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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 @popconnect.bsky.social · Dec 19
A major new review of the state of the environment by UNEP provides a comprehensive and refreshingly honest exploration of the root drivers of environmental degradation, and stresses the urgent need to overhaul how we live on this planet.
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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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February 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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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
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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
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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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January 29, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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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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Can the world’s 8.2 billion+ people fit inside Texas?#Worldpopulationdistribution #uspopulation
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January 28, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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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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January 28, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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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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"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
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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
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"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
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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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January 26, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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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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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
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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
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Our statement.
#EndTheGag #GlobalGagRule #EndtheGGR
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January 23, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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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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January 23, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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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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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
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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".
Figure 3 page 12 of the UNEP report https://www.unep.org/resources/state-finance-nature-2026
January 23, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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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
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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
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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:
Republicans Want to Arrest You for Donating to Abortion Funds
1.14.25
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January 15, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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"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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China’s Birthrate Plunges to Lowest Level Since 1949
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January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Low birth rates and increasing longevity in many countries mean populations are getting older, and economists and governments are needlessly panicking. In this video, our communications team discussed why low fertility is here to stay...⬇️
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Low Birth Rates: Good for the Planet, Good for People with Population Connection Communications Team
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January 20, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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“The United States rejects and denounces the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and will no longer reaffirm the SDGs as a matter of course.”
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US betrayal at key UN conference: Population Connection's report
Population Connection participated in the 58th Session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD58).
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January 17, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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Population Connection is pushing for international conservation efforts to incorporate empowering population solutions that recognize the critical linkages between human & environmental health. This is called Population, Health, Environment, or PHE.
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Biodiversity Loss - Population Connection
Human activity is causing wild species to go extinct at an increasingly alarming rate. We must tackle the root causes of biodiversity loss.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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Real leadership means reengaging with international climate frameworks, supporting equitable solutions, and recognizing that protecting people and the planet isn’t optional, it’s essential. And let’s not mince words. It’s illegal. Full stop.
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Trump’s move to pull US from key UN climate treaty may be illegal, experts say
President’s memo stating US ‘shall withdraw’ from UNFCCC marks first time any country has tried to exit the agreement
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January 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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Coral reefs are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth, yet they’re disappearing at an unprecedented rate.

Rising ocean temperatures and acidification are pushing reefs beyond their limits. Learn what’s driving this global challenge and why it matters far beyond the ocean. 👉
Coral Reef Destruction: Causes, Effects, and How to Prevent It - Population Education
Learn what coral reef destruction is, what causes it, how it affects humans and the environment, and how we can prevent further damage to coral reefs.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM