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The assertion that there is a vast, global “unmet need” for contraception is promoted by family planning advocates and is commonplace in international-development circles. But the claim is not supported by the facts, and it rests on shaky assumptions.

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When I saw a press release announcing UN Women, UNFPA, and OHCHR’s support for an activist judge promoting abortion in Mexico, I could not resist, and fired off a list…

Transgender No Longer Listed as Disorder by World Health Organization.

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced that its updated diagnostic manual would no longer classify “gender incongruence”—perceiving oneself to be of a different sex than what you were born—as a mental disorder. 

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Rebecca Oas, Ph.D.

July 5, 2018

Editorial: Africa and the New Imperial Masters.

Yesterday, we in the United States celebrated our independence from England. You could say that we were born from the imperialistic designs of the English.

Friday Fax

Austin Ruse

July 5, 2018

Will Trump’s UN team be bested by EU in this week’s humanitarian resolution debate?

U.S. delegation concerns over abortion in an annual UN humanitarian resolution of the Economic and Social Council prompted negotiations to be reopened this week to prevent the advancement of an…

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Stefano Gennarini, J.D.

June 13, 2018

Family planning exchange in The Guardian: pragmatism meets magical thinking

Last week, UK newspaper The Guardian published an editoral about family planning policies, raising several interesting points: China is moving toward scrapping all policies imposing family size limits.  China’s strict…

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Rebecca Oas, Ph.D.

June 11, 2018

HUMANE VITAE – SIMPLIFIED (PART I)

IYC

July 16, 2018

Digital Misogyny: Gender abuse on Female Human Rights Defenders and Activists.

IYC

July 13, 2018

UN MINUTE

UN Women Comes a Calling

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