UNFPA Solution to Low Fertility: Legal Abortion, Family Redefinition
WASHINGTON, D.C. June 13 (C-Fam) The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) launched its flagship annual State of World Population report this week. While this year’s report examined the causes of…
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Massive New Database Exposes Extent of Abortion/SOGI Pressure from UN Bodies
WASHINGTON, DC, June 13 (C-Fam) Countries around the world are under pressure to liberalize their abortion laws and enshrine special protections and recognition on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) in their laws and policies, all in the name of human rights.
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Bangladesh accused of coercing Rohingya women to use contraceptives
WASHINGTON, D.C. June 6 (C-Fam) It is reported that Rohingya women, Muslim refugees from genocide in Myanmar, are being coerced by Bangladeshi officials to use contraceptives. The coercion is reported to be taking place in Cox’s Bazar, a port city in southeastern Bangladesh.
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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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Selected Publications
Is there an ‘unmet need’ for family planning? The New Atlantis 49:2016