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Abortion Advocates Ask Obama to Increase Reproductive Health Funding by More than a Billion Dollars
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) In a memo that was never meant for public viewing, a coalition of abortion advocacy groups have submitted a 55-page memo to President-elect Barack Obama…
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Pro-life Coalition at UN Delivers 437,000 Signatures in Support of Unborn and Family
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) In New York yesterday, an international pro-life and pro-family coalition delivered a petition at United Nations (UN) headquarters signed by 437,000 members of civil society…
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Proposed Honduran Pro-Family Law Inspired by Universal Declaration
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The President of the Honduran Congress, Roberto Micheletti, has introduced a pro-family bill in his country directly inspired by Article 16 of the Universal Declaration…
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300,000 Names Submitted to UN in Favor of Right to Life
Contact: Austin Ruse, President, Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM), 202 -393-7002, 202-531-3770 cell (NEW YORK) Tomorrow, December 10th, a coalition of social conservative groups from around the…
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Hillary Clinton at State Department Worries Veterans of UN Abortion Wars
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Pro-lifers are reacting with concern at President-elect Barack Obama’s selection of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. They see the appointment as foreshadowing a change…
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Series of Strong Interventions Voiced by Holy See at UN
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) In recent weeks, the Holy See has made a series of strong interventions at the United Nations (UN), upholding the dignity of human life while…
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France Circulates Draft UN Declaration on “Sexual Orientation” and “Gender Identity”
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Late last week the government of France, in its role as six-month president of the European Union (EU), began circulating a draft declaration on “sexual…
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El Salvador Rejects Anti-Family, Pro-Abortion Youth Convention
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The President of El Salvador, Elias Antonio Saca, affirmed at an Ibero-American leaders’ summit late last month that his country would not sign the Ibero-American…
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Obama Administration Expected to Expand US Relationship with UN and UN Treaties
(C-FAM – WASHINGTON, DC) The pro-abortion law group the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) has already called for President-elect Barack Obama to renew America’s commitment to “reproductive rights” which,…
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Likely Obama Supreme Court Picks’ Globalist Views Alarm Social Conservatives
(C-FAM – NEW YORK) Douglas Kmiec, the “pro-life” law professor whose outspoken stumping for Barack Obama dismayed former allies, recently speculated that the President-elect would likely tap Supreme Court Justices…
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Top German Officials Intervene to Defeat Traditional Marriage in California
Spanish version (NEW YORK – C-FAM) A coalition of 33 American organizations has formally complained to the German government about what they see as the interference of German diplomats…
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Abortion Advocates’ Attempt to Co-opt Inter-American Commission
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Two initiatives from the pro-abortion Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) landed before the Washington-based Inter-American Commission on Human Rights this week. The first was a “thematic…
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Nicaragua Pressured on Abortion
Spanish version (NEW YORK – C-FAM) In Geneva last week Nicaragua came under fire for its laws protecting the unborn. Members of the Human Rights Committee (HRC) – the…
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CEDAW Meets in Geneva and Zeroes in on Abortion
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The committee that monitors states compliance with Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) opened its latest session in Geneva…
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Strong Statements in Defense of the Unborn and the Family Voiced at UN
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) At the United Nations (UN) this week the nations of Malta and Fiji issued forceful interventions in defense of the unborn and the traditional family,…
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New UN Document Promotes Controversial “Right” to Health
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) A recently released document from the United Nation's (UN) top health and human rights agencies promotes a litigious approach to enforcing controversial new rights through…
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Democratic Platform Promises More Abortion Overseas/Republicans Reject Pro-Abortion UN Treaties
(WASHINGTON, DC – C-FAM) The platforms of the two major American parties show a stark difference in how each presidential candidate would approach United Nations (UN) issues. The Republican…
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President of Pro-life Chile Pushes UN Abortion Language
SPANISH (NEW YORK – C-FAM) At the United Nations (UN) last week, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet touted support for a Latin American and Caribbean region initiative to “provide better…
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Bachelet Preocupa a los Pro-Vida con Discurso Pro-Abortista en la ONU
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Este fin de semana pasado en la ONU, la presidente de Chile, Michelle Bachellet promovió con entusiasmo la iniciativa para la región Latinoamérica y el…
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Resolution Condemning UN Committees Introduced in US House of Representatives
(WASHINGTON, DC – C-FAM) A resolution was introduced in the United States House of Representatives this week condemning two United Nations committees. The non-binding resolution was introduced by Republican…
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Top UN Official Applauds Plummeting Births, Calls for Protection of Sodomy
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) At United Nations headquarters last week, UN Population Fund (UNFPA) executive director Thoraya Obaid called for more funding for population programs, including reducing fertility, promoting…
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A Year Later, Global “Safe Abortion” Campaign Yields Little Support
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) After nearly a year of soliciting signatures as part of a campaign for global “safe abortion,” Marie Stopes International has little to show for it. Fewer…
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International Planned Parenthood Abortion Primer Distorts International Law
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), the global abortion provider co-founded by US-based Planned Parenthood Federation of America, recently issued a primer to help affiliated…
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France to Push Homosexual Rights at the UN General Assembly
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Rama Yade, France’s Junior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights, this week announced that her country intends to submit a draft “declaration”…
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CEDAW Committee Abortion Misinterpretations Infect Human Rights Committee
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Last week, the Office for the High Commissioner on Human Rights, which is responsible for overseeing treaty compliance committees, released the concluding observations of the…
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