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Five Worst Moments at the UN 2022
Each year, C-Fam lists the five worst moments at the UN in the previous 12 months. It was a pretty bad year. The U.S. under Joe Biden, and the European Union worked in concert on all of these. The unborn child and the family took the brunt of their synchronized firepower.
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What the UN Treaty Bodies Did this Year
After a year of having their meetings limited by the pandemic, the UN’s human rights treaty monitoring bodies resumed their work reviewing countries’ human rights records in 2022. These UN bodies were quite aggressive in promoting abortion, homosexuality, and transgenderism.
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Editorial: You Have to Love the Brave Africans
We sometimes find victory in the ashes of defeat. This just concluded UN General Assembly was one of those moments.
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UN Agencies Ignore General Assembly, Promote Radical Agenda in 2022
At the UN General Assembly, abortion, homosexuality, transgenderism, and comprehensive sexuality education are not supported by consensus and tend to provoke strong opposition.
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ANALYSIS: The Great UN Pushback Against Gender Ideology
Delegates from powerful Western countries thought they could ram homosexual/trans issues through the General Assembly this Fall. What they discovered is increasing resistance from the developing world.
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Questions Raised about Charges of Forced Abortion in Nigeria
A recent report from Reuters alleges that more than 10,000 illegal abortions have been carried out by the Nigerian military since 2013, some by force, others by a lack of informed consent. Many of the women and girls became pregnant through rape by Islamist militant groups in the northern part of the country.
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UN Agencies Say Self-Identification Sufficient for Sex Change in Prison
Several UN agencies have issued a brief stating that a man who self-identifies as a woman must be treated as a woman, even in prison, regardless of legal identification or biological characteristics.
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Biden to Charge Critics of LGBT as International Criminals
In a just-released memorandum, the Biden White House opened the door to charge foreign opponents of transgender ideology with crimes against humanity.
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UN Committee Moves to Block Pro-Lifers
The NGO Committee of the UN Commission on the Status of Women has issued participation guidelines which will have the effect of blocking pro-life and pro-family groups from an upcoming UN conference.
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Thai Conference Shows Abortion and Family Planning Intimately Connected
The UN determined 25 years ago that abortion could not be included in family planning. Yet a UN and government sponsored family planning conference in Thailand last week placed abortion as an integral means of family planning.
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Opposition Growing to Woke Gender Policies at UN
Sixty-two countries revolted against the European Union and other powerful Western countries on Wednesday in the UN General Assembly. They attempted to have removed controversial language on abortion, homosexuality, and transgenderism. Their attempt failed but they are still claiming at least a partial victory in demonstrating there is no consensus at the UN on these issues.
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Philippines and Others Pressured to Accept Abortion and Same-Sex Marriage at UN Human Rights Review
A small but vocal group of nations pressured fourteen of their fellow countries on controversial social issues as the fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) began in Geneva over the last two weeks.
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Developing Countries Thwart Sexual Left at UN Negotiation
In the UN social policy committee this week, traditional countries blocked an effort to undermine parents’ ability to monitor and restrict children’s access to information about homosexuality, transgender issues, and abortion.
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UNFPA Promotes Pro-Abortion “Reproductive Justice” framework
For decades, controversial issues like abortion have complicated, stalled, and stymied UN negotiations. The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) is betting on a new strategy to push past the opposition to abortion: a framework with origins in U.S. racial politics called “reproductive justice.”
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Traditional Countries Rally on Transgender, Homosexuality, and Abortion at UN
A major fight broke out in the UN General Assembly Third Committee this week that pitted traditional countries over against powerful Western governments on the questions of abortion, homosexuality, and transgender ideology.
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UNFPA uses deceptive numbers to promote UN-style family planning
In a new report, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) claims that greater investment in contraceptives brings social and economic benefits. A closer look at the data raises doubts.
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New UN Treaty Would Make Homophobia a Crime Against Humanity
The General Assembly is discussing a treaty on crimes against humanity that could be used by prosecutors around the world to fine and jail religious conservatives and anyone who objects to the homosexual and trans agenda.
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UN Powers Once More Threaten Critics of LGBT
Progressive Western governments and UN “experts” continued to make veiled threats against critics of the homosexual/trans agenda at the UN last week, hinting that they intend to crack down on speech that expresses moral disapproval.
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Even Water Can Advance a Leftwing Agenda
As evidenced by a new U.S. government initiative, even water has been incorporated into the sexual revolution.
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Leftwing Congressmen Ask State Department to Announce Global Right to Abortion
Seventy-one mostly leftwing members of the Democratic caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives have sent a letter to State Department legal advisor about the status of abortion in international law.
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U.S. and EU Hold Food Relief Hostage to LGBT Agenda
Conservative countries blocked a UN agreement on a set of international guidelines on gender and food security because it included homosexuality and transgender issues.
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Planned Parenthood Offers Online Courses on At-Home Abortions
The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) recently launched an online course on the use of abortion pills. The course is based on guidance from the World Health Organization and in collaboration with a website that promotes medication abortion even where it is illegal.
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Holy See to UN: Pornography Contributes to Child Abuse
During UN debates this week, the Holy See delegation, which represents Pope Francis at the United Nations, denounced abortion, pornography, and surrogacy, as “practices that reduce the human person to an object.”
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Organization of American States Adopts Divisive Resolution in Lima, Peru
Leaders of the Organization of American States seemed to oppose their own people this week when they codified abortion and gender ideology as human rights.
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UN Bureaucrats Claim “Backlash” Against Abortion Rights
In the General Assembly this week, top UN officials and human rights experts criticized what they see as a “backlash” against abortion and gender ideology.
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