Foreign Abortion Groups Worry New U.S. Congress will Establish Limits
When President Obama rescinded the Mexico City Policy six years ago—one week after his inauguration – he opened the financial floodgates to wealthy abortion providers like Marie Stopes International, International Planned Parenthood Federation, and Population Connection, formerly known as Zero Population Growth.
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New York Times Whitewashes Dangerous Contraceptive for Poor Women
Big pharma, a rich philanthropist, government aid and a children’s non-profit announced yesterday that they would make a controversial injectable contraceptive more widely available to poor women in developing countries….
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USAIDs Family Planning Incentive Program Problematic
In the last week two troubling reports of coercive family planning programs in developing counties have surfaced. A mass sterilization program in India left several women dead and hospitalized. And…
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Congress Should Investigate Tainted Tetanus Vaccine Sterilizing Kenyan Women
A UNICEF/WHO tetanus program in Kenya which Kenyan Catholic bishops have criticized for being a disguised population reduction method has proven to have merit. MaterCare International announced this week that doctors…
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Pediatric Academy Recommends Harmful Implant Contraceptive for Girls
The American Academy of Pediatrics gets it wrong again placing politics over health. A post at the Kaiser Health foundation reports that long-acting contraceptive use among teens has been successful…
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IPPF Director Challenged on Harmful Contraceptives for African Women
A High Level event at the United Nations this week abruptly ended when a women’s rights attorney directed a question to International Planned Parenthood Federation’s Director General about why harmful…
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What Babatunde Didn’t Tell Ugandan Youth
At a recent Family Planning Conference in Kampala co-hosted by Uganda’s Ministry of Health and UNFPA, sexual health advocates and development partners addressed young people on access and information for modern…
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USAID Sends $146 Million More to Overseas Abortion Groups
The funding stream to abortion clinics continues with the US government awarding $146 million to two of the largest international abortion groups — International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and…
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Senate Hearing on IVAWA and CEDAW Conveniently Omit Abortion Expansion
At a recent hearing in a Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee the topic of gender based violence was discussed with all witnesses advocating for the ratification of the UN Women’s treaty…
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US Lawmakers, Abortion Groups use Nigerian Kidnapping for Political Gain
Last week US lawmakers used the Nigerian kidnapping crisis to introduce the latest version of the International Violence Against Women Act…
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