Rebecca Oas, Ph.D.

Rebecca Oas is the Director of Research for the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) in Washington, D.C.

Before joining C-Fam, Rebecca earned her doctorate in Genetics and Molecular Biology at Emory University.  She has written for Human Life International as a Fellow of HLI America and is has served as a Contributing Editor for HLI.

Among her focus areas are global maternal and child health and family planning, and her articles on these topics have appeared in such publications as the New Atlantis, the Hill, and the Christian Journal of Global Health.

Rebecca is a graduate of Michigan State University and currently lives in Arlington, Virginia.

UN Experts Ask for Prosecution of P*rn Platform

WASHINGTON, D.C. May 22 (C-Fam) Two UN human rights experts are raising the alarm about how pornography sites, technology platforms, and payment networks are causing the exploitation of women and girls.

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Prostitutes Outraged at Conference Cancellation

WASHINGTON, D.C. May 15 (C-Fam) A human rights conference in Zambia was abruptly cancelled this week under pressure from the Chinese government. The action has sparked outrage from various NGOs that advocate for prostitution, abortion, and gender ideology.

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Congresswoman Misleads about UNFPA and Abortion

WASHINGTON, D.C. May 8 (C-Fam) At a hearing on UN reform in the U.S. House last week, Representative Madeleine Dean (D-PA) gave false information about the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and abortion.

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Did SPLC Receive Federal Funds?

WASHINGTON, D.C. May 1 (C-Fam) The Southern Poverty Law Center is under federal indictment for money laundering, and one of the questions that has arisen is how much money the left-wing group has received from the federal government.

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SPLC Indicted for Fraud and Money Laundering

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 24 (C-Fam) The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has been indicted on federal fraud charges, including money laundering.  According to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the organization had been secretly paying leaders of the very “hate” groups it was publicly tracking: “paying sources to stoke racial hatred.”

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UN Considers Merging Major Agencies

The UN is considering merging the UN Population Fund and UN Women as part of a broader overhaul of the UN system to reduce costs and streamline operations.  However, feminist groups are strongly opposed to the proposed merger, arguing that it would mark a reversal of their progress.

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Pro-Life Optimism Abounds at Women’s Commission

UNITED NATIONS March 13 (C-Fam) There is a spirit of optimism and momentum among conservative advocates gathered at the annual UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). This optimism has been bolstered by the U.S.’s leadership at the UN this week, both in negotiations and in participation in side events with civil society.

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Argentina Pushes Back on Treaty Body Overreach

WASHINGTON, D.C. February 27 (C-Fam) The government of Argentina has taken a UN human rights treaty body to task because it promoted abortion as a human right, as well as other controversial elements not in the treaty under consideration.

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UN Expert Criticizes UK on Sex and Gender

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb 13) Last year, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ruled that the word “sex” refers to biological sex in the country’s nondiscrimination law.  However, a UN human rights expert says this ruling is not being effectively implemented.

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UN Agencies Call to Censor Pro-Life Speech

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 6 (C-Fam) Digital platforms should be held accountable for allowing misinformation on abortion. These agencies working in tandem say pro-life speech is tantamount to “misinformation” and should be stopped.

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