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Will Obama Re-Define the Family for the World?
The Obama administration’s placement of LGBT rights at the forefront of U.S. foreign policy has caused backlash against LGBT rights in many parts of the world.
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Major UN Committee Set to Take Sides on Abortion as a Human Right
The way in which the UN Human Rights Committee conducted business last week indicates a plan to abandon neutrality on the question of whether abortion is a right under international law.
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Sex Activists Bemoan Passage of Pro-Family Resolution at UN in Geneva
If anyone doubts the victory claimed by pro-lifers regarding the rights of the family resolution passed by the Human Rights Council in Geneva recently, look no further than the reaction of sex activists. They are very upset.
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Big Win for Traditional Family at UN Human Rights Council
A monumental development for the pro-family movement came last week in Geneva when the Human Rights Council approved a resolution calling for countries to take concrete steps to protect the family
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Nigeria Rebukes UN High Commissioner For Pushing LGBT as Human Rights
Nigeria publicly chastised the UN human rights office for trampling on universally-agreed rights as it seeks to impose same sex marriage and outlaw commonly-held views on homosexuality.
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Pope’s “Climate Change” Letter Brandished at UN, Its Condemnation of Abortion Ignored
Pope Francis’ new encyclical on the environment made an impact on UN negotiations this week. In their rush to emphasize its comments on climate change, those wielding the document obscured the letter’s condemnation of abortion and population control.
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Amnesty International, Abortion and Ireland: Strong pressure, weak argument
Amnesty International is sliding deeper into pro-abortion activism with a report slamming Ireland for laws protecting unborn children.
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Pro-Life Groups Flood UN Committee With Pleas to Block Right to Abortion
The UN Human Rights Committee was greeted Monday by a deluge of requests urging it to resist pressure to declare abortion a human right.
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UN Report Calls for LGBT Rights, Leaves out Same-Sex Marriage
A UN report seeking to break new ground for “LGBT rights” left same-sex “marriage” out of a long list of special new rights on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Developing World to Donor Nations: Measuring Progress Should be “Lean but not Mean”
Wealthy donor nations emphasizing “accountability” were rebuffed by states wary of being pressured into adopting a “one size fits all” development scheme this week
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European Countries Use Human Rights Review to Demand U.S. Foreign Aid for Overseas Abortions
Five European countries told the U.S. on Monday to re-interpret a federal ban on funding overseas abortion to instead provide international abortions.
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Human Rights Watch Pushes Abortion as Ecuador Beefs-Up Pro-Family Approach
A human rights group is misrepresenting international law to the Ecuadoran government in order to change the country’s policies on abortion.
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Ambassadors Accuse UN Agency Of Harassment and Exerting Undue Influence
In a rare case of backroom pressure spilling onto the floor of a UN meeting, a delegate from the Pacific island of Nauru angrily scolded the UN Population Fund for “harassing” their government and “maligning” their UN delegation.
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Secretary General’s Push for Abortion in War Torn Areas Goes Unnoticed
As the Security Council met last week to address atrocities committed by groups like Boko Haram and ISIS, nearly 70 countries brought up the grim realities of sexual violence in war.
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U.S. Gives Millions of Taxpayer Dollars to International Abortion Groups
A government report shows two international abortion advocacy groups received $128 million from USAID, a federal agency that distributes foreign aid.
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Guatemala Warns Abortion Unacceptable In New UN Goals
Guatemala threatened to upend an agreement on new UN development goals last week because other countries insist on including rights to abortion and homosexuality.
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General Assembly Votes in Favor of Gay Marriage?
In an animated and unusually packed budget meeting this week, UN member states gave the go ahead to special benefits for any UN staff in same-sex legal arrangements.
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Is Uruguay’s Claim on Abortion True?
Since Uruguay legalized abortion in 2012, “there have been no maternal deaths due to abortion,” said Uruguay’s ambassador to the UN. Gonzalo Koncke spoke at a Planned Parenthood event last…
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Lila Rose Rocks UN Audience
A UN conference room filled with nearly 400 young people sitting in diplomats’ chairs leapt to their feet to applaud a young woman last night. Lila Rose and her undercover videos exposing Planned Parenthood’s callous aborting of children made their debut appearance in the august building.
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Hillary’s No Good, Very Bad Day at the UN
Swarms of reporters rushed for UN media credentials yesterday morning to hear Hillary Clinton. But they did not come for her speech commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Women’s…
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Forgotten Victims of Sexual Violence: Children Born of War
Among the hundreds of Christians and minorities abducted by Islamic State terrorists are women and girls forced into marriage and sexual slavery. As world leaders fumble to respond to ISIS attacks, another crisis looms
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Woman Sues China Over Forced Sterilization
A Chinese woman has sued the government because family planning agents forcibly sterilized her. Xia Runying says the operation in 2012 left her with damaged abdominal veins and other health…
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Targets of Chile’s Abortion Bill Speak Out
Chile’s president has initiated a bill to permit abortion in three cases: life of the mother, if the baby is disabled, or rape. Michelle Bachelet’s bill is meeting resistance, though. First from…
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LGBT Groups Mull Standstill at UN During Auschwitz Anniversary
The final event in remembrance of the Holocaust at UN headquarters last month was a briefing on “The Holocaust, Homosexuals and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Today.”
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Former UN Official Turns Chile Into Abortion Battleground
When Chile’s president Michelle Bachelet signed a proposal to Congress last month to legalize abortion, it was a televised event that made international news.
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