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September 26, 2024 | Post

This week marks both World Contraception Day (September 26) and International Safe Abortion Day (September 28) — observance days to raise awareness of the importance of access to contraception and safe abortion care. Unfortunately, hundreds of millions of women around the world still lack access to both, but existing legislation,…...

September 17, 2024 | Post

The United Nations Population Division releases new population projections every 2-3 years. The latest projections were published in July this year. Alongside the standard projections which are largely based on historical trends, the UN demographers also produce a series of alternative scenarios to demonstrate how specific deviations in fertility, mortality,…...

August 29, 2024 | Post

A new study projects that human-wildlife overlap will increase across more than half of all land areas by 2070, mainly due to human population growth. This is bad news for wild species, of which one million are already estimated to be facing extinction. Population growth and biodiversity loss Human population…...

August 27, 2024 | Post

Most Americans don’t have a will or estate plan. Why? Simple procrastination! August is National Make-a-Will Month and the perfect reminder to create or update your will. To help get you started, we wanted to share a few tips on the basics of planned giving (what does that mean exactly??),…...

August 7, 2024 | Post

Earth Overshoot Day fell on August 1 this year, meaning that in the first seven months of 2024, we already used up all the natural resources the planet can regenerate in a year. We need to escape overshoot by reining in unsustainable consumption and population growth. Let’s take a look…...

August 5, 2024 | Post

The New York Times recently published a guest essay arguing that progressives should push for infinite population growth. We sent a letter to voice our disagreement which was not published, so we are featuring it here. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our…...

July 26, 2024 | Post

The United Nations recently published a new set of world population estimates and projections. According to the UN demographers, we are still on track for a peak of more than 10 billion in the 2080s, with little change until the end of the century. Let’s take a closer look at…...

July 17, 2024 | Post

Slowing global population growth used to be an international priority, but an ideologically-driven shift away from pursuing demographic targets in the '90s seems to have led to stagnating funding for international family planning programs. We take a look at the major high-level population conferences through recent history and argue that…...

July 11, 2024 | Post

July 11 is World Population Day, a United Nations observance day first marked in 1990 to raise awareness of the urgency and importance of population issues. Concern about the impacts of rapid population growth on the environment and poverty alleviation efforts used to be widespread, leading to many successful voluntary…...

June 24, 2024 | Post

The Washington Post editorial board recently published a flawed and problematic article arguing in favor of infinite growth. We sent a letter in response, which was not published, so we are featuring it here. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our media guide…...