Stefano Gennarini, J.D.

Stefano Gennarini is the Vice President for Legal Studies at the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam).

He represents C-Fam at UN headquarters in New York and researches and writes on international law and policy. UN delegations and pro-family advocates around the world rely on his reports and advice. He oversees the Edmund Burke Fellowship. His writing has been published by The Federalist, Public Discourse, First Things, the National Catholic Register, the American Spectator and other publications. He has been interviewed by the New York Times, NPR, Relevant Radio, the Washington Post and other news outlets.

Stefano earned a Juris Doctor from Notre Dame Law School in Indiana in 2011 and was a Blackstone Legal Fellow in 2009. Before attending law school, Stefano trained to be a priest at the Redemptoris House of Formation in London. Stefano lived and worked in the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Nigeria, the Carribean, and the Middle East. He is fluent in Italian and Spanish.

Stefano lives in New Jersey with his wife Elizabeth Marie, and their nine children. He stopped tweeting to spend more time with them.

EU Parliament Attacks U.S. Supreme Court

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution attacking the U.S. Supreme Court and pro-life Americans for efforts to overturn the federal abortion regime in the United States.

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European Union Backs UN Resolution to Make Abortion a Human Right

The European Union is stealthily backing a UN resolution to declare a human right to “safe abortion.”

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Global South Revolts Against Western Sexual Agenda at World Health Assembly

In a statement of defiance against Western pressure on sexual mores, over 120 countries rejected a U.S.-backed global strategy to address HIV/AIDS because it promotes the homosexual/trans agenda and sexual autonomy for children.

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ANALYSIS: Global Rule by Experts is a Reality and a Risk to Self-Government

The World Health Assembly has voted to give the World Health Organization significantly more money from member states. However, the body is still negotiating whether to give more powers to the agency’s experts in health emergencies.

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Colombia Joins Pro-Life Geneva Consensus Declaration

The government of Colombia joined the Geneva Consensus Declaration, a pro-life and pro-family diplomatic agreement launched under the Trump administration, to fight back attempts to make abortion a human right and redefine the family.

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Biden Administration Wants More Powers for International Health Experts

The Biden administration intends to give the World Health Organization greater powers to define and monitor pandemic readiness policies, powers that will extend deep into American healthcare, and will be used to promote abortion.

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Lengthy Report Details U.S. Pressure on Homosexual/Trans Issues Overseas

The U.S. State Department has released a lengthy and detailed report on the pressure placed by the U.S. government on foreign governments and their citizens in order to promote homosexual/trans issues.

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Sexual Left Loses Ground at UN Population Commission

International supporters of homosexuality and transgenderism lost ground in a UN agreement adopted today. The agreement left out even ambiguous language promoting sexual autonomy and diversity that was included in recent UN agreements.

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Biden Will Try to Break UN Stalemate on LGBT Issues and Abortion

All eyes will be on the Biden administration next week, as it attempts to break the deadlock in UN social policy debates about abortion, LGBT issues, and sexual mores generally at the UN Commission on Population and Development.

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C-Fam Protests Feminist Lobby Group AWID After Threats in UN Meeting

The Center for Family and Human Rights, publisher of the Friday Fax, submitted a formal complaint against an international feminist lobby group after it threatened and attempted to intimidate C-Fam personnel during a United Nations meeting.

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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)