Population - Research & Publications

06/25/2006
Article by Sightline

Dangerous future if Roe is overturned

In 1973, when my sister was 12 and I was 8, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that decisions about early abortions are private ones protected by the Constitution. Now, my own daughter is 12 and the odds are greater than ever that the rightward-shifting court will overturn Roe. By Alan Durning.

06/30/2005
Backgrounder

Backgrounder: New population numbers for Washington State

Washington's population could double in less than fifty years, according to new research from Sightline Institute.

06/01/1997
Book

Misplaced Blame

Misplaced Blame argues that much of the population growth overrunning parts of North America originates from five rarely noted root causes: poverty, sexual abuse, underfunded family planning services, subsidies to domestic migration, and ill-guided immigration policy.

06/12/2007
Fact sheet

2007 Population Indicator - At a Glance

Top findings from the Cascadia Scorecard on the Northwest's population growth, birthrates, and family size.

06/01/1997
Page

Misplaced Blame - Excerpt

"The Northwest has the opportunity to demonstrate a population approach that averts growth by activating bedrock North American values."

03/07/2006
Page

Ensure Every Child is Wanted

One of Sightline's five sustainability principles.

07/30/2003
Report

Population Reprieve

An analysis of what's behind the Pacific Northwest's slowed population growth, including slower birthrates, smaller family size, and slowed migration.