http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/official-vows-china-will-correct-gender-imbalance/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/official-vows-china-will-correct-gender-imbalance/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 21:53:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134653 XINHUANET: With most Chinese provinces experiencing a serious gender imbalance, a government official in charge of family planning has pledged the country will work hard to ameliorate the problem. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/official-vows-china-will-correct-gender-imbalance/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/americas-21st-century-population-edge-babies-demographics-power-influence/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/americas-21st-century-population-edge-babies-demographics-power-influence/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 19:53:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134637 Wall Street Journal (via Google): Birth rates are dropping all over the world, often below replacement rates. But not in the U.S . . . Every other major modern nation and every developing country has low or falling birth rates. Japan and Poland see 1.3 children per woman, Brazil and China 1.9, Pakistan 3.6 (down from 6.6 three decades ago). American fertility rates are relatively high, at nearly 2.1. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/americas-21st-century-population-edge-babies-demographics-power-influence/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/youth-vote-demographics-chart/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/youth-vote-demographics-chart/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 15:14:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134156 Best Colleges Online has posted this interesting graphic. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/youth-vote-demographics-chart/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/census-bureau-whites-account-for-under-half-of-births-in-u-s/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/census-bureau-whites-account-for-under-half-of-births-in-u-s/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 15:01:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133918 NY Times: After years of speculation, estimates and projections, the Census Bureau has made it official: White births are no longer a majority in the United States. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/census-bureau-whites-account-for-under-half-of-births-in-u-s/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/pat-buchanan-as-the-boomers-head-for-the-barn/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/pat-buchanan-as-the-boomers-head-for-the-barn/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:26:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133660 Townhall: Only 63.6 percent of the U.S. working age population is now in the labor force, the lowest level since December 1981. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/pat-buchanan-as-the-boomers-head-for-the-barn/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/federal-workers-survey-asks-their-sexual-orientation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/federal-workers-survey-asks-their-sexual-orientation/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 19:17:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133195 Washington Post: This census of sexual orientation appears in the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey for the first time this year, along with other new questions inviting federal workers to say whether they are disabled or have ever served on active military duty. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/federal-workers-survey-asks-their-sexual-orientation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/unfpa-pushes-for-population-control-at-rio-20-conference/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/unfpa-pushes-for-population-control-at-rio-20-conference/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 21:26:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133099 Turtle Bay and Beyond: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is taking advantage of the upcoming Rio+20 conference in June to re-brand population control and market it as the backbone of sustainable development, particularly in the developing world. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/unfpa-pushes-for-population-control-at-rio-20-conference/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/analysis-family-breakdown-at-the-heart-of-global-aging-crisis/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/analysis-family-breakdown-at-the-heart-of-global-aging-crisis/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 21:30:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132843 C-FAM: Is family breakdown the cause or the cure for the global crisis of population decline? Two new articles in top foreign policy journals raise the question. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/analysis-family-breakdown-at-the-heart-of-global-aging-crisis/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/cdc-report-more-teen-girls-use-best-birth-control/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/cdc-report-more-teen-girls-use-best-birth-control/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 19:17:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132828 AP: Health officials say the trend may help explain a large decline in the U.S. teen birth rate since 1990. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/cdc-report-more-teen-girls-use-best-birth-control/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/more-and-more-u-s-believers-aren%e2%80%99t-joining-christian-congregations-mosque-growth-rate-at-50/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/more-and-more-u-s-believers-aren%e2%80%99t-joining-christian-congregations-mosque-growth-rate-at-50/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 16:52:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132798 Salt Lake Tribune: The vast majority of Americans may be Christians, but fewer than half join a congregation — and that trend, warns a religion researcher, should concern church leaders . . . The once-a-decade census, unveiled Tuesday, found that while upward of 80 percent of Americans claim to be Christians, only about 49 percent are affiliated with a congregation. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/more-and-more-u-s-believers-aren%e2%80%99t-joining-christian-congregations-mosque-growth-rate-at-50/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/women-say-i-do-to-education-then-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/women-say-i-do-to-education-then-marriage/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 22:01:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132641 Chicago Tribune: For the first time, women with one or more college degrees are more likely to be married by age 40 than their lesser-educated counterparts . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/women-say-i-do-to-education-then-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/an-extreme-disparity-how-retirement-benefits-may-sink-some-states/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/an-extreme-disparity-how-retirement-benefits-may-sink-some-states/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:08:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132499 Wall Street Journal: Indiana's debt for unfunded retiree health-care benefits, for example, amounts to just $81 per person. Neighboring Illinois's accumulated obligations for the same benefit average $3,399 per person. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/an-extreme-disparity-how-retirement-benefits-may-sink-some-states/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/demography-is-destiny/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/demography-is-destiny/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:51:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132318 Weekly Standard (4/23): As fertility falls, populations shrink. As populations shrink, economies will sputter. Western countries will struggle to support too many retirees without enough workers, and the rest of the world (particularly places such as China and Russia) will be challenged just to maintain order as societies change in unprecedented ways: Most people will have neither brothers, sisters, aunts, nor uncles, and there will be no such thing as an extended family. This forecast may sound apocalyptic, but it’s nearly conventional wisdom among the demographers and economists who study such things . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/demography-is-destiny/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/why-are-millennials-leaving-the-church/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/why-are-millennials-leaving-the-church/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:26:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132280 Washington Post: Younger Millennials’ feelings about Christianity are decidedly mixed. Three-quarters (76 percent) agree that present-day Christianity has “good values and principles,” and 63 percent believe that Christianity “consistently shows love for other people.” On the other hand, strong majorities also agree that modern-day Christianity is “hypocritical” (58 percent), “judgmental” (62 percent), and “anti-gay” (64 percent). ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/why-are-millennials-leaving-the-church/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/more-older-couples-shacking-up-skipping-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/more-older-couples-shacking-up-skipping-marriage/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:43:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132151 MSNBC: The 50-plus group represents nearly one-third of the approximately 7.5 million people of all ages who were living together in 2010, the researchers found. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/more-older-couples-shacking-up-skipping-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/abc-the-end-of-marriage-husband-wife-households-at-record-lows-2010-census/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/abc-the-end-of-marriage-husband-wife-households-at-record-lows-2010-census/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:56:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132134 ABC: New census 2010 figures, released today, reveal that 48 percent of all households include a married husband and wife, compared with 52 percent in 2000. That’s down dramatically from the peak. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/abc-the-end-of-marriage-husband-wife-households-at-record-lows-2010-census/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/californias-population-growth-is-slowing-dramatically-study-finds/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/californias-population-growth-is-slowing-dramatically-study-finds/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:02:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132015 LA Times: California’s population will grow much more slowly in the next few decades -- and that is good news for the state’s still-struggling economy, according to new population projections by USC. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/californias-population-growth-is-slowing-dramatically-study-finds/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/medicare-faces-unfunded-liability-of-38-6t-or-328404-for-each-u-s-household/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/medicare-faces-unfunded-liability-of-38-6t-or-328404-for-each-u-s-household/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:34:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131992 CNSNews: The $38.6 trillion in unfunded benefits Medicare is expected to pay over the next 75 years equals $328,404.43 for each of the 117,538,000 households the Census Bureau said there were in the United States in 2010. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/medicare-faces-unfunded-liability-of-38-6t-or-328404-for-each-u-s-household/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/1-hour-human-events-interview-uncommon-knowledge-pat-buchanan-on-suicide-of-a-superpower/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/1-hour-human-events-interview-uncommon-knowledge-pat-buchanan-on-suicide-of-a-superpower/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:33:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131990 here. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/1-hour-human-events-interview-uncommon-knowledge-pat-buchanan-on-suicide-of-a-superpower/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/number-of-long-term-unemployed-older-workers-quintupled-the-help-hasnt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/number-of-long-term-unemployed-older-workers-quintupled-the-help-hasnt/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:26:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131863 Christian Science Monitor: Older jobless workers have a higher rate of long-term unemployment than any other group. And employer policies end up discriminating against them. Yet workers age 50 and up comprise nearly a third of the US workforce. Policymakers must help this key demographic find good jobs. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/number-of-long-term-unemployed-older-workers-quintupled-the-help-hasnt/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/india-woman-forced-into-six-sex-selection-abortions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/india-woman-forced-into-six-sex-selection-abortions/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:28:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131848 LifeNews: A woman in India who was forced into six sex-selection abortions by family members obsessed with male babies is now using her experience to help other victims and prosecute doctors who illegally use ultrasounds to reveal the gender of an unborn child to a male-minded couple. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/india-woman-forced-into-six-sex-selection-abortions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/aging-workforce-strains-social-security-medicare/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/aging-workforce-strains-social-security-medicare/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:45:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131783 AP: An aging population and an economy that has been slow to rebound are straining the long-term finances of Social Security and Medicare, the government's two largest benefit programs. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/aging-workforce-strains-social-security-medicare/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/a-hidden-cause-of-baltimores-population-loss-abortion-2/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/a-hidden-cause-of-baltimores-population-loss-abortion-2/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:27:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131777 Baltimore Sun: Population increase is a natural sign of political health. By that measure, Baltimore has been sick a long time. Six straight decades of depopulation have reduced the city by a third. Seeking not only to halt this bad case of "the dreaded shrinks" but reverse it, the mayor has set the modest goal of increasing the city's population by 22,000 people in 10 years. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/a-hidden-cause-of-baltimores-population-loss-abortion-2/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/births-to-cohabiting-couples-dramatically-increase/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/births-to-cohabiting-couples-dramatically-increase/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:27:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131744 Baptist Press: The number of babies born to unmarried couples who are living together in America has increased dramatically during the past decade, according to a new report by the National Center for Health Statistics. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/births-to-cohabiting-couples-dramatically-increase/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/young-%e2%80%98millennials%e2%80%99-losing-faith-in-record-numbers-washington-post/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/young-%e2%80%98millennials%e2%80%99-losing-faith-in-record-numbers-washington-post/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:13:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131708 Washington Post: A growing tide of young Americans is drifting away from the religions of their childhood — and most of them are ending up in no religion at all. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/young-%e2%80%98millennials%e2%80%99-losing-faith-in-record-numbers-washington-post/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/the-god-gap-in-the-first-presidential-polls/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/the-god-gap-in-the-first-presidential-polls/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:10:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131557 Nineteen Sixty-Four Blog: Today, Pew released results that also show a tight race with a slim lead for President Obama. It is still a long, long time before any of these polls are predictive of anything. But as a first look, the Obama campaign might be second guessing some of their recent decisions that may have alienated religious voters. (see the chart) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/the-god-gap-in-the-first-presidential-polls/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/new-study-indicates-baby-girls-targeted-for-abortion-in-ontario/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/new-study-indicates-baby-girls-targeted-for-abortion-in-ontario/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:29:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131549 LifeSiteNews: A new study supports previous research that unborn girls are being targeted for abortion by certain immigrant groups in Canada who culturally prefer a son over a daughter. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/new-study-indicates-baby-girls-targeted-for-abortion-in-ontario/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/numbers-suggest-female-fetus-abortions-more-common-in-asian-canadian-communities-study/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/numbers-suggest-female-fetus-abortions-more-common-in-asian-canadian-communities-study/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:22:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131241 National Post: The study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, looked at all non-multiple births in Ontario between the years 2002 and 2007, which totalled 766,688. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/numbers-suggest-female-fetus-abortions-more-common-in-asian-canadian-communities-study/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/frc-webcast-to-analyze-birth-rate-projections-under-obama-fiscal-policy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/frc-webcast-to-analyze-birth-rate-projections-under-obama-fiscal-policy/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:35:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131028 ProLife Blogs: Family Research Council (FRC) will host John D. Mueller for a webcast lecture on the intersection of United States fiscal policy with the health and well-being of our nation's families. Mueller will release original research on U.S. birth rate projections under the Obama administration's current fiscal policy as compared to the hypothetical birth rate projections under U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) budget plan. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/frc-webcast-to-analyze-birth-rate-projections-under-obama-fiscal-policy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/uk-the-dangers-of-our-ageing-population/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/uk-the-dangers-of-our-ageing-population/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:06:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131018 Telegraph: We are not so much living in an age of crisis as facing a crisis of age. Its latest manifestation was the warning from the International Monetary Fund that demographic pressures will impose unexpectedly onerous financial burdens on industrialised countries. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/uk-the-dangers-of-our-ageing-population/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/cdc-nearly-1-in-4-babies-born-to-unwed-cohabitors/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/cdc-nearly-1-in-4-babies-born-to-unwed-cohabitors/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:17:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130937 AP: Health officials say nearly 1 in 4 babies are born to unmarried couples who are living together, a significant jump from a decade ago. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/cdc-nearly-1-in-4-babies-born-to-unwed-cohabitors/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/11/credit-abstinence-with-helping-reduce-teen-birth-rates/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/11/credit-abstinence-with-helping-reduce-teen-birth-rates/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:07:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130900 LifeNews: Alarmingly, as the birthrate has fallen in teens ages 15-19 (from 41.5 per 1,000 in 2008 to 34.3 per 1,000 in 2010), the abortion rate has increased (from 17.8 per 1,000 in 2008 to 19 per 1,000 in 2010). ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/11/credit-abstinence-with-helping-reduce-teen-birth-rates/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/us-teen-births-miss-has-highest-rate-nh-lowest/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/us-teen-births-miss-has-highest-rate-nh-lowest/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:09:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130767 AP: Teen births fell again in the United States in 2010 with the highest rate once more in Mississippi, according to a new government report. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/us-teen-births-miss-has-highest-rate-nh-lowest/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/fertility-decline-may-unhinge-asian-security-expert-panel-says/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/fertility-decline-may-unhinge-asian-security-expert-panel-says/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:07:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130698 C-FAM: The global fertility freefall is about to cause geopolitical upheaval in Asia, a panel of experts said this week. The experts, all contributors to the new book Population Decline and the Remaking of Great Power Politics, spoke at the world’s largest gathering of international relations specialists meeting in San Diego, California. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/fertility-decline-may-unhinge-asian-security-expert-panel-says/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/michelle-duggar-%e2%80%98we%e2%80%99re-not-anywhere-near-being-overpopulated%e2%80%99/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/michelle-duggar-%e2%80%98we%e2%80%99re-not-anywhere-near-being-overpopulated%e2%80%99/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:11:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130076 LifeSiteNews (includes video): Oh wow,” Duggar responded. “The idea of overpopulation is not accurate because, really, the entire population of the world, if they were stood shoulder to shoulder, could fit in the city limits of Jacksonville,” she continued. “We’re not anywhere near being overpopulated.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/michelle-duggar-%e2%80%98we%e2%80%99re-not-anywhere-near-being-overpopulated%e2%80%99/feed/ 0