Lisa Correnti

Lisa joined C-Fam in 2010 and now works as the organizations Executive Vice President dividing her time in both the Washington DC and New York offices.

Lisa is passionate about helping women and children around the world. Her area of focus is human rights and international development concentrating on the advancement and protection of women and children by promoting policy that recognizes the importance of strong families, optimal healthcare, quality education and economic opportunities. She monitors and advises on bilateral and multilateral policy assuring first-most that the dignity of the human person is always respected.

Lisa served on the United States delegation for the 2017 Commission on the Status of Women as a public delegate.

Prior to joining C-Fam, Lisa worked to promote policy that respects parental authority and protects women from the harm of abortion engaging in political activism at both the state and national level.  Lisa was the regional director for a parental notification bill in California, campaign manager for a pro-life congressional candidate, director of the Catholic Working Group, a Catholic outreach effort at the 2008 GOP convention, California Catholic state co-chair for McCain/Palin and national Catholic coalition leader for Bush/Cheney ’04.

Lisa founded OneNationUnderGod.org, a Catholic faith and politics blog that encouraged engagement in the public square by educating on the social teachings of the Church.

Lisa is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University. She and her husband Mark have seven adult children and eleven grandchildren. They live on Maryland’s eastern shore.

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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News Analysis: The Challenges of a Pro-Life Administration at the United Nations

Over the past four years the Trump administration has fought abortion at the UN like no previous Republican administration.

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Abortion hysteria follows SCOTUS appointment

According to abortion groups the sky is falling—yes, that’s what will happen if President Trump’s nominee Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court, they say. Not only could…

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Trump Administration Moves to Close Abortion Funding Loopholes Overseas

The Trump administration is taking additional steps to ensure foreign organizations that perform or promote abortion as a method of family planning do not receive U.S. taxpayer funding.

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Advocate for Teen Prostitution Takes Top UN Post

The United Nations has appointed as its top expert on health and human rights a former abortionist who advocates for teen prostitution.

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Report: US Policy of Keeping Abortion Out of Global Health is Largely Successful

On Tuesday, the U.S. agencies released a report on President Trump’s controversial foreign assistance policy that purports to provide quality health care overseas while keeping pro-abortion groups out of the funding loop.

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U.S. Ambassador Sets the Record Straight on Abortion and Global Women’s Rights under Trump

Trump administration officials appeared at a hearing before the Subcommittee on National Security last week to provide Congressional members an update on the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Act.

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