June 21, 2022 | Article
Winners of the 2021-2022 Student Video Contest Announced Each year, our World of 7 Billion Student Video Contest allows students from around the world to think critically about how population growth affects different environmental and social issues. This year’s contest asked middle and high school students to submit a 60-second…...
Read MoreMarch 21, 2022 | Article
How the U.S. Supreme Court will rule in a case over a restrictive Mississippi abortion law is not just about abortion rights, because abortion rights are about so much more. The loss or curtailment of a woman’s right to choose whether or not to end a pregnancy is a matter…...
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January 21, 2022 | Post
There’s been much written since the 2020 Census and 2020 CDC births data were released, about desired vs. actual fertility, i.e. how many children Americans say is ideal vs. how many they themselves end up having by the time their reproductive years have ended. The tone of these articles (examples…...
Read MoreDecember 13, 2021 | Article
… Texas’ newest abortion law allows any private citizen to sue an abortion provider or any other person, including a driver, who helps a woman obtain an abortion. If successful, they can collect a bounty. It’s a blatantly unconstitutional law, upending decades of precedent. The law bans abortions after about…...
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October 28, 2022 | Post
Global food production causes enormous environmental damage, from habitat destruction to water shortage, greenhouse gas emissions, and pollution. A major new analysis reveals how much different food types and areas contribute to our collective food footprint. The Green Revolution and rapid global expansion of food production averted millions of deaths…...
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September 26, 2023 | Post
Today, September 26th, is World Contraception Day. Not many people are aware of this observance day, but they should be — modern contraception may be humankind’s greatest invention. The development of rubber condoms in the 1850s, the birth control pill a century later, and subsequently a whole smorgasbord of contraceptive…...
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January 24, 2019 | Post
One of the most polarizing issues facing the U.S. today centers around women’s reproductive health and family planning services. In fact, the mainstream Republican agenda is in complete ideological opposition to family planning, and has gone so far as to label it immoral. But a quick look back in time…...
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September 28, 2023 | Post
The majority of Americans believe people should have a say over whether to continue their own pregnancies. But since the Supreme Court agreed in May 2021 to hear the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, people in the U.S. have had to face the prospect, depending on their state…...
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May 19, 2017 | Post
If so, it’s not a hill we’re willing to die on. We are often asked why we don’t lobby for an end to “government incentives for people to have children.” Some believe that the tax breaks people get in the United States might lead them to have more children than…...
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April 7, 2023 | Post
The Atlantic recently published another deeply misinformed opinion piece on population concern that misrepresents Population Connection ("The Malthusians Are Back," March 22, 2023). We sent a letter to the editor on March 23rd, but as the editorial team did not publish it, we are featuring it below. We encourage all…...
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