Population News

• World Population Day: Time for a Renewed Commitment to Family Planning Jul. 11, 2018 - Twenty-nine years ago, the UN designated July 11th as World Population Day. Today, as then, the world needs to recognize that access to family planning services is a basic human right. Women, regardless of where they live, should be able to determine freely the number and spacing of their children. Read More »
• Statement on Proposed Domestic Gag Rule May. 23, 2018 - Last night the Trump-Pence administration unveiled their latest attack on women health and rights, a ‘domestic gag rule’ that will prevent people from getting the health care they need. This proposed domestic gag rule will apply to health care providers seeking Title X grants. Title X is the federal program that supports family planning clinics serving low-income communities in the U.S. The proposed domestic gag rule prevents anyone who receives Title X funding from referring their patients for safe, legal abortion services. Read More »
• As Amnesty International Calls Out the Trump Administration’s “Virulent” Attacks on Reproductive Rights of Women and Girls, a New Population Institute Report Card Shows the Impact of Such Attacks on Americans’ Health and Rights Feb. 23, 2018 - The new Amnesty International report on “The State of The World’s Human Rights” calls out the United States for abridging reproductive rights and harming reproductive health in 2017. The report sharply criticizes the Trump-Pence administration’s “broad and multifaceted” attacks on women and girls, and what it calls “particularly virulent” attacks and “extreme restrictions” on sexual and reproductive health care. At the same time, Politico reported that State Department officials working on their annual global human rights report were ordered to strike many of its references to reproductive rights, including discussion of abortion rights or access to contraception. Read More »