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Unfounded Population Fears Result in New UN Campaign Messaging

NEW YORK, July 14 (C-FAM) Messaging tied to a major new UN campaign reveals that the catastrophic fears common among population experts in the past 40 years regarding overpopulation and…

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UN Women’s Flagship Report Encourages Radical Feminist Litigation

NEW YORK, July 14, 2011 (CFAM) Supporting advocates of legal abortions and lesbian rights is among the priorities of the newest UN super-agency, UN Women, evidenced in their first major…

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European Court Could Rule Against Traditional Marriage

LUXEMBOURG, March 3 (C-FAM) Legal experts warn that a European court is on the verge of issuing an ruling that Germany’s constitutional laws protecting marriage and the family violate EU…

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New IPPF Sex Guides Issued For Youth

NEW YORK, July 7 (C-FAM) In advance of the UN youth conference later this month, the International Planned Parenthood Federation released two new publications on abortion and sexual rights for…

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Schools Need to Teach Orgasms Say US Teachers to UN

NEW YORK, March 3 (C-FAM) Graphic sex education for youth is the new battleground at the UN, as evidenced by side events during the past week at the Commission on…

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UN Agencies Push for Abortion Rights Under Pretext of Sex Selection

NEW YORK, June 30 (C-FAM) – A recent United Nations inter-agency statement on imbalanced sex ratios calls for unrestricted access to abortion as a human right. The statement recognizes that…

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UN Agency Youth Program Calling for Access to Abortion

NEW YORK, June 30 (C-FAM) A major UN agency youth program envisions abortion and decriminalized “sex work” for young people ahead of the UN Youth Conference.   In preparation for the…

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UN Agency Youth Program Calling for Access to Abortion

NEW YORK, June 30 (C-FAM) A major UN agency youth program envisions abortion and decriminalized “sex work” for young people ahead of the UN Youth Conference.   In preparation for the…

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WHO-Approved Drug Promises Life, and Death

NEW YORK, June 2 (C-FAM) By authorizing the use of a single drug, the World Health Organization has simultaneously raised hopes for saving thousands of mothers’ lives and raised fears…

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Polish Abortion Laws Targeted by Supranational Institutions

STRASBOURG, June 2 (C-FAM) “Polish sovereignty to limit abortion is under strong political pressure from supranational bodies,” Grégor Puppinck of the European Center for Law and Justice told the Friday…

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Christian Churches File Court Papers Today in Fight over Sodomy in Belize

BELIZE CITY, MAY 13 (C-FAM) A lawsuit backed by powerful international lawyers and pressure groups has placed the poor Central American country of Belize in the crosshairs of an international…

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Human Rights Activist Sees Face of Fascism at EU Human Rights Conference

VIENNA, May 13 (C-FAM) Not even the seasoned culture war professional was prepared for the hectoring she received at an official European Union human rights meeting.  Neither was she prepared…

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UN Wants Billions for STD Vaccination Scheme

NEW YORK, May 5 (C-FAM) The UN is about to ask governments to fund the vaccination of every girl in the world against the sexually transmitted disease HPV, human papillomavirus….

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US Asylum Ruling Belittles China’s Brutal One-Child Policy

NEW YORK, April 28 (C-FAM) A US appeals court ruled that a Chinese man whose wife underwent a forced abortion and IUD insertion is not eligible to asylum, despite US…

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Development Conference Document Ignores the Desires of Nations

NEW YORK, April 20 (C-FAM) Delegates hurried into the large UN conference room just before three o’clock last Friday afternoon. They had debated every night all week and until past…

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Costa Rica Threatened for Protection of Embryonic Rights

WASHINGTON, April 20 (C-FAM) Costa Rica must legalize in vitro fertilization according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, or face penalties for alleged violations of human rights protected by…

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US Castigates Holy See over Family Planning

NEW YORK, April 14 (C-FAM) The contrast between the priorities of the developed and developing world was as clear as night and day. “It is detrimental to not have adequate…

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Catholic School Kids “Human Shields” for Treaty Activists

Dressed in blue, gray and white uniforms, the children of St. Raphael Academy lined the long dark table in the hearing room. A row of microphones separated them from the…

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Abortion Prominent in Agenda for UN Population Commission

NEW YORK, March 31 (C-FAM) Abortion, family planning, and sexual education will be vigorously debated in the upcoming UN Commission on Population and Development. The theme of this year’s commission…

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UNFPA Partners with Abortion Advocates in New Report

NEW YORK, March 31 (C-FAM) An abortion rights law firm joined with the UN agency overseeing population recently and issued a joint report declaring a human right to healthcare services,…

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European Court Affirms Crucifixes May be Displayed in Public Schools

STRASBOURG, March 24 (C-FAM) Last Friday, a European Court affirmed the right of Italians to display crucifixes in their public schools, signaling a significant victory for religious freedom in Europe. …

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Answer to Family Breakdown is “Social Fatherhood,” UN Says

NEW YORK, March 24 (C-FAM) The cohesion of the American family is about the worst in the world, according to a new UN report. Rather than recommending policies reinforcing traditional…

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US Accused of Falsely Stating Vatican Position to Win Votes for Resolution

NEW YORK, March 23 (C-FAM) The US Department of State is telling Latin American delegations to the United Nations that the Vatican has changed its position on a sexual orientation…

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UN Women’s Commission Reveals Gender Divide

NEW YORK, March 17 (C-FAM) The annual UN women’s commission ended a week late with opposite sides forming over how to treat gender.  While the theme of the meeting was…

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Activists Say Political Chaos Can Advance Abortion Rights

NEW YORK, March 17 (C-FAM) Activists and lawyers shared advice on how to exploit chaotic political situations to advance abortion rights during a recent UN side event. Panelists boasted of…

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