New Western Effort to Push Abortion in Africa
WASHINGTON, D.C. January 9 (C-Fam) A new coalition to conduct abortion research and advocacy recently launched in Africa with the goal of putting an African face on an issue that…
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Nordic Governments Most Radical at UN
UNITED NATIONS, January 2 (C-Fam) When it comes to the sexual revolution, the Nordic governments continue to show they are among the most radical in the world. This was borne out again at the most recent session of the Universal Periodic Review, where governments review each other’s human rights records.
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New U.S. Human Rights Reports Classify State-Funded Abortion as Human Rights Violation
WASHINGTON, D.C. November 28 (C-Fam) Starting next year, the annual U.S. human rights reports on other governments will include criticism of state funded abortions, transgender procedures for minors, and restrictions on freedom of speech.
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Gender Ideologues Plot Removal of UN Human Rights Expert
WASHINGTON, D.C. November 21 (C-Fam) A member of the Australian government is trying to get a UN expert fired because the expert is an ongoing critic of leftist gender ideology.
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U.S. Disengages from UN Human Rights System
WASHINGTON, D.C. November 14 (C-Fam) The United States was a no-show for its scheduled appearance in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) where countries receive recommendations on their human rights records from other member states, leading to speculation that the U.S. government will entirely disengage from the UN human rights system.
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Human rights expert wants surrogacy ended
NEW YORK, New York October 17 (C-Fam) A UN human rights expert who has denounced the commodification of women and girls through prostitution and pornography has also called for the abolition of gestational surrogacy. This came in her latest report to the General Assembly.
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Trump May End Global DEI Spending
WASHINGTON, D.C. October 10 (C-Fam) The Trump administration is preparing to radically expand what used to be called Mexico City policy that bans American money from going to groups that promote or perform abortions overseas. The new policy will the eliminate funding for “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) programs.
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U.S. Blasts Gender Ideology at UN Conference
UNITED NATIONS, September 26 (C-Fam) Thirty years after First Lady Hillary Clinton famously declared “women’s rights are human rights and human rights are women’s rights,” at a landmark UN women’s conference, the U.S. criticized the UN for becoming confused about what a woman is.
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WHO Continues Attack on Conscience Rights
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a second edition of its 2022 guideline on abortion, with what appears to be the sole purpose of including harsher language against conscientious objection to the practice of abortion by health care providers.
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UN Human Rights Experts Clash Over Sex, Gender
WASHINGTON, D.C. Sep 5 (C-Fam) Collegiality among the UN’s experts on human rights is rapidly eroding over the debate around sex and gender. Last week, just over half of the 88 current special mandate holders issued a statement defending “the centrality of gender” for advancing equality and rights, in opposition to a colleague’s public stance in defense of the importance of biological sex.
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Selected Publications
Is there an ‘unmet need’ for family planning? The New Atlantis 49:2016