UN Population Projections See Global Fertility Decline
Global population will peak sooner and at lower levels than previously thought, according to the latest UN population projections.
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Is U.S. Dobbs Decision Affecting the Global Abortion Debate?
The UK government quietly removed abortion friendly language from a statement on religious freedom. It has drawn a strong rebuke from the sexual left that worries the recent Dobbs decision overturning the federal abortion regime in the United States may be causing negative reverberations around the world.
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WHO Announces Plan to Mainstream Gender Ideology
The Word Health Organization (WHO) announced it is updating its manual on “gender mainstreaming” claiming that “gender identity exists on a continuum and that sex is not limited to male or female.”
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U.S. House Tries to Codify Roe v. Wade Again, Bill Heads to the Senate
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) today, legislation that cites the non-binding opinions of UN human rights treaty monitoring bodies that abortion be “accessible” and “affordable” and condemning restrictions and barriers to abortion.
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Biden Administration and UNFPA Denounce Dobbs Ruling at D.C. Event
The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a national right to abortion was foremost in everyone’s mind at an event launching the UN Population Fund’s latest flagship report.
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Rich White Sweden Targets Poor Black Africa
Sweden, along with other Nordic countries, have been longtime leaders in the effort to create an international human right to abortion. A recently launched strategy document from the Swedish government outlines its plan to push “sexual and reproductive health and rights” (SRHR)—including abortion—in the African region.
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UN Bureaucrats Lash Out Angrily at U.S. Abortion Ruling
UN bureaucrats and human rights experts lost no time in denouncing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the almost-fifty-year-old ruling that made abortion on demand the law of the U.S.
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What Effect Will Dobbs Have on the International Abortion Debate?
It’s not just Americans on needles and pins about the impending Supreme Court decision that may overturn the federal abortion regime established with the Roe v. Wade decision from 1973. Foreigners are watching and waiting, too.
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UN Human Rights Chief Bashes U.S. on Abortion
Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, criticized the U.S. for the expectation that the Supreme Court will overturn the federal abortion regime. At the same time, Bachelet praised Latin American countries that have recently liberalized their abortion laws.
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Racist Population Control Polices Impede Access to Optimal Health
The UN’s special expert on the right to health, who has generated controversy for her prior work as an abortionist and her advocacy of prostitution, has announced that her next annual report will focus on the effect of racism on health worldwide.
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Selected Publications
Is there an ‘unmet need’ for family planning? The New Atlantis 49:2016