C-Fam’s Best of the UN in 2024
The threats to life and family this year were many and unprecedented. The good news is that the good guys were able to push back on several bad international agreements this year. And we had help from brave Africans as well as from surprising new places.
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Abortion Activists Anticipate Pariah Status Under Mexico City Policy
In the weeks leading up to the second inauguration of President Donald Trump, international abortion groups are ringing alarm bells about the anticipated return—and likely expansion—of a policy that would render them ineligible for U.S. funding unless they agree to stop promoting or providing abortions.
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The UN’s Worst of 2024
NEW YORK, December 27 (C-Fam) It may take years to find out all the damage inflicted on life and family by the Biden administration and the European Union over the…
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UN Office Proposes Labeling Abortion-Related Deaths as Femicides
As the UN carries out a sixteen-day campaign against “gender-based violence,” its Western European regional office proposed a definition of “femicide,” historically understood as the intentional murder of women, usually by men, to include deaths related to “unsafe abortion.”
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Congress to investigate Biden’s abortion blackmail of African country
Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) accused the Biden administration of threatening to withhold aid to Sierra Leone, unless the West African country’s parliament adopted a bill that legalizes abortion throughout nine months.
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Burundi Draws Line Against Abortion Extremism at United Nations
Even a small African nation can make a big difference for life and family. It is the message the Ambassador of Burundi, Zéphyrin Maniratang, gave the world when he took an uncompromising stand for life in the UN General Assembly this week.
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UN Panelists Call for Crackdown on Political Speech
At a recently concluded UN global forum held in Portugal, panelists attributed the rise in “right-wing” movements, including the election of Donald Trump, to “misinformation,” “disinformation,” and “hate speech.”
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Amnesty International Says Abortionists are Human Rights Defenders
Amnesty International and a group of other pro-abortion organizations say abortionists deserve special protection as “human rights defenders,” despite the fact that there is no international human right to abortion.
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Trump Election Gives Hope to Conservatives From Around the World
Conservative leaders from around the world have been encouraged by the election of President Donald J. Trump. Politicians and activists from over 45 countries at the 10th Transatlantic Summit expressed hope that the cultural shift in the United States will be replicated in their own countries.
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Speakers Warn Conservatives of EU Attacks to Democracy and Freedom
“The greatest threat to life and family in the world today is the European Union”, C-Fam Vice President for Legal Studies, Stefano Gennarini, told conservatives from around the world at the tenth Transatlantic Summit.
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Gender Rejected at UN Climate Conference
A coalition of Western governments, including the United States and the European Union pushed hard at the just-concluded UN Climate Conference (COP29) for the inclusion of gender ideology in the final document.
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Congress Wants to Know Where Federal Abortion Dollars Go
Over 100 Republican lawmakers asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to account for all the federal money flowing to domestic and international abortion groups.
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Brave African Delegates Fight Abortion in Landmark UN Family Resolution
Traditional countries removed a reference to “reproductive health” in the final draft of a resolution on the family. The resolution was unanimously adopted in the third committee of the General Assembly yesterday.
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Tributes on the Passing of Cardinal Renato Martino
The longtime Papal Nuncio the United Nations, Renato Cardinal Martino passed away a month ago. We reported on his passing last week. UN pro-life advocates from the early days of our fight have submitted tributes to Cardinal Martino.
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Argentina Stands Alone at the UN/Hungary Stands with the Left
Argentina stood alone against censorship in the General Assembly this week. Close to sixty countries opposed transgenderism. And the Hungarian government of Victor Orbán gaslit everyone on behalf of the European Union.
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Longtime Papal Nuncio to the UN Passes Away
Cardinal Renato Martino passed away on October 28. He was the Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See to the United Nations from 1986 to 2002 and a true hero of the international pro-life movement.
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Unilateral Pro-Life Policy on Trump’s First Day
President-elect Donald J. Trump can go a long way toward mending pro-life and pro-family fences by making big strides in the international sphere. As you recall, he made not just a few of our colleagues angry when he seemed to abandon the pro-life cause during the campaign.
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Biden Admin Praised UN Report Calling for Election Observers on LGBT Issues
The day before election day in the United States, the UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity issued a report arguing that elections around the world are not gay and trans-friendly enough. Graeme Reed said that in order to fight against “hate speech” and “gender persecution” countries must censor opponents of the homosexual/transgender agenda. He even argued for “international election observers on LGBT rights issues.”
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UN Member States Criticize Call to Decriminalize Drugs, Prostitution, Abortion
In a rare moment of candor, several UN delegations expressed disappointment with a UN human rights expert who called on countries to decriminalize drugs, prostitution, abortion, and intentional exposure to HIV.
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Experts say Trump could help reduce global maternal deaths
If Donald J. Trump is elected president for a second term, he may be remembered for more than his anti-abortion stance. He may be credited with ending preventable maternal deaths by saving maternal health from controversial abortion programming. This, according to experts interviewed by the Friday Fax.
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UN Agency Meddles in Domestic Elections
The UN Development Fund is working with an agency in Guyana to monitor “harmful messages” on social media and counter online “misinformation” that could impact Guyana’s 2025 general election. While the UN says this partnership aims at “strengthening democracy” in Guyana, critics worry that such behavior is no less than meddling and interfering in domestics elections.
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UN Expert Says Countries Must Legalize Drugs, Prostitution and Abortion
Governments must decriminalize drug use, prostitution, abortion, and HIV non-disclosure to sexual partners, according to a UN report on the human right to health. But when it comes to alcohol, tobacco, and unhealthy food, governments must adopt strict regulations.
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Do Pro-Lifers Commit Crimes Against Humanity?
A new treaty on crimes against humanity is proving more controversial than expected, as it hit roadblocks in the General Assembly. The treaty could make denial of abortion a crime against humanity and expand the international crime of “gender persecution” to cover advocacy, laws and policies that protect man-woman marriage and deny transgender policies.
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Democrat Lawmakers falsely claim international right to abortion
Democrat lawmakers introduced a Congressional resolution declaring an international right to abortion supposedly based on U.S. treaty obligations.
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UN Official Defends Women’s Sports Against Male Incursion
This week, a UN expert ignited an explosive debate about male athletes in women’s sports. The expert called on countries and sports authorities not to allow men to compete in women’s sports.
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