Population Connection
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US grassroots org providing population education & advocating progressive action to improve health, human rights, & #environmental sustainability globally.🌲🫂🐿️
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Population Connection unequivocally condemns the heinous acts being conducted by the Trump administration against people in the United States, regardless of their citizenship or status.⬇️
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"The administration is witnessing a mini baby boom. Sure, that will satisfy its pronatalist champions who want to reverse America’s falling birth rate. Just one problem. The White House can’t make babies great again — and there is no point in even trying."👍
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Opinion | The White House can’t make babies great again
Governments can’t increase birth rates. Instead, learn to cope with a shrinking population.
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February 3, 2026 at 8:05 PM
"The administration is witnessing a mini baby boom. Sure, that will satisfy its pronatalist champions who want to reverse America’s falling birth rate. Just one problem. The White House can’t make babies great again — and there is no point in even trying."👍
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Wetlands are vital ecosystems that support biodiversity, clean water, and #climateresilience. Yet, they’re vanishing at an alarming rate—primarily due to human activities like agriculture, urbanization, and industrial expansion, driven by rapid population growth.
February 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Wetlands are vital ecosystems that support biodiversity, clean water, and #climateresilience. Yet, they’re vanishing at an alarming rate—primarily due to human activities like agriculture, urbanization, and industrial expansion, driven by rapid population growth.
A new UN report has declared an era of “global #waterbankruptcy,” arguing that overextraction of fresh water has reached such severe levels that past hydrological and ecological baselines cannot realistically be restored.
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February 3, 2026 at 12:20 PM
A new UN report has declared an era of “global #waterbankruptcy,” arguing that overextraction of fresh water has reached such severe levels that past hydrological and ecological baselines cannot realistically be restored.
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"American women today are having fewer children than their mothers and grandmothers did.
They also have more opportunities and life choices."
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They also have more opportunities and life choices."
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3 generations of women in one family show how choices on motherhood have changed
In one family, three generations of American women explore how choices around becoming mothers have changed at the same time the U.S. birth rate has dropped.
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February 3, 2026 at 12:20 AM
"American women today are having fewer children than their mothers and grandmothers did.
They also have more opportunities and life choices."
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They also have more opportunities and life choices."
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Population Connection unequivocally condemns the heinous acts being conducted by the Trump administration against people in the United States, regardless of their citizenship or status.⬇️
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February 2, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Population Connection unequivocally condemns the heinous acts being conducted by the Trump administration against people in the United States, regardless of their citizenship or status.⬇️
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Grounded in a deep understanding of ecological economics, Post Growth is both a manifesto for system change and an invitation to rekindle a deeper conversation that the economy is not separate from the natural world.
Join us on Thursday, Feb 26th⬇️
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Join us on Thursday, Feb 26th⬇️
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February 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Grounded in a deep understanding of ecological economics, Post Growth is both a manifesto for system change and an invitation to rekindle a deeper conversation that the economy is not separate from the natural world.
Join us on Thursday, Feb 26th⬇️
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Join us on Thursday, Feb 26th⬇️
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High fertility rates and rapid population growth are positively correlated with #genderinequality, unmet need for contraception, #poverty, high infant and maternal morbidity and mortality, and low educational attainment—especially for girls and women.
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Why Population? - Population Connection
Human population growth is a major driver of our environmental crises. Empowering measures to slow population growth are key to the advancement of human rights and a safe and healthy environment.
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January 30, 2026 at 4:59 PM
High fertility rates and rapid population growth are positively correlated with #genderinequality, unmet need for contraception, #poverty, high infant and maternal morbidity and mortality, and low educational attainment—especially for girls and women.
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Globally, 259 million women who wish to avoid pregnancy are not using modern contraception—they have what is called an unmet need for family planning. As a result, half of all pregnancies worldwide are unintended. ⬇️
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Girls' and Women's Empowerment - Population Connection
Empowering women and girls is one of the most effective sustainable development levers, yet women's rights sadly remain severely underfunded.
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January 29, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Globally, 259 million women who wish to avoid pregnancy are not using modern contraception—they have what is called an unmet need for family planning. As a result, half of all pregnancies worldwide are unintended. ⬇️
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Are you the one? Join us!
We seek a Communications Specialist to help increase awareness of our work and mission on social media, in web searches, in the news media, and among those working on reproductive health and sustainable development initiatives.
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We seek a Communications Specialist to help increase awareness of our work and mission on social media, in web searches, in the news media, and among those working on reproductive health and sustainable development initiatives.
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January 29, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Are you the one? Join us!
We seek a Communications Specialist to help increase awareness of our work and mission on social media, in web searches, in the news media, and among those working on reproductive health and sustainable development initiatives.
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populationconnection.org/about-us/our...
We seek a Communications Specialist to help increase awareness of our work and mission on social media, in web searches, in the news media, and among those working on reproductive health and sustainable development initiatives.
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Myth: The entire population of the world could fit inside Texas.
Fact: Sure, maybe, and you could fit 20 people in an elevator, but how comfortable would they be? You could fit all the cars of the world onto the freeways of Los Angeles, but could they go anywhere?
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Fact: Sure, maybe, and you could fit 20 people in an elevator, but how comfortable would they be? You could fit all the cars of the world onto the freeways of Los Angeles, but could they go anywhere?
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Can the world’s 8.2 billion+ people fit inside Texas?#Worldpopulationdistribution #uspopulation
YouTube video by Population Connection
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January 28, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Myth: The entire population of the world could fit inside Texas.
Fact: Sure, maybe, and you could fit 20 people in an elevator, but how comfortable would they be? You could fit all the cars of the world onto the freeways of Los Angeles, but could they go anywhere?
youtube.com/shorts/vNBsv...
Fact: Sure, maybe, and you could fit 20 people in an elevator, but how comfortable would they be? You could fit all the cars of the world onto the freeways of Los Angeles, but could they go anywhere?
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Did you know?
“When girls are educated and when they stay in schools, they get married later in their lives, then they have less children and that helps us to reduce the impacts of #climatechange that the population increase brings.” - Malala Yousafzai
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“When girls are educated and when they stay in schools, they get married later in their lives, then they have less children and that helps us to reduce the impacts of #climatechange that the population increase brings.” - Malala Yousafzai
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January 28, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Did you know?
“When girls are educated and when they stay in schools, they get married later in their lives, then they have less children and that helps us to reduce the impacts of #climatechange that the population increase brings.” - Malala Yousafzai
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“When girls are educated and when they stay in schools, they get married later in their lives, then they have less children and that helps us to reduce the impacts of #climatechange that the population increase brings.” - Malala Yousafzai
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"People have a kind of romantic idea that we can turn off industrialized agriculture & supply people’s food more environmentally sustainably by not fertilizing & eating locally. Well, billions of people...would die..."
- Dr. Jane O'Sullivan, Agricultural Scientist⬇️
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- Dr. Jane O'Sullivan, Agricultural Scientist⬇️
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"People have a kind of romantic idea that we can turn off industrialized agriculture & supply people’s food more environmentally sustainably by not fertilizing & eating locally. Well, there are billio...
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January 27, 2026 at 8:04 PM
"People have a kind of romantic idea that we can turn off industrialized agriculture & supply people’s food more environmentally sustainably by not fertilizing & eating locally. Well, billions of people...would die..."
- Dr. Jane O'Sullivan, Agricultural Scientist⬇️
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- Dr. Jane O'Sullivan, Agricultural Scientist⬇️
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Today marks the 53rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that protected the right to abortion in the US. Since the US Supreme Court overturned this ruling in 2022, many states have passed outrageous abortion restrictions and outright bans.
January 22, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Today marks the 53rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that protected the right to abortion in the US. Since the US Supreme Court overturned this ruling in 2022, many states have passed outrageous abortion restrictions and outright bans.
"You're the only people doing the work that really counts. As a lifelong environmentalist, writer & former national media director for Greenpeace, my big gripe was that no one was paying attention to the critical issue of our time: overpopulation." Neville Williams
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About Population Connection
Founded in 1968, Population Connection (formerly Zero Population Growth) is the largest grassroots population organization in the U.S.
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January 27, 2026 at 12:45 PM
"You're the only people doing the work that really counts. As a lifelong environmentalist, writer & former national media director for Greenpeace, my big gripe was that no one was paying attention to the critical issue of our time: overpopulation." Neville Williams
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“All these pro-family policies are doomed to fail,” said Brian Dixon, senior vice-president at Population Connection, a US-based non-profit that promotes population stabilisation through increased access to contraception & gender equality.
Thanks @telegraph.co.uk.
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Thanks @telegraph.co.uk.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:56 PM
“All these pro-family policies are doomed to fail,” said Brian Dixon, senior vice-president at Population Connection, a US-based non-profit that promotes population stabilisation through increased access to contraception & gender equality.
Thanks @telegraph.co.uk.
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Thanks @telegraph.co.uk.
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Missed the live?
Here's the recording. One year after the Trump-Vance admin messed up #globalhealth.
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Here's the recording. One year after the Trump-Vance admin messed up #globalhealth.
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Aid Withheld: One Year without US Global Health Assistance
YouTube video by Population Connection
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January 26, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Missed the live?
Here's the recording. One year after the Trump-Vance admin messed up #globalhealth.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DmQ...
Here's the recording. One year after the Trump-Vance admin messed up #globalhealth.
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The #GlobalGagRule is about control. Trump is weaponizing foreign aid to force his harmful ideology on people globally and bullying countries to fall in line or risk losing critical support. It’s time to pass the #GlobalHERAct & oppose gag rules in all their forms.
January 24, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The #GlobalGagRule is about control. Trump is weaponizing foreign aid to force his harmful ideology on people globally and bullying countries to fall in line or risk losing critical support. It’s time to pass the #GlobalHERAct & oppose gag rules in all their forms.
Our statement.
#EndTheGag #GlobalGagRule #EndtheGGR
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#EndTheGag #GlobalGagRule #EndtheGGR
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January 23, 2026 at 11:15 PM
The expansion of the odious Global Gag Rule announced by the administration today is just the latest in a long line of disgraceful actions over the past year.
#EndTheGag #GlobalGagRule #EndtheGGR
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#EndTheGag #GlobalGagRule #EndtheGGR
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January 23, 2026 at 8:20 PM
The expansion of the odious Global Gag Rule announced by the administration today is just the latest in a long line of disgraceful actions over the past year.
#EndTheGag #GlobalGagRule #EndtheGGR
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#EndTheGag #GlobalGagRule #EndtheGGR
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“President Trump continues to deliver on his promise to end woke foreign assistance.”
🙄 Utter hogwash!
#GlobalGagRule #AbortionRights
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🙄 Utter hogwash!
#GlobalGagRule #AbortionRights
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Trump administration to block aid from subsidizing DEI and trans rights overseas
Decision marks dramatic expansion of ‘Mexico City policy’, which abortion rights supporters call ‘global gag rule’
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January 23, 2026 at 6:43 PM
“President Trump continues to deliver on his promise to end woke foreign assistance.”
🙄 Utter hogwash!
#GlobalGagRule #AbortionRights
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🙄 Utter hogwash!
#GlobalGagRule #AbortionRights
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The new UNEP report on finance for nature shows $2.4 trillions still being spent by governments on harmful subsidies.
It's worse still in the private sector with $4.9 trillion of "nature-negative finance flows".
It's worse still in the private sector with $4.9 trillion of "nature-negative finance flows".
January 23, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The new UNEP report on finance for nature shows $2.4 trillions still being spent by governments on harmful subsidies.
It's worse still in the private sector with $4.9 trillion of "nature-negative finance flows".
It's worse still in the private sector with $4.9 trillion of "nature-negative finance flows".
Supporters of #reproductivehealth and rights, including us at Population Connection, often highlight the persistently high rates of unintended pregnancy & unmet need for #familyplanning, but these terms are often misunderstood. What are their true meanings?
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Unintended pregnancy and unmet need for family planning: What do these terms really describe?
Supporters of reproductive health and rights often highlight the persistently high rates of unintended pregnancy and unmet need for family planning around the world, but these terms are often misunder...
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January 21, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Supporters of #reproductivehealth and rights, including us at Population Connection, often highlight the persistently high rates of unintended pregnancy & unmet need for #familyplanning, but these terms are often misunderstood. What are their true meanings?
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One of our first partners, Conservation Through Public Health, an award-winning leader in gorilla and wildlife conservation, promotes biodiversity conservation by enabling people, gorillas, & other #wildlife to coexist through improved health & livelihoods.
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January 21, 2026 at 3:38 PM
One of our first partners, Conservation Through Public Health, an award-winning leader in gorilla and wildlife conservation, promotes biodiversity conservation by enabling people, gorillas, & other #wildlife to coexist through improved health & livelihoods.
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Guess what bit of legislation is back in front of South Carolina lawmakers?
H. 3537, aka the Prenatal Equal Protection Act—the bill that would punish abortion patients as murderers. (Which in South Carolina could mean the death penalty.)
And there's more:
H. 3537, aka the Prenatal Equal Protection Act—the bill that would punish abortion patients as murderers. (Which in South Carolina could mean the death penalty.)
And there's more:
Republicans Want to Arrest You for Donating to Abortion Funds
1.14.25
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January 15, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Guess what bit of legislation is back in front of South Carolina lawmakers?
H. 3537, aka the Prenatal Equal Protection Act—the bill that would punish abortion patients as murderers. (Which in South Carolina could mean the death penalty.)
And there's more:
H. 3537, aka the Prenatal Equal Protection Act—the bill that would punish abortion patients as murderers. (Which in South Carolina could mean the death penalty.)
And there's more:
"Declaring childbirth a patriotic act. Nagging newlyweds about #familyplanning. Taxing condoms.
To get its citizens to have babies, the Chinese Communist Party has pulled every lever. The efforts have largely failed."
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To get its citizens to have babies, the Chinese Communist Party has pulled every lever. The efforts have largely failed."
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China’s Birthrate Plunges to Lowest Level Since 1949
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January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
"Declaring childbirth a patriotic act. Nagging newlyweds about #familyplanning. Taxing condoms.
To get its citizens to have babies, the Chinese Communist Party has pulled every lever. The efforts have largely failed."
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To get its citizens to have babies, the Chinese Communist Party has pulled every lever. The efforts have largely failed."
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