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Catholic Bishops Condemn US Ambassador to Dominican Republic
The Catholics bishops of the Dominican Republic have reacted strongly to the U.S. push on homosexual issues. A letter released last week condemns the actions of the homosexual activist who is the US Ambassador to their country.
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UN Women’s Meeting Exposes Divide
In one conference room, women who had been rescued from ISIS begged the international community for help. In another, women signed a pledge demanding the end of all-male panels at any conferences.
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Inter-American Court Challenges Costa Rica’s Highest Court of Law on Assisted Reproduction
“Costa Rica cannot prohibit in vitro fertilization (IVF)” according to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The Court held that banning this artificial reproduction technique constitutes a violation of the…
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EDITORIAL: C-Fam Launches Campaign Against UN Global Abortion Tax
C-Fam has been following the machinations connected to a global tax on financial transactions for many years.
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UN Human Rights Power Grab
The UN abortion debate took a turn this week when one of the top human rights committees abandoned a decades-long diplomatic tactic of using linguistic ambiguity to advance a right to abortion.
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US Congress Scolds UN Rights Chief for Exploiting Zika to Push Abortion
U.S. Congressmen scolded the UN’s human rights chief for exploiting the Zika virus to advance the killing of unborn babies. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein told countries affected by Zika to legalize abortion, fueling stigma against children with disabilities.
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New Article Reveals Plot to Undermine U.S. Law and Make Abortion Humanitarian Right
Abortion groups and UN bureaucrats are trying to capture humanitarian space to force all humanitarian groups to provide abortions to rape victims in conflict situations.
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UN Chief Dismisses Countries Critical of LGBT Stamp
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon seemingly ignored and eventually dismissed concerns about the UN promoting homosexuality through explicit UN postage stamps, signaling that the stamps will not be withdrawn as some member states have demanded.
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Abortion Group Tells Court to Strip Freedom of Conscience from Latin Countries
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights may soon decide whether South American doctors must act against their conscience, at least in abortion cases.
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Secretary General Backdoors Abortion, LGBT Rights into UN Humanitarian Goals
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s grand plan to tackle the global humanitarian crisis and achieve recently adopted new UN development goals includes abortion and LGBT rights.
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UN Human Rights Chief Scolded for Denying Rights to Disabled Babies
Diplomats rebuked the UN human rights chief this week for demanding countries respond to the Zika virus by legalizing the killing of disabled unborn babies.
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UN Stamps Celebrate Homosexuality, Gay Parenting, Transexualism
Dark naked figures dancing around a fire and a powerful Greek god presided over the unveiling of six explicit UN postage stamps to promote homosexuality, transexuality, and gay parenting at UN headquarters last week.
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Constitutional Court Ignores Int’l Abortionists, Strikes Down Exceptions for Hard-Cases
Just days before going into effect, the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic in December struck down provisions to the Criminal Code that would have decriminalized abortion in the country.
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OAS – Mothers, drugs, jail: what to recommend?
The Organization of the American States (OAS) hosted an important event on women and drug-related crimes. Motherhood was its particular focus. The meeting marked the release of a publication recommending…
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UN “Grand Bargain” on Aid Tries To Bypass Anti-Terrorism Efforts
UN staff want to convince the US and European governments to bypass laws aimed at stopping the financing of global terrorism so that donations could flow faster and easier to humanitarian emergencies.
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Amnesty Fires, UN Hires Divisive Activist
An official who left Amnesty International mired in scandals has been appointed the second highest position at the UN’s human rights office.
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UN Report: “There Is No Definition of the Family”
A draft UN report says the family should be understood “in a wide sense” and tries to open the door to recognize same-sex couples in international law and policy.
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Abortion Groups “Save Face” in Peru
A fifteen-year multi-million dollar campaign to make abortion legal in Peru ended last year when, following the recommendations of a UN committee, the government gave roughly $50,000 in compensation to a woman who was denied an abortion in 2001.
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What No Ones Talking about at the Family Planning Conclave
Nothing, not even a hurricane, will stop family planning advocates from the mission at hand – reducing the number of children among poor women – even if it means promoting…
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Editorial: World Beware a Global UN Tax
C-Fam’s Susan Yoshihara reports today that an official UN panel has issued its final report and part of its proposals include a global tax that would be an independent revenue stream for UN agencies and bureaucrats. Fewer proposals at the UN are more dangerous than this one.
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UN Secretariat Releases Grand Plan for Global Aid Efforts
Terrorism, natural disasters and the Syrian refugee crisis have left 125 million living in disaster and conflict areas and led to a $15 billion shortfall in humanitarian aid, despite record giving. So says a 9-member panel of experts who hope to convince nations to radically overhaul the way they give and distribute aid.
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Dire Population Predictions Are Not Just For China
Low-fertility and graying populations are looming problems globally, not just in China. But few understand or even know it.
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Does Planned Parenthood Care as Much About Homosexuality as Abortion?
As the homosexual agenda has risen in popularity and draws enormous amounts of money, other movements are latching onto it.
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Contraceptive Spin Machine Takes On Family Planning “Myths”
When it comes to family planning and international policy, there is no shortage of myths. According to the most recent figures from UNFPA and the Guttmacher Institute, 225 million women…
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UNFPA Claims Concern About Decline in Donations
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) is worried about a steep decrease in donations in the last two years, according to a UNFPA official speaking at a private meeting at UN headquarters this week.
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