STEVEN W. MOSHER was the first American social scientist to visit mainland China. He was invited there by the Chinese government, where he had access to government documents and witnessed women being forced to have abortions under the new "one-child policy." Mosher was a pro-choice atheist at the time, but witnessing these traumatic abortions led him to reconsider his convictions and to eventually become a practicing pro-life Roman Catholic.

Mosher has appeared numerous times before Congress as an expert in world population, China, and human rights abuses. He is also a prolific author who has worked tirelessly since 1979 to fight coercive population control programs and has helped hundreds of thousands of women and families worldwide over the years. Steven Mosher lives in Virginia with his wife, Vera, and their nine children.