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UN Agencies and Experts Ignore Decisions of the General Assembly

The UN women’s agency recently released a report denouncing legal restrictions on abortion as an obstacle to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  This week, a group of UN human rights experts released a statement declaring “safe abortion” to be a right.

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Hungary’s President Sharply Rebukes United Nations for “Irrelevant” Gender Ideology

After recent criticism from social conservatives that Hungary has been on the wrong side of abortion debates at the United Nations, Katalin Novák, President of Hungary, came out strong on these issues in her speech to the General Assembly last week. Novák lambasted Western countries and the United Nations system for promoting “ideological indoctrination.”. Novak suggested that gender ideology is “fiction.”

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UN Education Summit Wants to Stamp Out Traditional Values

A UN conference on education just called for the uprooting of “violent” traditional values and the spread of comprehensive sexuality education.

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UN Population Projections See Global Fertility Decline

Global population will peak sooner and at lower levels than previously thought, according to the latest UN population projections.

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WHO Announces Plan to Mainstream Gender Ideology

The Word Health Organization (WHO) announced it is updating its manual on “gender mainstreaming” claiming that “gender identity exists on a continuum and that sex is not limited to male or female.”

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Netherlands Human Rights Record Criticized Because of Euthanasia and Abortion

In a submission to the UN Human Rights Council, C-Fam, publisher of the Friday Fax, accused the Netherlands of violating the rights of children and elderly persons through its liberal abortion and euthanasia laws.

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UN Bureaucrats Lash Out Angrily at U.S. Abortion Ruling

UN bureaucrats and human rights experts lost no time in denouncing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the almost-fifty-year-old ruling that made abortion on demand the law of the U.S.

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WHO Abortion Guidelines Written and Funded by Abortion Activists

Earlier this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) published guidelines calling for legal abortion on demand through all stages of pregnancy and limiting the ability of doctors to conscientiously object.  A new analysis shows the influence of abortion groups in drafting the document. 

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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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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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UNFPA Report Frames “Unintended Pregnancy” as Global Crisis

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) reports that nearly half of all pregnancies are unintended. This according to their new State of the World Population report.  UNFPA chief Natalia Kanem calls it a “global failure to uphold women and girls’ basic human rights.”

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Pro-Lifers Demand Participation at UN Meeting

Over four-hundred organizations from around the world have complained to the UN that an upcoming UN forum is blocking pro-life and pro-family groups from participating. A petition with more than 9,000 names will be presented to the UN, and a letter from the U.S. Congress is expected.

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Biden Increases Contribution to Pro-Abortion UNICEF Program

The U.S. announced $37 million in new contributions to Education Cannot Wait, a global fund that promotes abortion and “comprehensive sexuality education.”

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C-Fam’s 5 Worst Moments of 2021 for Life and Family at the United Nations

Abortion and the LGBT agenda were a central part of the great reset from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are the five worst things that happened last year as the sexual left tried to build the world back “better.”

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With Biden support, UNFPA steps up abortion advocacy

The UN’s agency dedicated to promoting “sexual and reproductive health,” is becoming more brazen in promoting abortion around the world, ignoring international consensus that leaves abortion laws to individual countries, and outsourcing its data collection to radical pro-abortion organizations.

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C-Fam’s Top 5 Moments of 2021 for Life and Family at the United Nations

The pro-abortion and anti-family fanatics running the U.S. government and the European Union don’t control everything all the time. We saw several very positive developments for the pro-life and pro-family cause this year. Here’s the top 5 moments of the year for life and family internationally.

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Longtime Abortion Advocate Appointed to Lead UNICEF

UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of longtime Biden advisor Catherine Russell to lead the UNICEF. Russell’s support for abortion and gender policy aligns with the controversial issues being promoted by UNICEF to children around the world.

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Abortion Advocates Fail in Glasgow Climate Pact

The UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) agreement makes no mention of reproductive rights and abortion despite pressure from feminist activists and family planning organizations.

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UNICEF Endorses “Sexual Autonomy” for Kids/Biden Approves

UNICEF’s Executive Board has approved a strategic plan that endorses sexual autonomy for children and school-based access to abortion and contraception.

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UNICEF Permanently Removes Pro-Porn Report

It appears UNICEF has permanently removed a controversial report on the consumption of pornography by children.

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UN Agency for Children to Promote Sexual Autonomy

The UN agency for children, UNICEF, is revamping its strategic framework to promote sexual autonomy for children.

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International Abortion Groups Demand a Cut of Climate Funding

Abortion providers and other family planning NGOs are demanding funding designated for addressing climate issues, asserting that climate change impacts women’s sexual and reproductive health.

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UN Women Trans Advocacy Continues — Discourages using the word “Women”

The UN agency tasked with elevating the status of women around the world is promoting the use of gender-neutral language, including the elimination of “binary” terms like “women or men,” as part of its strategy to advance gender equality. 

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Day for Victims of Religious-Based Violence Hijacked by UN Human Rights Experts

UN human rights experts want to shift the focus of the international day to commemorate the victims of religious intolerance to people who identify as LGBTQ.

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