Recalling Cairo Meeting, Holy See Stresses Rights of Unborn Babies
2nd Nov 09
“Human Persons Are the World’s Greatest Resource”, insisted Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Permanent Observer of the Holy See at the United Nations, in an address on population and development before the 64th session of the UN General Assembly.
“As we call to mind the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)”, he said, “we recognise the many challenges facing the international community to achieve the goal of greater sustained economic and social development.
When States came together in Cairo in 1994, many of them were under the impression that a population explosion was going to occur and hamper the ability to achieve adequate global economic development. Now, fifteen years later, we see that this perception was...
Russian City Prepares for Week Without Abortions to Combat Underpopulation
4th Dec 08
The Russian city of Novorossiysk located near the Black Sea is starting a campaign called a "Week Without Abortions". The idea is to prohibit abortions temporarily in the city and encourage couples to have children in an effort to combat the growing underpopulation problem.
Russia, like many of its neighbours in Eastern Europe, is experiencing severe underpopulation thanks to...
‘March for Russia’ Protests Against Abortion in Face of Plummeting Population
7th Nov 08
On November 4th, a coalition of organisations marched through the streets of Moscow to protest against abortion in Russia, according to the Russian news organization Pravda. The march comes in response to a plummeting Russian population.
Due to a sky-high abortion rate, which in...