Abortion Groups Prey on Refugee Women
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims fled to Bangladesh to escape violence and persecution in Myanmar, including a decade-long two-child policy directed at their community.
Friday Fax
No Matter the Question, Contraception’s the Answer
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 13 (C-Fam) Family planning advocates are working hard to position contraceptives as the key to achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As an event on Tuesday…
Friday Fax
Transgender No Longer Listed as Disorder by World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced that its updated diagnostic manual would no longer classify “gender incongruence”—perceiving oneself to be of a different sex than what you were born—as a mental disorder.
Friday Fax
U.S. Slaps Down Abortion Language at G7 Negotiations
In the lead-up to this year’s G7 summit in Quebec, Canadian officials were explicit: women and children were going to be central, and an essential component of their health and empowerment is abortion.
Friday Fax
Family planning exchange in The Guardian: pragmatism meets magical thinking
Last week, UK newspaper The Guardian published an editoral about family planning policies, raising several interesting points: China is moving toward scrapping all policies imposing family size limits. China’s strict…
Turtle Bay
Abortion Groups Complain U.S. Policy is Hurting Abortion Overseas
For decades, the global abortion lobby has worked hard to embed abortion advocacy within a wide array of projects and agendas, from maternal health to global peace and security to humanitarian relief.
Friday Fax
Capitol Hill Event Examines Intersection Between Human Trafficking and Health
Washington, D.C., May 18 (C-Fam) Women and girls trafficked for sex suffer a wide range of physical health problems resulting from repeated acts of violence and rape, and bear an…
Friday Fax
Lancet, Guttmacher Publish Abortion-Centered Wish List Ahead of World Health Assembly
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 11 (C-Fam) Advocates for abortion and “sexual rights” have worked for decades to advance their agenda at international institutions, but have never won global consensus. This week…
Friday Fax
Pots, Kettles, and Unintended Pregnancies
When the United Nations Population Fund released its flagship report “State of World Population” last fall, my attention was drawn to one particular page: The words “43% of pregnancies in…
Turtle Bay
Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancies: Promise or Pretext?
As discussed in last week’s Friday Fax, “healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies” (HTSP) has become accepted as both the most acceptable rationale for the promotion of family planning by…
Turtle Bay
Selected Publications
Is there an ‘unmet need’ for family planning? The New Atlantis 49:2016