Amnesty International Says Abortionists are Human Rights Defenders
Amnesty International and a group of other pro-abortion organizations say abortionists deserve special protection as “human rights defenders,” despite the fact that there is no international human right to abortion.
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UN Official Warns Against Banning “Conversion Therapy”
The UN special rapporteur on preventing violence against women and girls has taken several stances in stark opposition to many of her peers in the UN human rights system, including her calls to eliminate prostitution and pornography and her skeptical position on gender ideology.
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UN Committee Says Abortion is a Race Issue
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has issued a recommendation that that the committee will promote abortion in the name of racial equality.
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CEDAW Committee Orders Poland to Recognize Fundamental Right to Abortion
The UN treaty body that focuses on women’s rights published a report this week accusing Poland of violating women’s rights by restricting abortion. The CEDAW Committee called on Poland to support “the right to abortion as a fundamental right” and adopt standards in line with the guidelines of the World Health Organization, including “total decriminalization and legalization of abortion.”
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Feminists Groups Criticize UN on Gender Ideology and Surrogacy
Feminist groups have recently written two open letters criticizing UN agencies for their promotion of surrogacy. They have further complained about being called “anti-rights” for opposing gender ideology.
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OAS Creates New Position on Prostitute Rights
The Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS) announced the appointment of a lesbian activist to the newly-created position of OAS Commissioner for the Rights of Sex Workers.
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UN Experts Renew Country Pressure on Abortion and Trans
So far this year, the UN women’s rights committee has pressured thirteen countries to liberalize their abortion laws. The committee also urged countries to define discrimination against women as including transgender-identifying persons and expand access to assisted reproductive technologies.
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“Billboard Chris:” A Canadian Dad Calmly Confronting Gender Ideology
He has faced screaming mobs, been violently assaulted, had his posts censored on social media, was described as a “far right activist” by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “Hatewatch” newsletter for his advocacy to protect children from harmful gender ideology.
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Human Rights Expert Advocates Abolishing Prostitution/Abortion Groups Upset
Quite surprisingly, a UN human rights expert has issued a report advocating the abolition of prostitution. In addition, she calls for countries to abolish pornography and criminalize its possession and production.
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UNFPA report proposes a right to surrogacy
WASHINGTON, D.C. June 14 (C-Fam) A new policy paper from the United Nations Population Fund suggests that gestational surrogacy—including commercial surrogacy—should be considered a part of “comprehensive family planning”—and potentially as a human right.
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Selected Publications
Is there an ‘unmet need’ for family planning? The New Atlantis 49:2016