Population - Research & Publications
Sightline's research on the Northwest's population growth and how to create sustainable growth and every child born wanted.
Here's a catalog of Sightline's reports, books, articles, and other research and puplications on the Northwest's population growth and how to create a Northwest where every child is born wanted.
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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. -
06/25/2006
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. -
02/14/2006
Newsletter article
Rising Hope: Teen birth rate at record lows
The cause of Cascadia's decline in teen births may be rising confidence and hope among Cascadia’s girls. -
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. -
06/01/2005
Newsletter article
Everyone Should Have a Plan B
Widespread acceptance of emergency contraception is currently stalled at the federal level in the US. But the Northwest has greater access to Plan B than other US areas, and Canada is way ahead. -
08/01/2004
Newsletter article
Population: Good Things in Small Packages
Declining birthrates among teens and women in their early twenties not only indicates a smaller family size, but also indicates increased opportunities for women. -
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. -
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. -
06/01/1997
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Misplaced Blame - Excerpt
"The Northwest has the opportunity to demonstrate a population approach that averts growth by activating bedrock North American values."
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