Foreign Operations bill advances with pro-life protections and UN oversight requirements
WASHINGTON D.C., August 1 (C-Fam) The U.S. foreign operations bill advanced toward passage last week in the House of Representatives, maintaining the inclusion of pro-life provisions and mandating oversight on…
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U.S. Rejects International Health Regulations Championed by Biden, With Italy and Israel
WASHINGTON DC, July 25 (C-FAM) The Trump administration rejected a set of amendments to the International Health Regulations, a key part of the Biden-backed World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic response framework. Italy and Israel joined the Trump administration in rejecting the amendments.
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Has the U.S. Disengaged from the Universal Periodic Review?
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 18 (C-Fam) The United States is scheduled to have its human rights record reviewed by UN member states later this year as part of a process called…
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When Pro-Life Countries Surrender: Evidence from Human Rights Database
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 11 (C-Fam) C-Fam’s new human rights database shows how pressure on pro-life countries does not diminish once they allow abortion. It increases until they allow abortion on demand and become radicalized abortion advocates themselves.
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C-Fam Human Rights Database Provides Window into Human Rights Priorities
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a process whereby individual governments at the UN give each other recommendations on how to improve their human rights records. C-Fam’s human rights database offers a window into governments’ human rights priorities on social issues, both in terms of what they say and what they do not say.
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C-Fam Database Shows Increased Treaty Body Pressure on Abortion/Gender
WASHINGTON, D.C. June 20 (C-Fam) C-Fam’s massive human rights database tracks the ways in which human rights mechanisms are used to pressure countries to liberalize their abortion laws and legally recognize and promote gender ideology. The database, which went online last year, also reveals the ways in which this pressure has grown and changed over the years.
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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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Selected Publications
Is there an ‘unmet need’ for family planning? The New Atlantis 49:2016