Another Radical Feminist for Secretary General
UNITED NATIONS, June 19 (C-Fam) The field is set in the race to select the next UN Secretary General. Maria Fernanda Espinoza of Ecuador, a UN insider and leader of the anti-Trump backlash in his first term, is the latest to enter the fray.
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US Still Funds Worst of the Woke Overseas
UNITED NATIONS, June 5 (C-Fam) The UN agency for emergency humanitarian assistance is still giving U.S. funds to groups that promote abortion, gender ideology, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) abroad, prompting questions about whether the Trump administration has given the UN a waiver on its Mexico City Policy, which forbids such funding.
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Rightward Shift in Latin America Could Bolster Pro-Life at UN
UNITED NATIONS, May 29 (C-Fam) A political shift to the right across Latin America could threaten the left-wing UN consensus on abortion, gender, climate, and migration for the first time in two generations.
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Gays/Trans Say Family Groups Threaten Democracy
UNITED NATIONS, May 22 (C-Fam) The UN LGBT Core Group — 46 mostly Western states— has warned that conservative pro-family groups are a global threat to democracy.
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EU Commission Wants Centralized Censorship
NEW YORK, May 8 (C-Fam) The all-powerful EU Commission has requested a feasibility study on ways to give it direct control over the flow of information and the development of software across all technology platforms in Europe. The study, published last week, found that censoring all content simultaneously across all technology companies in Europe is feasible.
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Lead UN Candidate Doubles Down on Abortion
UNITED NATIONS, April 24 (C-Fam) For at least two decades, pro-abortion Chilean politician Michelle Bachelet has been angling to be the UN Secretary General. She is one step closer and could very well be elected this summer. She was before the General Assembly this week, answering questions.
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Pro-Lifers Win Again at UN Conference
UNITED NATIONS, April 17 (C-Fam) Pro-lifers chalked up another win at the United Nations this week as the chairman of the UN Commission on Population and Development refused to put a document forward for approval. He objected to the European efforts to load up the document with abortion and gender ideology.
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Democrats Propose Woke Foreign Policy
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 10 (C-Fam) A bill on international disability rights introduced by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) would make diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) a permanent priority of U.S. foreign policy. It would also include programming to promote gender ideology and abortion.
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EU Calls for More Censorship at UN Commission
UNITED NATIONS, April 3 (C-Fam) The UN Commission on Population and Development is underway, and the European Union has called for censorship on social policies like abortion, transgender issues, and migration.
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Radical Feminist May Soon Head United Nations
UNITED NATIONS, March 27 (C-Fam) A congressional letter is asking the U.S. to veto the nomination of Chilean Michelle Bachelet to be the next UN Secretary General because of her longstanding and aggressive sexual leftism.
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ESSAYS AND COMMENTARY
UN ‘Gender’ Treaty Would Wage International Lawfare Against People Who Believe Men And Women Are Different, The Federalist (December 9, 2024)
What If Our Ruling Class Has Women’s Workforce Participation And GDP All Wrong?, The Federalist (August 28, 2023)
Hungary and Poland Should Stand Against the EU’s Sexual Imperialism, The European Conservative (July 16, 2023)
The United Nations Meddles in US Abortion Law, The American Spectator (October 13, 2021)
American Conservatives Should Take the United Nations Seriously, Public Discourse (March 10, 2021)
Will European Nationalists Ever Stop LGBT and Pro-Abortion EU Diplomacy?, Public Discourse (September 1, 2020)
Why the U.S. Commission on Unalienable Rights Should Not Ignore Abortion, Public Discourse (August 11, 2020)
Can Unalienable Rights Be Rescued from Human Rights?, Public Discourse (July 15, 2019)
The International Implications of Overturning Roe v. Wade, Public Discourse (February 22, 2019)
The Conservative Disadvantage, Public Discourse (February 7, 2019)
Abortion: The Original Sin of the United Nations’ Human Rights Project, Public Discourse (January 8, 2019)
Nikki Haley’s Pro-Life Dilemma at the UN, The Stream (June 12, 2018)
The Trump Administration Must Keep Abortion Out of International Law and Policy, Public Discourse (June 4, 2018)
The Future of the Pro-Life Movement is in Africa, Public Discourse (April 12, 2018)
Beyond Roe: A Global Roadmap for the Pro-Life Movement, Public Discourse (February 14, 2018)
How Their Refusal To Tolerate Dissent Is Creating A Global Backlash Against LGBT People, The Federalist (January 11, 2018)
The Problem with Pro-Life “Lite”, The Stream (November 12, 2017)
Rules for (Pro-Life) Radicals, The Stream (November 1, 2017)
What Happened at the Vatican’s Bio-Extinction Conference, Catholic World Report (September 21, 2017)
Can We Stop an International Roe v. Wade?, Public Discourse (September 13, 2017)
And LGBT Roadmap for President Trump, The Stream (July 29, 2017)
Spadaro’s American Christian Straw Man, The Stream (July 21, 2017)
The Paris Accord Epitomizes Why All Bureaucrats Need Term Limits, The Federalist (June 5, 2017)
The Genius of the Mexico City Policy and the Pro-Life Legacy of President Trump, Public Discourse (May 17, 2017)
Population Control Ideologue Paul Ehrlich Speaks at the Vatican, The Stream (February 27, 2017)
We Must Fight the Global War on Marriage, The Stream (October 3, 2016)
One Year Since Obergefell Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace, The Stream (June 25, 2016)
Pope Francis and the Human-Rights Issue of Our Time, National Catholic Register (September 25, 2015)
“Reproductive Health” is a Trojan Horse, First Things, First Thoughts (July 1, 2015)
The Wrong Way to Respond to Critics, First Things, Web Exclusives (May 29, 2015)
Allow Abortion—Or You’re Guilty of Torture, First Things, Web Exclusives (May 13, 2014)
A Strong Note of Caution on Reproductive Health and Family Planning, First Things, Web Exclusives (May 16, 2012) (Austin Ruse, co-author)
IN THE NEWS
Training the Next Generation of U.N. Pro-Life Advocates, National Catholic Register (January 19, 2015)
Officials Denounce Claims that Kenyan Vaccine Meant for Population Control, The Washington Times (November 14, 2014)
Weighing a Catholic Change for LGBT and Divorcees, NPR OnPoint with Tom Ashbrook, (October 16, 2014)
U.N. Panel Says Vatican is Lax Over Abusive Priests, New York Times (May 23, 2014)
U.N. Committee to Vatican: Change Church Teaching, National Catholic Register (February 8, 2014)
UN Abuse Report: From Policy to Ideology, Zenit.org (February 6, 2014)
BOOK CHAPTERS
The diffusion of sexual and reproductive rights through the UN human rights framework, in Aleksander Stepkowski (ed.), PROTECTION OF HUMAN LIFE IN ITS EARLY STAGE: INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATIONS AND MEANS (Peter Lang Editions 2014) (link)