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Violence, Spin, and Abuse of Power at OAS Meeting
For years the head of the OAS bureaucracy has tried to impose abortion and homosexuality throughout the Americas while the people have tried to protect their families and religious liberty. This week at annual meeting in Santo Domingo, the fight literally came to blows.
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UNFPA: Birth control for girl sex slaves?
Just days after NYT reported ISIS is using modern contraceptives to turn young women into sex slaves, UNFPA’s chief tweeted “All #girls need reproductive #health services to help them avoid early #pregnancy…
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Amnesty Fires, UN Hires Divisive Activist
An official who left Amnesty International mired in scandals has been appointed the second highest position at the UN’s human rights office.
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African Women’s Solutions to War Clash with Feminists’ Agenda
When the UN Security Council adopted its latest resolution on the role of women in international peacebuilding and security last month, a familiar clash of opinions surfaced—among women. In particular, feminists driving the international policies are on opposite sides of women living in the realities of war-challenged areas.
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Amnesty’s Prostitution Stance Challenged
As Amnesty International fleshes out its new policy backing the decriminalization of prostitution, Rachel Moran has some insights for them.
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Videos Spark International Protests Against Planned Parenthood
Secretly filmed videos of Planned Parenthood staff in the U.S. harvesting and selling the organs of aborted babies ignited protests in seven countries last weekend – and triggered questions of how widespread the practices may be.
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Planned Parenthood’s worldwide contempt for the law
While Planned Parenthood’s United States affiliate is facing public outrage for selling aborted baby parts for medical research (the Center for Medical Progress released its latest video yesterday), the scandal…
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“Women’s Human Rights Defenders”; Code for Abortion Activists
A UK-based advocacy group received high-level news coverage this week with a survey claiming that “women’s rights defenders” are facing increasing threats in their efforts to end violence against women and girls.
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UN and Abortion Group Coordinate Attack on the Philippines
An abortion group traveled to the Philippines last week to heap pressure on government officials after a UN committee criticized the country for “grave and systemic” human rights violations
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White House to Order Faith-based Grant Recipients to Accept LGBT Applicants
A source within the federal government has informed the Friday Fax that the White House is quietly moving forward with a policy change that will require charitable humanitarian groups to accept LGBT.
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Vatican Conference Criticized for Backing Abortion and Population Control Politics
A Vatican conference to promote Pope Francis’ upcoming encyclical on the environment spotlighted abortion and population control proponents. At the same time critics warn that climate change alarmism ultimately harms the poor.
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Nigeria’s New Pres Disappoints Abortion Groups
Nigeria’s incoming president is disappointing pro-abortion advocates who met with him recently to demand more money. A coalition of family planning groups that promote and commit abortions gave Muhammadu Buhari…
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Nigerian Bishops March, Sing and Train at Pro-Life Conference
“We had to limit the number of people in each diocese who could come,” said one organizer of a pro-life and pro-family conference in Ibadan, Nigeria. Over 1,500 filled the auditorium, and even then people spilled outside.
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Countries Avoid Controversy, Reject Abortion at Women’s Conference
NEW YORK, March 13 (C-Fam) This year – the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Women’s Conference – thousands of delegates and civil society representatives are gathered in New York to…
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C-Fam’s Worst Moments for Life and Family 2014
Unlike its predecessor, 2104 was not a quiet year for life and family. We witnessed a number of new negative developments. The episodes below mostly involve rogue UN experts and officials.
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A Look Back and a Peek Forward
UN radicals are rightly peeved at their lack of progress. This year, like in the previous twenty, they did not advance their agenda on abortion even one syllable beyond what they got at the Cairo Conference in 1994.
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C-Fam’s Five Best Moments for Life and Family in 2014
It is not all bad news at the UN, no matter what you read in the Friday Fax each week! Here is C-Fam’s “Best List” from 2014.
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UN Shifts and Extols Family – But Some Want it Redefined
NEW YORK, December 12 (C-Fam) After decades resisting even mentioning the word, governments and advocates extolled the “family” at two special sessions at the UN last week. This year marks…
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“Sexual Rights” Endangers Efforts to End Child Marriage
A UN panel on ending child marriage got unexpected pushback last week from the star panelist after a “youth specialist” stated people have the “right to sexual pleasure.”
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Hillary Clinton Says the United States Embarrasses Her
NEW YORK, September 19 (C-Fam) “It is embarrassing, I mean, really, it’s embarrassing.” Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a conference room of international feminists and abortion advocates that…
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