The Population Research Institute was founded in 1989 by Paul Marx (1920–2010), a family sociologist, Catholic priest and Benedictine monk who had established the anti-abortion[2] group Human Life International as well.
[3] The same year, the think tank got headed by Steven W. Mosher,[3][4] a social researcher and author who had witnessed forced abortions in China during the implementation of the one-child policy in 1980.
[2] Mosher also advocated against the Chinese two-child policy, claiming that it was "being pushed to the masses through the Communist Party mechanism".
[7] PRI obtains the vast majority of its funding from charitable contributions, gifts, and grants, with a total revenue of 1.46 million dollars in financial year 2018.
[1] The institute has received funding from The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc., claimed to be in support of conferences on human rights in China.