December 12, 2022 | Articles
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, leaving the right to control one’s own body and decision to be a parent to the whims of state lawmakers, it fell to advocates and voters to fight to protect reproductive rights. A record six measures concerning abortion were placed…...
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A Classroom Simulation for 8 Billion and Growing We’ve just reached a huge global population milestone: 8 billion. To help students better understand how we got here and where we might be headed, we use visual representations and simulations in the classroom. One such high school activity is “Where Do…...
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U.S. Abortion Bans Continue to Take Effect, India Expands Access As of late October, at least 13 states had banned most abortions, following the reversal of Roe v. Wade in June. Eventually, about half of states are expected to enact full bans or gestational limits. Some of these states have…...
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Abortion Was on the Ballot, and Voters Showed Up to Retain Their Rights Note: This column was written using the information available to us at the time of our press deadline, November 17, 2022. Voters across the United States held back the so-called “red wave” predicted by pundits. Reproductive rights…...
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Humans have been around for less than seven seconds, if we compare our planet’s existence to a 24-hour day—Homo sapiens evolved less than 350,000 years ago, and the earth is about 4.5 billion years old. Even though we just came on the scene, we act like undisputed rulers of the…...
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Great Groups on the Ground Virtual Events Explore Our New World of 8 Billion Monica Nyiraguhabwa gives a presentation over Zoom Hundreds of members joined us for a mini-series that explored the ramifications of the 8 billion milestone, which we reached on November 15, 2022. These included: Youth Voices on…...
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Roe Reversal: Domestic Threat and Global Betrayal Melvine Ouyo is the Founder and Executive Director of Hope for Kenya Slum Adolescents Initiative. Before receiving her master’s degree in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School, she was the Kibera Clinic Director at Family Health Options Kenya. She has been a…...
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Christopher Ennis Chris Ennis joined Population Connection in 1999 and has been a loyal member of our President’s Circle since 2016. With a doctorate in math from UC Berkeley, he taught math (of course), physics, and engineering at the college and community college level for the majority of his career.…...
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We’re excited to announce the winners of Population Connection’s first summer photo contest! Members from around the country submitted photos of the natural spaces, different cultures, and wildlife that inspire them to work for a more sustainable future for our planet. And the winners are… First Place Andrew Clark, Pendleton,…...
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