New WHO Guidance Calls for Injectable Contraceptives for Kids
NEW YORK, May 23 (C-Fam) The World Health Organization (WHO) released a new guideline on preventing adolescent pregnancies in low and middle-income countries. The proposed framework advances a vision of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for young people that promotes controversial ideas, and norm changes inconsistent with what governments have agreed to.
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U.S. absent as World Health Assembly adopts pandemic treaty
WASHINGTON, D.C. May 23 (C-Fam) The governing body of the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted the text of a pandemic agreement that has been under negotiation since the COVID-19 pandemic. Notably absent from the meeting was the United States, which withdrew from the WHO following the election of President Donald Trump earlier this year.
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Former USAID Chiefs Attack Critics, Defend USAID Promotion of Abortion
WASHINGTON, D.C. May 9 (C-Fam) Seven former directors of USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health have sent a letter to Congress attacking the characterization of USAID employees as “radical leftists” and defending the funding of international family planning.
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New Study Shows Massive Harms from Abortion Pills
WASHINGTON D.C., May 2 (C-Fam) New data reveals that women suffer serious adverse effects following chemical abortions, at least 22 times more frequently than what is claimed on the label for the abortion drug mifepristone.
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Strong Pro-Life Statement at UN Commission
NEW YORK, April 18 (C-Fam) Civil society NGOs were allowed to make statements to the just-concluded UN Commission on Population and Development (CPD). Many were delivered by frustrated abortion activists but included at least one call to defend the unborn child.
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UN Big Berates Pro-Lifer for “Misinformation”
NEW YORK, April 11 (C-Fam) The head of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) berated a Canadian pro-lifer for her comments on abortion. This happened at an event in conjunction with…
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The “anti-rights” campaign at the UN Heats Up
NEW YORK, March 28 (C-Fam) As the successes of conservative movements at the UN have become impossible for progressives to ignore, gatekeepers throughout the UN system have increasingly closed ranks against what they derisively refer to as the “backlash” and “pushback” from so-called “anti-rights” groups.
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Feminists Outraged at UN Loss, Presence of Pro-Life Groups
UNITED NATIONS, March 14 (C-Fam) The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), one of the UN’s largest annual feminist gathering, has seen a dramatic mood shift, largely because of the change in U.S. leadership.
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Statement: Commission on the Status of Women cannot be revitalized without conservative group participation
WASHINGTON, D.C. (C-Fam) A group of pro-life and pro-family civil society organizations delivered a joint statement calling attention to recent attempts to constrain conservative participation in UN processes, particularly the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
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Report Reveals Vast Divide on Gender Between UN Agencies, Member States
WASHINGTON, D.C. February 28 (C-Fam) As the UN prepares to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the landmark Beijing women’s conference, a new report from the Secretary-General raises a key question: are member states being asked to reaffirm what they agreed to in 1995 or an entirely disconnected and controversial agenda being pushed by the UN’s agencies?
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Selected Publications
Is there an ‘unmet need’ for family planning? The New Atlantis 49:2016