Review

The Ugly Face of BY STEVEN W. MOSHER

Proof that Social Media Giant Is Suppressing Pro-Life Voices

n George Orwell’s dystopian novel, I1984, the fictional government’s “Ministry of Truth” was dedicated to spreading propaganda about the regime and its leaders. The censors who worked there, personified by the main character Winston, were constantly distorting reality to prop up the current party line. Photo illustration/Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg, who controls Facebook with its two billion users, to promote posts by certain groups pro-life “Weekly Briefings” are now is attempting something similar. while suppressing others. reaching only a little more than half Only this master of the high-tech Zuckerberg is a leading member of the people they reached just a few universe is not using human censors of the coastal elite, so it is no surprise months ago. like Winston, but warehouses full of that his new algorithm suppresses The effect on other pro-life computers. He has had his computer the voices of “deplorables” like us groups, such as LifeSiteNews, has software engineers design complex who believe in the sanctity of life. been equally dramatic. In fact, ev- computer algorithms—a sequence Since the algorithm was introduced ery group we know has seen their of unambiguous instructions writ- in early 2018, the Population Re- reach and influence on social media ten in computer code–that direct his search Institute’s main page has seen platforms suddenly diminished. The computers, on their own and largely a 41 percent decline in the reach reason is that Facebook, along with » continued on page 5 » without any human intervention, of our posts. That means that our

Target Africa 1 The Ugly Face of Facebook 8 Humanae Vitae This important gift 2 Takes Stage The Pill Kills... Again tells you how 9 Kuczynski Out: 3 Mosher on the Move Western population Hope for Peru Global Monitor controllers are 10 PRI in the News working overtime in 4 Western War on Africa Africa, pushing an INSIDE 6 12 From the Countries Genocide in Myanmar anti-life, pro-LGBT agenda. See page 4

MAY / JUNE 2018 1 MAY / JUNE 2018 VOL. 28, NO. 3 The Way The Pill Kills— Review This One Makes No. 5 The Population Research Institute Review is by Steven W. Mosher published bimonthly by:

ver the transom comes a note from my cur was after just two months of hormonal Population Research Ogood friend, Dr. Angela Lanfranchi, contraceptive use. Institute who tells me that we now know five different We have long known that the Pill causes 109 East Main St. Front Royal VA 22630 ways that “the Pill” kills women. alteration in moods and often causes depres- (540)-662-5240 The first four mechanisms by which the sion. Now we know that this depression—not [email protected] Pill kills have been known for some time. The surprisingly—in some cases leads to suicide. www.pop.org Pill (1) causes blood clots resulting in heart We also now understand that young women attacks, strokes and pulmonary embolisms, are most vulnerable to suicide within a short (2) increases susceptibility to lethal infec- time after going on the Pill, probably because Fr. Paul Marx, OSB, PhD tions of HIV and HPV, (3) increases breast, their bodies, and their minds, are struggling (1920-2010) cervical and liver cancers, and (4) increases to adjust to the dangerous, mood-altering Founder likelihood of dying a violent death from in- drugs that they are now taking. timate partner violence. (The Breast Cancer The study controlled for previously diag- Steven W. Mosher Prevention Institute, which Dr. Lanfranchi nosed psychiatric conditions and other con- President directs, has a great brochure summarizing founding factors, proving that it was the Pill Joel Bockrath these ways, which can be found at the BCP itself, not pre-existing psychiatric problems, Executive Vice President website: https://www.bcpinstitute.org/bro- that was the cause of the suicidal behavior. Jonathan Abbamonte chure---the-pill-kills.html.) But Dr. Lanfranchi did point out one flaw: Research Analyst So what is the fifth way the Pill kills? Induced abortion was not considered as a Karen Shannon The title of the study, which comes from confounder, i.e., something that might cause Development Manager the November 2017 issue of the American an erroneous statistical analysis. Journal of Psychiatry, says it all: “Association “Since over half of women who seek an Carlos Polo of Hormonal Contraception with Suicide induced abortion have used contraception in Director, PRI Latin Attempts and Suicides.” the cycle that they got pregnant, and a pre- American Office The study followed nearly 500,000 Danish viously published study on Finnish women Carlos Beltramo women who took hormonal contraceptives by Mika Gissler found a three-fold increase Director, PRI European for an average of 8.3 years. The hormonal in suicide among women with an abortion Office contraceptives included the common estro- history, the study may have omitted in- gen-progestin combination drugs such as the duced abortion as an important confounder. Pill, the patch, vaginal (Nuva) ring, Mirena [Gissler] recommended that women who Design by IUD, and oral progestin-only pills. have an induced abortion be monitored for Perceptions Studio The study found that not only were wom- possible mental health disorders to prevent Amherst, New Hampshire en on the Pill more likely to attempt suicide, these suicides.” (Breast Cancer Prevention they were much more likely to succeed in kill- Institute Report, April 2018) ing themselves. Among these women there To summarize, the Pill can lead to death was a 97% statistically significant increase in in multiple ways, by blood clots, cancers, in- suicide attempts and a striking 200% statisti- fections, and partner violence. Now we learn cally significant risk of suicide. it can also lead to death by one’s own hand. Another striking finding was that the most likely time for a suicide attempt to oc-

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JJ U.S. Blasts Four Countries and promotes good governance, an- law professor Teresa Collett, attendee at For Human Rights Abuses ti-corruption efforts and the rule of law. the 51st session of the UN Commission The reports, which are mandated on Population and Development. WASHINGTON, D.C. – President by Congress, have replaced the section “Now ‘reproductive health’ as a 's administration has on “reproductive rights” with one on phrase doesn’t sound that bad,” con- called out China, Iran, Russia and “coercion in population control” at the tinued Collett, “The problem is that it North Korea as “forces of instability” urging of pro-life groups, including PRI. is ‘diplomat speak’ for abortion on de- for human-rights abuses of their own Former Secretary of State Hillary mand. It’s diplomat speak for contra- citizens and others. Clinton had added the "reproductive ception,” Collett explained last week at The State Department released its rights" section in 2012, and it had re- a conference at the Catholic University annual global human-rights reports in mained a part of each country's report of America marking the 50th anniver- April and decried the four countries until this year. That section had previ- sary of Humanae Vitae. for restricting the freedoms of speech ously called out countries for failing to The UN preparatory document im- and assembly and allowing or commit- promote contraception. plicitly recommends policies to reduce ting violence against religious, ethnic the birth rates in Africa: “In much of and other minority groups. The report JJ UN Leaders Push Abortion, Africa and parts of Asia, numbers of described countries that undermine Contraception in Africa children and youth are rising rapidly. the fundamental dignity of people as WASHINGTON, D.C. – Catholic News Policies ... to ensure universal access "morally reprehensible" and says they Agency reports that African Catholics to sexual and reproductive health-care harm U.S. interests. remained concerned with Western services are critical to achieve further "The governments of China, Russia, leaders who are pushing abortion and reductions in maternal and child mor- Iran and North Korea, for example, vi- contraception in their continent in the tality. Typically, such policies lead also olate the human rights of those within name of economic development, espe- to a reduction in the birth rate.” their borders on a daily basis and are cially as the United Nations Commis- According to the CNA report, Pope forces of instability as a result," wrote sion on Population and Development Francis has repeatedly warned against acting Secretary of State John Sullivan in began its annual meeting in April.1 Western “ideological colonization” of an introduction to the reports—one for “‘Reproductive health’ is the phrase developing countries in which aid mon- each country and territory in the world. that is the battleground of every UN ey comes tied to contraceptives, abor- He said the U.S. aims to lead by example Commission meeting we attend,” said tion, sterilization, and gender ideologies.

1 https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/africans-stand-for-life-in-un-battles-over-reproductive-health-59621

Steven Mosher’s May Travel Itinerary Includes Vatican Meetings

May 7-8, 2018 Presentation: “The China Threat,” for Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. May 10, 2018 Talk on “Finding God in China,” to Legatus Chapter, Lexington, Kentucky. May 14-15, 2018 Meetings in the Vatican Secretariat of State about the persecution of the Catholic Church in China. May 16-17, 2018 Presentation on “The True Understanding of Conscience,” for Fifth Annual Rome Life Forum, or- ganized by the Voice of the Family. May 19, 2018 Participation in Rome March for Life. May 21, 2018 First Annual Meeting, John Paul II Academy for Human Life and the Family. Steven Mosher will be attending as a member of the Academy. May 22, 2018 Meetings in the Vatican Secretariat of State about the persecution of the Catholic Church in China.

MAY / JUNE 2018 3 How population controllers inflict abortion and other misery on Africa

Population controllers wish this attached” to impose book had never seen the light New abortion as a “solution” of day, and with good reason: from to Africa’s economic It hangs their dirty dealings in problems. Ignatius Africa out for all to see. In grim ƒƒ Target Africa also reveals Press! detail it reveals the suffering of how population control- Africans at the hands of popula- lers aggressively target tion controllers. young Africans with sex The book is Target Africa. It’s pub- “education” . . . condoms lished by Ignatius Press and I hope you’ll let me send and other contraceptives you a copy today because this book is THAT important! . . . and “reproductive Target Africa names names as it thoroughly docu- health services.” ments the atrocities inflicted on Africa. In very read- able detail, it puts the blame squarely where it belongs: And there is more . . . On the International Planned Parenthood Federation ƒƒ This exceptionally important book also tells you . . . the U.S. Agency for International Development . . how Western population controllers are working . Melinda Gates, the “Catholic” wife of multi-billion- overtime in Africa, pushing radical feminism and aire Bill Gates . . . multiple UN agencies . . . plus other acceptance of homosexuality. well-known and not-so-well-known population control The author of Target Africa has witnessed and studied criminals. these population control horrors first-hand. She is Obi- Let me tell you more about Target Africa . . . anuju Ekeocha, a native Nigerian woman and founder ƒƒ This explosive book reveals how population con- of Culture of Life Africa, an organization defending the trollers use economic blackmail—“foreign aid with sanctity of life through research, education and sound strings attached”—to impose Western “solutions” information. Obianuju Ekeocha is also an internation- that are 180 degrees opposite the moral and cultur- ally acclaimed pro-life speaker. She has been featured al values of Africans. on numerous broadcast networks, including BBC tele- Abortion is a prime example. Target Africa, for in- vision and radio. stance, reveals that only four African countries allow Such is the importance of Target Africa that ac- abortion-on-demand while virtually every other Afri- claimed pro-life authority Professor Robert George of can country places heavy restrictions on abortion. Princeton University has written the foreword! Target Africa is an eye-opener. Put it on your “must ƒ ƒ The number of Africans opposed to abortion is an read” list and then let me send you a copy with sincere astounding 77% on the low end and up to 92% on thanks for your support of $40 or more—support that the high end, depending on the country. So popu- will help PRI save more babies! lation controllers resort to “foreign aid with strings

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YouTube, Twitter and Google, stead, it claims that it has sim- are deliberately suppressing pro-life, ply decided to promote only We at PRI feel a pro-family views while freely pro- “quality news” from “broadly sense of betrayal. We moting left-wing ideology. trusted” news sites. created an account on This ideologically driven censor- This is clearly just a dodge. ship has hammered not just pro-life What Facebook is promoting Facebook years ago groups but conservative organiza- are the views of Mark Zucker- on the promise of an tions in general, including giants like berg and other liberal coastal open platform where and PragerU. Accord- elites. Articles from the relent- ing to a report in The Outline, Breit- lessly anti-life and anti-family we would be able bart News’ Facebook engagement has New York Times and Washing- to air our views on dropped by 28 percent while Prage- ton Post will now pop up on issues we cared about rU’s has fallen by 32 percent. Both are your news feed, whether you publishing more content these days— want them to or not. Articles without censorship as we at PRI are—yet are seeing an in- from us, or from other pro- by gatekeepers or creasingly muted response. life, conservative-leaning news But it is clear that the primary outlets such as LifeSiteNews or political elites. target is not pro-life groups like us Breitbart, will not. or even the conservative news giants. We at PRI feel betrayed. force it to show such posts in your The real target is our pro-life presi- We created an account on Facebook news feed more often. dent and the populist movement that years ago on the promise of an open To date, Facebook has not blocked propelled him into the presidency. platform where we would be able to actual subscribers from receiving We are just collateral damage. air our views on issues we cared about posts from us. This means that you As Breitbart’s Allum Bokhari has without censorship by gatekeepers or can override the algorithm by elect- noted, Zuckerberg’s new algorithm political elites. ing receive “Notifications” for all of follows on the heels of “a year of Now that the platform has be- our posts, along with those of other pressure from left-wing employees come an essential means of commu- groups you want to be sure to receive. and the mainstream media for ‘allow- nication, Zuckerberg has decided that Just go to our page, and under the ing’ the president to win the general he—acting like the Ministry of Truth “Follow” drop down menu, hit “on” election.” in Orwell’s 1984—is going to impose under “Notifications.” Given all this, it comes as no his views on the rest of us, by dictat- For the past couples of decades, surprise that Facebook’s cleverly re- ing what is allowed to be posted and the internet has been used very ef- designed algorithm has hit Trump’s promoted on Facebook. It feels like a fectively to promote respect for life. Facebook posts the hardest. Our massive bait-and-switch operation. Now those Masters of the Universe president has seen engagement on his Unless and until something is who have come to dominate it have Facebook posts drop by a staggering done about Facebook’s abuse of pow- decided to impose their views on the 45 percent since the new algorithm er, what should you do? rest of us. was introduced. At the same time, the The good news is that there is a I don’t want my views to censored levels of engagement on the Facebook way to stay current with the issues by a tech geek, whether it be Mark pages of left-wing icons Elizabeth you care about, but you have to be Zuckerberg or one of his faceless Warren and Bernie Sanders have re- even more proactive and engaged. censors silently working in the bow- mained unchanged. Be sure to “like”, “comment”, and els of his Ministry of Truth. If our Facebook’s response to these seis- “share” all the posts of the groups you movement is to prevail, the masters mic shifts in user engagement has want to follow. This will help to over- of the high-tech universe must not be been to deny any ideological bias. In- come the bias of the algorithm and allowed to succeed.

MAY / JUNE 2018 5 Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, walk through muddy field after collecting aid from a distribution center near Balukhali refugee camp, Bangladesh, October 2, 2017./Getty Images When Population Control Becomes Genocide Burmese government drives down Rohingya birth rate, while driving them out of the country

BY JONATHAN ABBAMONTE by Myanmar President Thein Sein ment stating that they will not have orthern Myanmar—the country makes this clear: more than two children. Previously, we used to call Burma—is the “The population growth of Rohing- Rohingya couples were allowed up to Nsite of a brutal and ongoing ethnic ya Muslims is 10 times higher than three children, but in 2007, the limit cleansing campaign. It is well known that of the Rakhine…Overpopula- was decreased to two. that the Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic tion is one of the causes of tension,” a Much like China’s two-child policy, minority from the northwestern spokesman for the Rakhine state gov- over-quota children under the Rakh- Burmese state of Rakhine, are sys- ernment was reported to have said. ine policy are considered illegal and tematically persecuted and that large In response, local officials in Ra- are ineligible for birth registration. numbers are fleeing across the border khine have implemented a variety Without registration and a govern- to India. of measures to reduce the Rohingya ment ID, these “illegal children” are population, including a rigorous two- not able to attend school, own prop- What is less well known is that they child policy and onerous marriage erty, apply for travel permits, or to get are also being subjected to a rigorous restrictions. married later in life. population control program designed For over a decade, Rakhine town- Some Rohingya parents resort to to reduce the birth rate among those ships have placed a strict two-child paying off government officials with who remain. policy on Rohingya. While Rakhine repeated bribes in order to evade Local Buddhist monks and hard- is home to several ethnic groups, penalties. Some women, to escape line Buddhist-nationalist politicians the policy only applies to Rohingyas. fees and penalties, flee to Bangladesh in the state of Rakhine see the Ro- Couples who exceed their two-child to give birth to an over-quota child hingya as a threat to their ethnic and limit can be punished with impris- and are subsequently forced to leave religious identity. Even though Rakh- onment for as long as six months for their children behind when they re- ine Buddhists outnumber Rohingya 1 violating an order of a public servant turn. Others opt to hide their chil- Muslims by approximately 2-to-1, under Section 188 of Myanmar’s pe- dren from the authorities or register there is concern among some Rakh- nal code. them with another family that has not ines that the population increase of In order to have a marriage li- filled its quota. Still others feel forced Rohingya threatens to displace them. cense approved, newlywed Rohingya to resort to abortion in order to es- The findings of an investigative couples are required to sign a docu- cape penalties. commission established in 2012 6 POPULATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE REVIEW The government also makes it dif- culated among the NaSaKa provide hijab.6,7 In many villages, only a few ficult for Rohingya to register births. some of the legal basis for the policy. marriages are authorized each year Obtaining birth registration is a For instance, in Maungdaw, a and some couples wait years before lengthy process and there are often township with a large Rohingya pop- obtaining approval from the Govern- unofficial fees or bribes necessary to ulation which borders Bangladesh, ment.8 Widows and widowers are re- have a child registered.2 The result is official government documents ob- quired to wait at least a year after the that many children remain unregis- tained by to the human rights orga- death of their spouse before they can tered. The Burmese Government es- nization Fortify Rights stipulate that apply for a second marriage.9 timates there are 60,000 unregistered “those who have permission to marry In order to have a marriage appli- Rohingya children in Rakhine. must limit the number of children, in cation approved, Rohingya couples While some in Myanmar, includ- order to control the birth rate so that are required to pay exorbitant fees or ing State Counsellor Aung San Suu there is enough food and shelter.”3 bribes to officials typically equivalent Kyi have condemned Rakhine’s two- In addition to the two-child poli- to 3 to 10 months’ wages.10, 11, 12 Due to child policy as “against human rights,” cy, local regulations in Rahkine also discriminatory policies that severely the policy has received widespread impose other population control limit Rohingyas’ mobility, education, acceptance, even among officials in measures including burdensome and job opportunities, most of the Ro- the national government. restrictions on Rohingyas’ right to hingya are poor and for many, the cost In a 2013 interview with , marry. For decades, Rohingya, like all of marriage is prohibitively expensive. Burma’s Minister of Immigration and other ethnicities in Myanmar, were Some Rohingya couples have been Population Khin Yi expressed his sup- free to marry according to their own forced to leave Myanmar in order to port for the two-child policy and say- customs. But in the early 1990s, in the escape marriage penalties and fees.13 ing, “The Bengali [i.e. Rohingya] wom- interest of limiting the Rohingya pop- “Population control programs are en living in the Rakhine State have a lot ulation, the NaSaKa began requiring always a matter of a majority—be it of children. In some areas, one family Rohingya to obtain permission to ethnic, religious, or class-based—tar- has 10 or 12 children…It is not very marry from the government.4 geting a minority,” says PRI President easy to take care of the children.” In order to have a marriage ap- Steven Mosher. “Nowhere is this more Most restrictions on Rohingya, proved, Rohingya couples must meet clearly illustrated than in northern including the two-child policy, are with government officials multiple Burma, where an ethnic and religious enforced by the Burmese border pa- times, and must be accompanied by ethnic majority is targeting a depised trol, the Nay-Sat Kut-kwey Ye (Na- their parents.5 Couples must pres- ethnic and religious minority. The goal SaKa), an agency consisting of police, ent a photo of themselves to officials is clearly to eliminate the Rohingya military, and immigration officials. It and contrary to Muslim custom, men from Burma by any means possible, is believed that township orders cir- are often required to be pictured including contracepting and sterilizing clean-shaven and women, without their children out of existence.”

1 Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Yale Law School, Persecution of the Rohingya Muslims: Is Genocide Occurring in Myanmar’s Rakhine State?, A Legal Analysis 18 (Fortify Rights 2015). 2 U.N. Comm. On the Rights of the Child, Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 44, Concluding observations: Myanmar, January 16–February 3, 2012, U.N.Doc. CRC/C/MMR/CO/3-4; CRC, 59th Sess (March 14, 2012). 3 Matthew Smith et al., Policies of persecution: Ending Abusive State Policies against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar 67 (Fortify Rights, February 2014). 4 Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway, Crimes against Humanity in Western Burma: The Situation of the Rohingyas 126-127 (2010). 5 Matthew Smith et al., Policies of persecution: Ending Abusive State Policies against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar 30 (Fortify Rights, February 2014). 6 Matthew Smith et al., Policies of persecution: Ending Abusive State Policies against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar 70 (Fortify Rights, February 2014). 7 Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway, Crimes against Humanity in Western Burma: The Situation of the Rohingyas 127 (2010). 8 Ibid., 128. 9 Matthew Smith et al., Policies of persecution: Ending Abusive State Policies against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar 68 (Fortify Rights, February 2014). 10 Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway, Crimes against Humanity in Western Burma: The Situation of the Rohingyas 127-128 (2010). 11 Matthew Smith et al., Policies of persecution: Ending Abusive State Policies against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar 30-31 (Fortify Rights, February 2014). 12 Human Rights Watch, “All You Can Do Is Pray”: Crimes against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Burma’s Arakan State 80-81 (2013). 13 Matthew Smith et al., Policies of persecution: Ending Abusive State Policies against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar 31 (Fortify Rights, February 2014).

MAY / JUNE 2018 7 HUMANAE VITAE COALITION Humanae Vitae Takes The Stage

by Dr. Christopher Manion

n April, the bishops of the United bonds of servitude and subjection. was a lie. We recall that Roe v. Wade States joined the Catholic Universi- While 100 years ago virtually all came after the pill, not before. Ity of America to sponsor a three-day Christians recognized contraception Historians and legal scholars bril- conference celebrating the 50th anni- as contrary to God’s law, he said, to- liantly surveyed the Catholic land- versary of Blessed Pope Paul VI’s pro- day the Church stands virtually alone scape since 1945. After World War phetic encyclical Humanae Vitae. The in defending the truths the West has II, Western elites decided that over- conference titled “Embracing God’s believed for centuries, opposed by population caused war and conflict, Vision For Marriage, Love, and Life” virtually all the elites of our secular and they began advocating “family featured world-class speakers who culture. planning” programs for countries all addressed every aspect of this crucial Social critic Mary Eberstadt then over the world. Church teaching, weaving together a probed the contradiction that while By the 1960s, major foundations fabric of beauty and truth to confront the elites embraced the sexual revo- were funding multiple international the shredded culture of death that lution, the research of elite scholars family planning efforts. Their ef- prevails today in so much of the West. in numerous fields—many of them forts were well under way when Hu- Dr. John Garvey, who hosted the no fans of the Church—revealed the manae Vitae appeared—and then conference, reminded attendees that wisdom of Blessed Paul’s encyclical. Paul Ehrlich’s now totally discredited Catholic University was the focal point “There is only one conclusion to be best-seller, “The Population Bomb” of the rebellion against Blessed Pope drawn from the mass of empirical appeared, supported by a cultural tsu- Paul’s encyclical in 1968. Dr. Garvey, evidence now out there.... It’s simply nami of science fiction novels, mov- who has labored long and hard to en- this: The most globally reviled and ies, and media-generated fear that rich CUA’s Catholic character, gave a widely misunderstood document of gave the often inhuman population spirited defense of Humanae Vitae, the last half century is also the most control movement its sordid “seal of something precious few dared to do prophetic and explanatory of our approval.” (In 1968, Richard Bauer on the campus 50 years ago. time,” she said. of Zero Population Growth said that Philadelphia’s Archbishop Charles Several speakers picked up on "volunteerism is dead,” and advocated Chaput, Chairman of the USCCB’s Eberstadt’s theme to address what all sterilizing welfare recipients and ster- Committee on Laity, Marriage, Fami- agreed were the lies of the advocates ilizing parents after the birth of their ly Life, and Youth, welcomed the hun- of population control, from Margaret fifth child!) dreds of scholars, prelates and priests, Sanger to the present day: The Pill Conferees agreed that to restore doctors, and professionals in atten- didn’t make women happier, it made our culture we need to regain our dance. We must “celebrate the Catho- them miserable. It didn’t make fam- moral voice and reaffirm the entirety lic proclamation that truth, goodness, ilies closer, it alienated spouses and of Blessed Paul’s teaching—embrac- and beauty go together, and they’re made “unplanned” children the ene- ing the virtues of modesty and chas- experienced with the greatest joy and my. It didn’t “liberate” women, it lib- tity, faith and family, while echoing freedom in obedience to the Word of erated men from their time-honored the fact that Humanae Vitae was God and the enduring wisdom of the responsibilities. Reducing population “the most prophetic document of Church,” he said. doesn’t enrich countries, it impover- our time.” He recounted how the early ishes them. And the “prime mandate” At CUA, that moral voice made a Church affirmed the dignity of all of the Pill—that it would reduce abor- daring and welcome reappearance. men, freeing women and slaves from tions and unwanted pregnancies—

8 POPULATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE REVIEW Ideological Corruption in the Fall of Peruvian President Kuczynski

by Carlos Polo

edro Pablo Kuczynski resigned unique narrative: His collaborators and they let PPK know that he re- from the presidency of Peru became “PPKausas,” his home was neged on an electoral promise. Two Pamid grave accusations of cor- the “PPKasa” and the “PPKuy” was ministers of education had to resign ruption along with widespread his friendly pet campaign doll. He and lawsuits against the curriculum discontent due to an economic re- came in third that year, and the continued. “PPKaos” began to take cession, out-of-control crime, failed agency received a political market- shape. public schools and hospitals, and ing award. Then came the “PPKoimas” (“co- protests by parents against gender In 2016, he went to the second imas” means “bribes”). Corruption indoctrination. round and in a very close election allegations arose involving PPK and Thus fell the administration that won against Keiko Fujimori. PPK ob- the Brazilian company Odebrecht. has, more than any other before tained 50.12% of the votes and only Evidence accumulated that PPK it, promoted gender ideology in 41,000 votes more than his opponent, received money from Odebrecht laws and public policies. President amid protests of fraud. while he was Minister of Economy Kuczynski had not even reached his Even as president, PPK never re- and then President of the Council of second year in office. nounced his American nationality. Ministers of former President Tole- The son of immigrants, Kuczynski He came to power through the votes do, currently a fugitive in the United lived his childhood in a province of of those who did not want Keiko Fu- States. The first statements of deal- the Peruvian Amazon but finished jimori in the presidential chair. On ings between Marcelo Odebrecht his education in England. He began the same night of the second-round and his manager in Peru, Jorge Bara- his adult life in the United States, vote that made him president, a ta, exposed the relationship of the where he later married and became radical socialist sector that had first now ex-president and the Brazilian an American citizen. He returned to voted for PPK declared their opposi- corruption machinery. That spelled Peru in 1967 to work in public and tion. The government began with a “PPKatástrofe.” private sectors, in banking, finance, minority and disunited caucus. PPK finally resigned to avoid a economics and energy. His man- From then on, management fail- dishonorable vacancy. His future agement practices always generated ures in the first few months hurt is bleak and jail is not improbable. controversy because he favored for- his popularity. As if that were not His predecessor, Ollanta Humala, eign companies to the detriment of enough, the El Niño phenomenon and his wife Nadine Heredia, also the Peruvian state. flooded entire major cities, and his promoters of gender ideology, are The Peruvians never felt close government's inability to handle the already imprisoned for corruption to Kuczynski. Spelling his surname situation dealt him another blow. unveiled by Odebrecht. of Polish origin remains an almost The last straw, which brought PPK’s successor will have to de- impossible challenge for the average thousands to the street in protest, cide if he wants to take a passive Peruvian. was the promulgation of a school approach or take action to eradicate Also, his image was strongly asso- curriculum that introduced the cen- gender ideology in Peruvian laws. ciated with U.S. banking and finance. tral concepts of gender ideology to This posed a challenge for the pub- schoolchildren. Associations of par- licity agency responsible for his first ents and Catholic and evangelical Translated from Spanish by PRI Re- presidential campaign in 2011. organizations organized under the search Analyst Jonathan Abbamonte The agency rechristened him slogan of #ConMisHijosNoTeMetas “PPK” and with his initials crafted a (“Don’t Mess with My Children”)

MAY / JUNE 2018 9 PRI in the News

JJ Mosher on China: JJ Pro-Life Groups Win On even that declaration was not part of The First Totalitarians Report Language a legally binding document. Said Mosher, “Rights to abortion, THE STREAM—In a sweeping in- NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGIS- sterilization and artificial contracep- terview with writer John Zmirak, PRI TER—Population Research Institute tion are mentioned only in non-bind- President Steve Mosher, author of the was one of several pro-life organi- ing recommendations and are noth- book Bully of Asia, discusses China’s zations represented in a letter to the ing more than pro-abortion advocacy latest developments, from Xi Jinping’s U.S. State Department asking for the masquerading as international law.” latest move to change the country’ removal of the phrase “reproductive constitution in order to remain presi- rights” in its annual report on human JJ 2 PRI’s Mosher Urges dent for life, to the growing economic rights abuses. Pressure on N. Korea and military threats China poses to Their plea was heard: The final the United States.1 2017 report discontinues the phrase, FOX NEWS—In an opinion column In one section, Mosher explains which serves as a euphemism for for Fox News, PRI President Steve that China is returning to its tyran- abortion and contraception, and Mosher said that North Korea’s re- nical beginnings. instead draws attention to issues of ported new willingness to discuss “As I write in Bully of Asia: ‘China forced abortion and sterilization as giving up its nuclear weapons is a long ago invented totalitarianism— examples of “coercion in population sign that the Trump administration’s the total subjugation of the individ- control.” pressure campaign against the nation ual to the state—and still practices Responding to the changes, for- is working.3 this kind of all-embracing political mer Secretary of State and Demo- But Asian affairs expert Mosher tyranny today…. China’s leaders con- cratic presidential candidate Hillary said this does not mean that the U.S. clude from their long centuries of Clinton tweeted, “Women’s rights are should back off on sanctions. regional hegemony that they have a human rights. That was a radical idea “Quite the contrary. We must con- natural right to once again bestride back in 1995. It shouldn’t still be two tinue to ratchet up pressure against the region, and they narcissistical- decades later.” the rogue regime if we want it to ly “dream” of a world under their But PRI President Steve Mosh- truly abandon its nuclear weapons hegemony.’ er countered: “Rights don’t become and intercontinental ballistic missile “All of the things we associate rights simply because Hillary Clinton programs. with ‘modern’ Marxist-Leninism, says so. They have to be codified into “The fact is that the latest round from a secret police and political international legally binding instru- of sanctions announced two weeks commissars in the military, to state ments. By that measure, ‘reproductive ago will only incrementally add to ownership of the means of produc- rights’ is an empty phrase.” the pressure on the North’s economy. tion and a rigorously enforced state In 1968, the U.N. International They will not cripple it. ideology. … All were found in China Conference on Human Rights passed “To really have an impact—and over 2,000 years ago. the non-binding “Proclamation of possibly deprive North Korean dic- “Sadly, they are still found in Chi- Tehran” that declared, “Parents have tator Kim Jong Un of the ability to na today, in even more exaggerated a basic human right to determine launch a horrific nuclear attack on form. The more China changes, the freely and responsibly the number the United States—we need to go one more it remains the same.” and spacing of their children.” But step further and mount a naval block- ade on North Korea’s ports.”

10 POPULATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE REVIEW JJ Chinese To Be Watched “A lot of people in China don’t use money By ‘Social Credit System’ anymore,” Mosher explained. “They use LIFESITE NEWS—With a new “Social Credit System” to become their phones. The Chinese government mandatory for all Chinese citizens monitors all phones, everything electronic.” and businesses by 2020, China will become “the nightmare of the world’s “Your social [credit] score goes “With over 5,000 years of history, first truly totalitarian state,” PRI’s up if you say good things about the modern China must be understood Steve Mosher told LifeSiteNews.4 regime,” said Mosher. “Your social through the lens of its past. In his re- Mosher said, “The Left has al- score goes down if you say bad things cent book, Bully of Asia: Why China's ways said that true totalitarianism is about the regime.” Dream is the New Threat to World impossible to achieve because there According to Mosher, the Chi- Order, Steven Mosher argues that are never enough minders. That’s no nese government has a seat on the from its earliest emperors to Presi- longer true.” board of every social media company dent Xi, China has maintained con- According to the article, citizens in China. It also owns 1 percent of tinuity through its distinctive culture with a high trustworthy rating will the stock of each company, and al- and political ideology. Mosher con- be able to partake in the benefits of though that percentage seems small, tends that modern China is attempt- society, including banking, travel, it is the government board member ing to reclaim its historic position as healthcare, etc. Those with low rat- who is in control. global hegemon, to the detriment of ings will be shamed and excluded. Any wrong move by the company, American ideals and goals. “A lot of people in China don’t use and that government board member “He argues that without action, money anymore,” Mosher explained. “can shut you down,” he said. the United States will be left behind. “They use their phones. The Chinese But is Beijing truly attempting an government monitors all phones, ev- JJ Mosher Interviewed on assault on Western values and gov- erything electronic.” ‘Asia Unbound’ Podcast ernance? Is China planning to sup- With online tools Chinese people plant the West’s global leadership? In COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RE- are “self-reporting” on where they this week’s Asia Unbound podcast, LATIONS—PRI’s Steven Mosher go, what they buy, and—on social Steven Mosher offers a provoca- was featured in a recent “Asia Un- media—who they know and what tive perspective on these important bound” podcast hosted by the Coun- they think. questions.” cil of Foreign Relations, with this description:5

1 https://stream.org/chinas-dictator-cracks-down/ 2 http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/planned-exclusion-of-abortion-in-state-dept.s-human-rights-report-earns-pra 3 http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/03/06/trump-s-north-korea-pressure-campaign-is-working-here-s-what-must-happen-next.html 4 https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/chinas-communist-govt-creates-machine-to-spy-on-and-rate-citizens-trustwort 5 https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/podcast-china-bully-asia

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MAY / JUNE 2018 11 From the Countries

NEW ZEALAND According to the “Save the 8th” In 2016 there were 141 people who New Zealand Reports campaign, the March 10 All Ireland died by euthanasia based on dementia, Lowest Fertility Ever Rally for Life attracted the largest up from 109 in 2015 and 60 people who crowd ever gathered on the Irish abor- died by euthanasia for psychiatric rea- New Zealand’s total fertility rate in 2017 tion question. The Eighth Amendment sons, up from 56 in 2015. decreased to an average of 1.81 births to the Irish constitution guarantees the In January 2017, a Netherlands per woman over their lifetime, which is right-to-life of the unborn child. euthanasia review committee decided the lowest fertility rate the country has The pro-abortion Irish government that the death of a woman with de- seen since records began, according to has been planning a referendum in mentia, who died by euthanasia against Mercatornet.1 late May in hopes of abolishing the her will, was done in "good faith." The While that is still higher than many amendment. woman was held down while the doc- countries, such as Singapore’s 0.83 per Spokeswoman Niamh Uí Bhriain tor lethally injected her. woman or Hong Kong’s 1.19, experts said, "These huge numbers are a rising On January 1, 2018, Berna van are still worried about a fertility rate of the people against the media and Baarsen, a euthanasia assessor for 10 that is "sub-replacement" level. political elites and against the powerful years, resigned over the acceptance of Population statistics senior manag- international abortion industry who euthanasia for dementia in the Nether- er Peter Dolan commented that fertility have poured millions into a campaign lands. On January 26, 2018 a 29-year- rates increased dramatically following attacking our pro-life laws.” old woman died by euthanasia for psy- the Great Depression and WWII, peak- "Abortion has no place in a compas- chiatric reasons. ing at 4.31 births per woman in 1961. sionate and progressive society." The DutchNL article indicated that Since then, he said, New Zealand's 12 of the euthanasia deaths were “ques- total fertility rate has been “relatively THE NETHERLANDS tionable,” meaning that they were la- stable” for the last four decades, rang- Report: Assisted beled by the monitoring committee as ing from 2.19 in 2008 to 1.81 births per Deaths Increase in not being carefully carried out, mainly woman in 2017. Netherlands due to problems with medical care or The reduction in birth rates since not having an independent second 2008 has been mainly driven by trends According to a Dutch news agency, opinion. among women aged 15-29 years, whose 6,585 “assisted deaths” (euthanasia) The Netherlands euthanasia law birth rates are now at record lows, as were reported in 2017, increasing by allows voluntary self-reporting by the women increasingly have fewer babies 8 percent from 6,091 reported assisted doctor—meaning the doctor who le- and have them in their thirties. deaths in 2016.3 thally injects the patient also submits According to the DutchNL news, the report. Since doctors do not self-re- and as reported in the U.S. by Lifesite- IRELAND port abuse of the law, the law enables News, the number of assisted deaths 100k Rally in Ireland doctors to cover-up abuse. Also, due to for dementia or psychiatric reasons To ‘Save the Eighth’ the design of the law, it is impossible to also increased in 2017, with 169 peo- know how many people actually die by As many as 100,000 people attended a ple dying by euthanasia for dementia an assisted death in the Netherlands, rally in Dublin to show their support to (three with advanced dementia) and the report indicated. the continued right to life of the unborn 83 people dying by euthanasia for psy- 2 in Ireland, reported LifeSite News. chiatric reasons.

1 https://www.mercatornet.com/demography/view/new-zealand-fertility-rate-at-record-low/21059?utm_source=MercatorNet&utm_cam- paign=a2c67c5919-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e581d204e2-a2c67c5919-124647015 2 https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/one-hundred-thousand-rally-to-save-unborns-right-to-life-in-ireland 3 https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/euthanasia-deaths-in-the-netherlands-up-and-rising?utm_source=LifeSiteNews. com&utm_campaign=d204065c0d-Daily%2520Headlines%2520-%2520U.S.&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_12387f0e3e-d2040c0d-401373841

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