PRI: People First

PRI President @StevenWMosher gave the keynote speech at last Sunday's March for Life in Australia.

thetimes.com/us/news-today/… Many parallels between Elsa Johnson's harassment by China's spies and my own experience at Stanford U. "If a university does not defend academic freedom and provide a safe space for the academics who embody it, what good is it?"

Our very pro-natal Vice President is leading by example. He and his wife have three children and number four on the way.

"If a university does not defend academic freedom and provide a safe space for the academics who embody it, what good is it?" Steven Mosher writes in @thetimesproject. thetimes.com/us/news-today/…

Christ is risen. The Resurrection is the final answer to every fear, every despair, every attempt to diminish the value of human life. Death does not win. Life does. The empty tomb proclaims a truth at the heart of our mission: every human life has meaning, purpose, and a future. Because He lives, hope is never lost. Because He lives, life will always triumph. Easter prayer: Risen Lord, help us build a true Culture of Life.

Good Friday reveals the depth of God’s love: that every human life is worth dying for. Not because of what we can do. Not because of our strength or independence. But because of who we are — created in His image, called to eternal life. Christ’s sacrifice proclaims a truth the world often forgets: no life is insignificant. No life is disposable. No life is without meaning. He suffers for the child in the womb. He suffers for the poor, the forgotten, the vulnerable. He suffers for each of us — so that we might live. To stand for human life is to stand with Christ at Calvary — to recognize, in every person, the same dignity for which He gave everything. This is the vision we are called to uphold: that every human life is worthy of protection, care, and love. Lenten prayer: Crucified Lord, strengthen us to love and protect every human life as You do.

The abortionists want to stop a beating heart—even as a woman is giving birth. Learn more: pop.org/killing-by-let…

Christ stands before the world — silent, condemned, and rejected. His life is weighed and found inconvenient. His innocence is acknowledged, yet dismissed. And still, He is handed over to be crucified. On Good Friday, we see what happens when human life is measured by utility, power, or expediency. The innocent are sacrificed. The vulnerable are abandoned. But the Cross reveals something greater. Christ does not die for a select few. He gives Himself for all — for every human person, in every place, at every stage of life. He dies for the strong and the weak, the seen and the unseen, the born and the unborn. The Cross proclaims a truth the world often forgets: human dignity is not earned. It is given. It does not depend on strength, independence, or desirability. It is rooted in who we are — and in the price that was paid for us. That is why we must protect every life, especially the most vulnerable. As John Paul II wrote in Evangelium Vitae: “Therefore every threat to human dignity and life must necessarily be felt in the Church's very heart; it cannot but affect her at the core of her faith in the Redemptive Incarnation of the Son of God, and engage her in her mission of proclaiming the Gospel of life in all the world and to every creature.” To defend human life, then, is not merely a social or political task. It is a response to the Cross. The mission of PRI is rooted in this truth: that every human life — including the preborn — is worthy of protection, dignity, and love. Lenten prayer: Crucified Lord, give us courage to stand for life even when it is costly.

One of the reasons that Chinese agents are stalking and harassing Elsa Johnson is that, in May 2024, she published in the Stanford Review how China bullied Stanford into terminating me. "Announcing 'Stanford's Censorship'" (May 3, 2024) and the follow-up "Stanford's Censorship: A History of Academic Freedom" (May 6, 2024) describe how, in the early 1980s, Stanford expelled PhD student Steven Mosher from its anthropology doctoral program after he conducted field research in rural Guangdong province, China. Mosher documented forced abortions, sterilizations, and poverty under China's one-child policy. His reporting angered the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which pressured Stanford and other U.S. institutions. Those who are harassing her should be immediately deported.

“Lazarus, come out.” In yesterday’s Gospel, we heard how Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. He enters into grief. He weeps with those who mourn. And then He calls forth life. He does this at a moment when everyone around Him believes it is already too late. The tomb is sealed. Hope seems lost. The raising of Lazarus reveals something profound: Christ does not accept death as the final word. He confronts it — and overcomes it, just as He would in His own death and Resurrection. In our time, a quiet acceptance of death — a kind of cultural despair — has taken root. In more and more countries, deaths now outnumber births. Declining birthrates are often treated as neutral, or even as progress. But many nations now face demographic winter: aging populations, shrinking families, and a fading confidence in the future. A society that no longer welcomes children has closed itself off to hope. As a result, there are those who believe it is too late to reverse this decline — that we have no choice but to “go gentle into that good night.” But we know this is not true. Like Mary and Martha, we are called to trust in Christ, who brings forth life even when it seems impossible. We must listen when Jesus says: “Did I not tell you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?” For with God, nothing is beyond hope. That is why the mission of the Population Research Institute remains clear: to proclaim that people are the world’s greatest resource. A culture open to life is a culture open to the future. Christ calls Lazarus from the tomb — from death to life. He calls us to do the same: to choose life. Not only in our personal lives, but so that, through Him, we may help renew the world. Lenten prayer: Lord, call our world out of despair and renew in us hope for the future.

TED is a name that you associate with inspiring talks about technology and the future of humanity. But, it turns out that, among TED’s “ideas worth spreading” is the stale Malthusian myth of overpopulation. pop.org/ted-audaciousl…

PRI President Steven Mosher recently appeared on The Schilling Show to discuss China’s growing vulnerability on the global stage. Listen to the full episode. cvillerightnow.com/podcasts/the-s…

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. Read more: pop.org/pri-insider-vo…

lifesitenews.com/blogs/paul-ehr… Paul Ehrlich is gone, but the anti-natal attitudes he promoted continue to fester on.

Steven W. Mosher joins Jesse Kelly to discuss what's really going on with Trump and China. youtu.be/euPajaFbzgk?si…

It is a certainty that, as their babies are dying from mifepristone, mothers in the developing world frequently succumb as well. pop.org/the-abortion-p…