Are “baby bust” headlines sowing misinformation about population numbers and trends?

Survey: Up to 40% of Americans don’t know that our population is growing
Solid majority of US voters want reinstatement of international family planning funding

As Trump marks the first 100 days of his second White House term, a Population Connection Action Fund survey reveals that US voters overwhelmingly oppose the Trump administration’s devastating cuts to international family planning funding.
Trump administration’s dystopian push for more births disregards people’s family size preferences and choices

US fertility desires and outcomes: new mixed-mode research
Population Connection Action Fund joins worldwide opposition to Global Gag Rule reinstatement

Population Connection Action Fund is one of more than 100 organizations around the world that have added their name to a statement1 opposing the expected reinstatement of the devastating Mexico City Policy, aka Global Gag Rule, within days of the new administration takin...
New UN population projections: Still on track for more than 10 billion people

Population Connection statement on the World Population Prospects 2024
Population Connection Announces Winners of World of 8 Billion International Student Video Contest

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eighteen winners earned top spots in the 13th annual World of 8 Billion international student video contest, sponsored by Population Connection. This year, over 3,100 videos were created from 58 countries and 46 U.S. states and territories.
Population Connection statement on the new IHME fertility projections

New fertility projections by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) published in The Lancet are being portrayed by some outlets as a shocking impending crash in the number of births worldwide. The study shows no such thing, however.
Elon Musk is wrong: A “baby bust” is the opposite of our problem

Next Tuesday, July 11, is World Population Day, a United Nations observance day established in 1989 to raise awareness of the urgency and importance of population issues. It’s not a well-known day, but it should be. Misinformation about demographic trends abounds thanks ...
Earth4All report: Is population growth really irrelevant?

A provocative new report argues that it is unequal resource distribution, rather than overpopulation, that is driving our environmental crises, but this claim is misleading, as demonstrated by the report’s own data. 
Population Connection Action Fund joins call to block Trump Administration's plan to destroy $10 million in contraceptive supplies

In a stunning disregard for fiscal responsibility, the Trump administration is preparing to destroy nearly $10 million worth of contraceptive medications and supplies that American taxpayers already purchased for distribution in low-income countries, and that multiple or...
Are “baby bust” headlines sowing misinformation about population numbers and trends?

Survey: Up to 40% of Americans don’t know that our population is growing
Solid majority of US voters want reinstatement of international family planning funding

As Trump marks the first 100 days of his second White House term, a Population Connection Action Fund survey reveals that US voters overwhelmingly oppose the Trump administration’s devastating cuts to international family planning funding.
Trump administration’s dystopian push for more births disregards people’s family size preferences and choices

US fertility desires and outcomes: new mixed-mode research
Population Connection Action Fund joins worldwide opposition to Global Gag Rule reinstatement

Population Connection Action Fund is one of more than 100 organizations around the world that have added their name to a statement1 opposing the expected reinstatement of the devastating Mexico City Policy, aka Global Gag Rule, within days of the new administration takin...
New UN population projections: Still on track for more than 10 billion people

Population Connection statement on the World Population Prospects 2024
Population Connection Announces Winners of World of 8 Billion International Student Video Contest

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eighteen winners earned top spots in the 13th annual World of 8 Billion international student video contest, sponsored by Population Connection. This year, over 3,100 videos were created from 58 countries and 46 U.S. states and territories.
Population Connection statement on the new IHME fertility projections

New fertility projections by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) published in The Lancet are being portrayed by some outlets as a shocking impending crash in the number of births worldwide. The study shows no such thing, however.
Elon Musk is wrong: A “baby bust” is the opposite of our problem

Next Tuesday, July 11, is World Population Day, a United Nations observance day established in 1989 to raise awareness of the urgency and importance of population issues. It’s not a well-known day, but it should be. Misinformation about demographic trends abounds thanks ...
Earth4All report: Is population growth really irrelevant?

A provocative new report argues that it is unequal resource distribution, rather than overpopulation, that is driving our environmental crises, but this claim is misleading, as demonstrated by the report’s own data. 
1
2