September 8, 2025 | Articles
We are excited to announce the winners of our fourth annual Summer Photo Contest! Supporters from around the world submitted images capturing beautiful natural landscapes, fascinating creatures, and cultural curiosities that inspire their environmental stewardship. Thank you to all participants for sharing your stunning photographs that showcase the incredible beauty…...
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Trump to Destroy Contraceptives, Costing Lives Leading Democrats introduce bill to prevent destruction of contraceptives by Trump administration In early June, The Washington Post reported that the US had some $12 million in contraceptives and HIV prevention medication stuck in warehouses overseas that would be destroyed unless they could be…...
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#Fight4HER at the WorldPride Street Festival Visitors to our booth sending digital messages to their members of Congress, asking them to support family planning and reproductive health care for all After a politically devastating first half of the year, the Field team, on behalf of our sister organization, Population Connection…...
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September 8, 2025 | Articles
Commentators across the political spectrum claim that humanity faces imminent collapse due to a “fertility crisis.” Is this mass delusion or cynical propaganda? Far-right authoritarian pundits and political actors, from Matt Walsh to Elon Musk, all seem to have gotten the same memo instructing them to fixate on “low” fertility…...
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“Human Fertility Levels Need to Be Higher to Avoid Extinction.” That recent U.S. News & World Report headline implies we may soon join the dodo bird, woolly mammoth, and Tyrannosaurus rex on the vanished species list. It’s absurd, of course. There are more of us today than ever before. In…...
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Supporters Enjoy Cool Virtual Events During Steamy Summer Population Connection stayed cool enjoying our summer 2025 virtual events! You can find recordings and see what we have in store for the coming months here. Virtual events are offered to all Population Connection members and supporters. Curious about how to join?…...
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Keith Burridge remembers when the wilderness began to disappear. As a boy growing up along the southern coast of England, wild spaces weren’t some far-off dream. They were right there, just a short walk from his front door. “I’d collect bugs, watch birds, track frogs and snakes,” he recalls. “It…...
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Messages on Innovation and Adaptability Winners of the 2024–2025 Student Video Contest This year, we celebrated the 14th annual World of 8 Billion International Student Video Contest, with over 3,250 submissions from students in 67 countries and 45 states plus DC. Our global topics included Child Wellbeing, Rainforest Ecosystems, and…...
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As Missouri and many other states continue their fractious political battles over the issue of reproductive rights, a Trump administration project is threatening to undermine those rights nationally: The Food and Drug Administration is unilaterally launching a “safety review” of mifepristone, the widely used abortion-inducing medication, based on nothing but…...
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September 8, 2025 | Articles
Tareto Africa is a grassroots organization based in Narok County, Kenya, working to promote reproductive health and rights and eliminate harmful practices including female genital mutilation (FGM), gender-based violence (GBV), and child marriage. Tareto was founded in 2017 by Leshan Kereto, a young Maasai man, when he became aware of…...
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