10th state to eliminate gestational age li...

08/11/2026

PRI President Steven Mosher was featured in a LifeSiteNews article examining the Chinese Communist Party’s policy of “Sinicization” and its influence over the Catholic Church.

Prof. Fenggang Yang, a critic of the Vatican-China deal, said the US-China Catholic Association removed him from its conference at the University of St. Thomas in Houston due to CCP officials.

08/08/2026

A routine ultrasound in Ontario, Canada, has drawn widespread attention after an unborn baby smiled as her father spoke to her from outside the womb.

Read about this and more in the PRI Insider.

In This Issue: Massachusetts lawmakers have approved legislation that would remove the state’s 24-week abortion limit, sending the bill to Gov. Maura Healey for her signature. If enacted, physicians would be permitted to perform abortions later in pregnancy based on their professional medical judg...

08/05/2026

"New research has confirmed that harmful endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) that are present in the abortion drug mifepristone and last virtually forever once released into nature are contaminating the nation’s public water supply as the in-home use of abortion pills continues to skyrocket," says Dan Hart at The Washington Stand.

Read here: https://washingtonstand.com/article/new-study-confirms-high-levels-of-abortion-drug-compounds-in-drinking-water