States Debate Enhanced Powers and Authority for UN Bureaucrats
Responding to criticism of Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ ambitious plans for the UN development system, UN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed kicked off a series of briefings for member States on UN development reform Monday.
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UN Plan for Super Bureaucrats Still Controversial
At the UN this week, nations expressed concern about a plan from UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that would give UN bureaucrats in every country enhanced political and budgetary powers. They say it will undermine their sovereign prerogatives and national priorities.
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Inter-American Human Rights Court Tries to Impose Homosexual Marriage on Entire Continent
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights published a much-anticipated advisory opinion earlier this month that says homosexual marriage and transgender identity change are human rights in the American Convention on Human Rights.
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UN Agency Defies General Assembly, Promotes “Comprehensive Sexuality Education”
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNSECO) published a new technical guidance on “Comprehensive Sexuality Education,” over the recent objections of UN member states to this kind of sex education.
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Dutch Abortion Advocate Was Not Invested in Papal Order
When the Dutch government traded honors and awards with Vatican officials last June, the Vatican officials did not announce the Dutch government was thereby approving and honoring the pro-life and pro-family teachings of the Catholic Church.
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How Abortion Pills Upend the Politics and Practice of Abortion
Since the dawn of the abortion movement, activists insisted that abortion should be solely the concern of a woman and her doctor.
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Pope Francis Decries Ideological Colonialism Before World’s Diplomats
Pope Francis highlighted the right to life, the need to protect the family, and the dangers of “ideological colonialism” in his annual address to the diplomatic corps of the Holy See.
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New UNICEF Chief Raises Hopes, Questions About Pro-life Stance
The Trump administration “welcomed” UNICEF’s new executive director, appointed on Monday, raising hopes, and questions, about whether the new chief will embrace the administration’s pro-life stance.
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New Abortion Estimates From India Prompt Renewed Push to Liberalize Law
A recently-released study estimates that abortion in India is twenty times higher than previous estimates—15.6 million children aborted in 2015 alone.
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Five Best Moments for Life and Family at the UN in 2017
The pro-life and pro-family fight at the UN is always difficult. But even with our political and financial disadvantage our team has been able to consistently deliver victories for life and family.
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General Assembly Rejects Humanitarian Abortion
In a major setback to machinations of the UN bureaucracy and abortion groups to make abortion a humanitarian right, the UN General Assembly declined to endorse abortion as an essential part of emergency humanitarian response earlier this month.
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Worst Moments for Human Life and the Family at the UN in 2017
Of many bad moments for the unborn child and the natural family, five stand out in 2017.
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Guatemala Supreme Court Strikes Down UNFPA Pro-Abortion Manual
A scathing sentence of the Supreme Court of Guatemala on December 8 ordered government officials to withdraw a controversial pro-abortion human rights manual prepared with the help of the UN Population Fund.
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Editorial: The International Stillbirth Scandal
Every day somewhere in the world 800 women and 7000 children die in childbirth. This tragedy has rightfully garnered attention at the highest levels at the UN.
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Event Highlights Divided Priorities in Global Maternal Health Agenda
Thirty years ago, experts and activists joined to put maternal health on the international aid agenda.
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Nations Speak Out for Life and the Family in UN Human Rights Mechanism
For decades, powerful bureaucrats and wealthy donor countries have used the UN human rights system to push a controversial abortion and “sexual rights” agenda on traditional countries.
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Senators, Foundations, Columbia University Team Up Against Trump Pro-life Protections
Last week four U.S. Senators and Columbia University joined the movement to derail President Trump’s overseas pro-life protections.
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Opinion: The Cost of Compromise and the Dividends of Defiance at the UN
Last week the Africans threw a wrench into the machinations of the UN system when they inserted amendments recognizing parental guidance in sex education in three resolutions about children.
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UN Women Goes to Washington in Search of Funds
The head of UN Women lobbied lawmakers in Washington D.C. recently for more funding, even as others work to defund the billion dollar-a-year-agency for its controversial stand on abortion.
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Saint Lucia/Africans Put Parental Rights Back in UN Sex Ed Policy
Parental authority made a comeback in three UN resolutions about children this week, something thought impossible just a year ago.
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Lecture on “She Decides” Fund Reveals Effectiveness of U.S. Mexico City Policy
A European fund established this year to undermine the pro-life U.S. Mexico City Policy might end up vindicating it.
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Porn Epidemic Hampers Fight Against Child Pornography
The widespread use and legality of pornography is making it harder for law enforcement to combat child pornography. Europeans opposed the term “child pornography” in UN negotiations this month because of a movement to distance child pornography from adult pornography.
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Dangerous Abortion Drug Pulled in France Still Pushed on Global South
France announced its intention to withdraw the drug Cytotec from its market by March 2018 after reports of hemorrhaging, ruptured uteruses, and birth defects from off-label use for labor induction and abortion.
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Trump Blocks International Support for Abortion Groups at G7 Meeting
The Trump administration is blocking political and financial support for abortion groups in the highest echelons of international diplomacy, including the most recent G7 and G20 meetings.
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Under Pressure, Tech Giants Drop Opposition to Anti-Trafficking Bill
A bill to protect minor girls from sex traffickers who sell them online is a step closer to becoming law after Google and other giant tech companies reversed course this week and dropped opposition.
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