UN Agencies Pressure Malawi to Liberalize Abortion Laws
Legislators in Malawi are facing heavy pressure to liberalize the country’s abortion laws during the current parliamentary session.
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Dubious Data Used to Promote Abortion Bill in Kenya
For the second time the Kenya Senate is considering a “reproductive health” bill that would promote abortion, jeopardize the conscience rights of health care providers, and enshrine in law a right to assisted reproductive technology, including surrogacy.
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USAID Gender Policy Emphasizes Women and Girls Rather than Trans
The Trump administration struck at the heart of gender ideology in a new draft policy released last week by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
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Report: US Policy of Keeping Abortion Out of Global Health is Largely Successful
On Tuesday, the U.S. agencies released a report on President Trump’s controversial foreign assistance policy that purports to provide quality health care overseas while keeping pro-abortion groups out of the funding loop.
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Congress Calls on Trump Administration to Block U.S. Funds from UN Abortion Activities
Sixty members from both houses of the U.S. Congress sent a letter to the acting head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) urging the agency not to fund pro-abortion activities at the UN.
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Cash-Strapped Treaty Bodies Expand Pro-Abortion Lobbying Amid Calls for Reform
Last week, the chairmen of the committees monitoring compliance with the UN’s human rights treaties issued a warning that their work is threatened by underfunding.
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Democrats Take Aim at Longstanding Law Holding Back Global Abortion Lobby
For almost fifty years, U.S. law backed by bi-partisan consensus has prohibited U.S. funding from being used to provide or promote abortion overseas.
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U.S. Lawmakers Renew Interest in Defunding UN Bodies Over Abortion
Funding for foreign aid cannot be used to lobby for or against abortion, according to U.S. law.
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Human Rights Council Approves Abortionist as Special Expert on Right to Health
The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva recently approved the appointment of South African doctor Tlaleng Mofokeng as Special Rapporteur on the right to health.
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U.S. Submits Notice of Withdrawal from WHO
The Trump administration submitted its formal notice of withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) this week, to take effect in one year.
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Selected Publications
Is there an ‘unmet need’ for family planning? The New Atlantis 49:2016