PRI Insider (Volume 6, Issue 14) April 3
In This Issue: Europe’s fertility collapse continues, with the EU’s total fertility rate falling to just 1.34 children per woman in 2024—down from 1.38 the year before and the lowest level since records began in 2001. Births also declined to 3.55 million, a 3.3% drop from 2023.
PRI Insider (Volume 6, Issue 13) March 27
In This Issue: Japan is moving to fully cover childbirth costs under its public insurance health system as births fall for the 10th straight year. In 2025, births dropped below 710,000. Despite spending over $20 billion annually on pro-natal policies, the crisis has deepened. Current subsidies of 500,000 yen ($3,130) often fall short of average delivery costs, especially in Tokyo.
PRI Insider (Volume 6, Issue 12) March 20
In This Issue: The Congressional Budget Office now projects that U.S. deaths will outnumber births by 2030, a decade earlier than previously expected—a trend that will only worsen in the decades ahead. Future U.S. population growth will increasingly rely on immigration.
PRI Insider (Volume 6, Issue 11) March 13
In This Issue: New data from Ireland’s Health Service Executive shows 108 babies were born alive after failed abortions between 2019 and 2023, only to die shortly afterward. The most recent figures report 29 such deaths in 2023. At least four of the babies were more than 24 weeks gestation and/or weighed over 500 grams, meaning they would have been able to survive outside the womb; how these babies died or whether they received medical care has not been disclosed.
PRI Insider (Volume 6, Issue 10) March 6
In This Issue: France’s National Assembly has approved a controversial bill that would legalize assisted suicide for certain patients with terminal or incurable illnesses. The measure passed in a 299–226 vote and will now return to the French Senate for further consideration. Under the proposal, eligible patients must be adult French citizens suffering from an incurable illness, experiencing pain that cannot be relieved, and deemed mentally competent.
PRI Insider (Volume 6, Issue 9) February 27
In This Issue: South Korea recorded its largest rise in births in nearly two decades, with 254,500 babies born in 2025. This was a 6.8% increase from the previous year. The total fertility rate rose from 0.75 to 0.80, marking two consecutive years of growth after nearly a decade of steady decline.
PRI Insider (Volume 6, Issue 8) February 20
In This Issue: New figures from the Department of Health and Social Care show disability-selective abortions in England and Wales rose 2.59% in 2023, with 3,205 unborn children aborted due to diagnosed disabilities. This included 685 abortions for Down syndrome and 300 late-term abortions at 24 weeks or beyond, a 17.19% increase from the previous year.
PRI Insider (Volume 6, Issue 7) February 13
In This Issue: South Korea’s demographic crisis sparked controversy after Jindo county governor Kim Hee-soo suggested “importing” young women from countries such as Vietnam or Sri Lanka to marry rural Korean men to help raise the birth rate. With fertility at just 0.75—far below replacement—and projections showing the population could fall from 52 million to 26.8 million by 2100, lawmakers are scrambling for solutions.
PRI Insider (Volume 6, Issue 6) February 6
In This Issue: Among European Union countries, at least 12 still allow the sterilization of women with disabilities without their consent—often while they are minors—despite most having ratified the Istanbul Convention. The practice violates basic human rights and persists under the guise of “care,” driven in part by the belief that disabled women cannot be good mothers.
PRI Insider (Volume 6, Issue 5) January 30
In This Issue: A new report from the Center for Family and Human Rights details Denmark’s abuse of women through coercive population-control policies. Hundreds of Greenlandic women and girls were forcibly sterilized through IUD insertion and hormonal injections, with cases spanning from the 1960s into the 1990s. Victims suffered lasting injuries and infertility.