ANALYSIS: How UN Resolutions Matter
It is often said that UN resolutions are not binding on sovereign states and therefore they are unimportant. U.S. diplomats at the United Nations know this not to be true.
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Islamic Human Rights Body Comes Out Against “Woke” Agenda
An Islamic Human Rights Commission has condemned Western efforts to impose homosexual and transgender issues internationally. Additionally, they have called on diplomats from Islamic countries to fight attempts to redefine the family.
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UN Warns of Demographic Collapse
The United Nations raised the alarm about “inevitable and irreversible” aging and low-fertility in every country, through report released earlier this month.
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Pope Francis Criticizes Western Sexual Agenda at the UN
In his annual address to foreign diplomats at the Holy See Pope Francis criticized Western countries and the UN for promoting gender ideology and abortion.
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C-Fam’s Top 5 Moments of 2022 for Life and Family at the United Nations
The deck was stacked against the unborn as 2022 came around. Pro-lifers expected a gradual retreat from traditional countries. But that is not what happened. Traditional countries stood their ground against an onslaught from the United States and the European Union.
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Five Worst Moments at the UN 2022
Each year, C-Fam lists the five worst moments at the UN in the previous 12 months. It was a pretty bad year. The U.S. under Joe Biden, and the European Union worked in concert on all of these. The unborn child and the family took the brunt of their synchronized firepower.
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ANALYSIS: The Great UN Pushback Against Gender Ideology
Delegates from powerful Western countries thought they could ram homosexual/trans issues through the General Assembly this Fall. What they discovered is increasing resistance from the developing world.
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Biden to Charge Critics of LGBT as International Criminals
In a just-released memorandum, the Biden White House opened the door to charge foreign opponents of transgender ideology with crimes against humanity.
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Opposition Growing to Woke Gender Policies at UN
Sixty-two countries revolted against the European Union and other powerful Western countries on Wednesday in the UN General Assembly. They attempted to have removed controversial language on abortion, homosexuality, and transgenderism. Their attempt failed but they are still claiming at least a partial victory in demonstrating there is no consensus at the UN on these issues.
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Developing Countries Thwart Sexual Left at UN Negotiation
In the UN social policy committee this week, traditional countries blocked an effort to undermine parents’ ability to monitor and restrict children’s access to information about homosexuality, transgender issues, and abortion.
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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)