U.S. House Passes Foreign Aid Bill that Will Fund Abortion Overseas
The U.S. House led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi passed for the first time an overseas funding bill that stripped longstanding pro-life protections which prevented U.S. taxpayer funding for abortion. “We…
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Feminist Camps Clash Over Gender Ideology, Decriminalizing Prostitution
A monumental gathering of gender equality stakeholders garnered $40 billion in commitments.
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U.S. Lawmakers Spar over Abortion Funding in Foreign Aid Bill
Democrat lawmakers cleared preliminary hurdles moving the 2022 foreign aid funding bill through committee despite fierce opposition from Republicans for the removal of federal restrictions on overseas abortion funding.
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Biden Asks Congress to Bypass Federal Restrictions on Abortion Funding Overseas
The White House’s 2022 budget proposal attempts to bypass politically popular federal restrictions on abortion funding abroad.
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Biden Administration Silent on Prostitution in UN Debate
The Biden administration appears to be signing off on language supporting the decriminalization of prostitution and illegal drugs in a draft resolution by the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) that will guide UN programming for the next five years.
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Letter Revealed Announcing U.S. Withdrawal from Pro-Life Declaration
The Biden administration sent a letter to UN ambassadors announcing U.S. withdrawal from an historic pro-life declaration initiated by the Trump administration and co-sponsored by countries representing regions all over the world.
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U.S. and EU Delegations Bully and Make False Claims About Smaller States
EU and U.S. diplomats accused their counterparts from pro-family countries of turning against women’s rights and of acting in bad faith at the close of the UN Commission on the Status of Women last week. Media outlets around the world echoed this narrative uncritically.
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VP Harris Avoids Controversy in UN Speech but Behind the Scenes U.S. Pushes for Abortion
Vice President Kamala Harris steered clear of abortion and LGBT rights in her UN debut, even though the hot-button topics were priorities for U.S diplomats in UN negotiations this week.
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Trump Administration Condemns Chinese Claims about Forced Sterilization and Abortion
The Chinese government released a study claiming that “in the process of eradicating extremism” that Uyghur women had been “emancipated” from being “baby making machines.”
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Trump’s Parting Gift to Poor Women Overseas Thwarted by Abortion Extremism
Vulnerable women around the world came close to being permanent beneficiaries of a Trump administration initiative on economic empowerment, but the bill was pulled when Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused to accept abortion neutral language.
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