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The Pursuit of the Unwanted, part 6
(Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) A Solution in Search of a Problem By 1970, overpopulation alarmists were congratulating themselves for having fabricated an argument that…
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UN Data Backs Pope on Abortion and Contraception, Climate Alarmists Disappointed
The UN population division agrees with Pope Francis. More contraception will not stop climate change.
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Abortion Activists Pin Hopes on Security Council Resolution
The UN Security Council passed a resolution this week that activists will use to target laws protecting unborn children from abortion and to strike down U.S. laws prohibiting the funding of abortion overseas.
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The Pursuit of the Unwanted, part 5
(Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) ‘A modest proposal’ for the twentieth century When Paul Ehrlich published “The Population Bomb” in 1968, it was an enormous bestseller, predicting…
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Will UN Categorically Exclude Unborn from Right to Life?
A draft UN report excludes all children in the womb from any protections under international law.
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Homosexual Activist to Head European Rights Organization
The European Union’s official human rights advisory body appointed a prominent homosexual rights activist as its director this week, signaling a more aggressive stance against European laws and policies protecting the natural family.
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UN Bureaucracy To Push “LGBT Rights” Despite Tensions
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon promised that homosexual and transgender rights would advance at the United Nations despite the strain it will cause within the organization and between states.
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Analysis: Francis Speaks Truth to Power at UN, Condemns “Ideological Colonialism”
Many pro-lifers were dismayed that Pope Francis did not more robustly defend the rights of the unborn child while he was in the United States. Though he has done so in the past many times, hopes were high he would do so in the land of abortion on demand through all months of pregnancy.
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African Bishops Denounce “Filthy Campaigns” and “New Slavery” Before UN Summit
African Bishops denounced “agents of the civilization of death” in a powerful message prepared this summer ahead of today’s adoption of a new UN development scheme by world leaders.
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UNFPA Foiled By Nigeria on Abortion, Sexual Rights
A powerful and controversial UN population agency told the Nigerian government to change its position on reproductive health last week after setbacks in advancing abortion and sexual rights for adolescents in Africa.
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Amnesty’s Prostitution Stance Challenged
As Amnesty International fleshes out its new policy backing the decriminalization of prostitution, Rachel Moran has some insights for them.
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Second Source Confirms Obama Intends to Force Federal Grant Recipients to Accept LGBT Applications
A second source has come forward to confirm earlier Friday Fax reporting that the Obama administration intends to force Catholic and other Christian groups to accept LGBT applicants in hiring.
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U.S. Rebuffs Europe on Funding Abortions Abroad
The Obama administration told the UN last week that it would not contravene a U.S. law that prohibits it from funding abortions overseas.
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Abortion and LGBT Proponents Complain About Lack of Progress in UN Development Goals
The U.S. complained this week that the new UN development goals do not break any new ground on abortion.
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ANALYSIS: US and EU Block the Family From New UN Development Goals
Unable to get recognition of homosexual and transgender rights at the UN, the United States, European countries and their allies succeeded in blocking the family altogether from the new global development goals.
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Videos Spark International Protests Against Planned Parenthood
Secretly filmed videos of Planned Parenthood staff in the U.S. harvesting and selling the organs of aborted babies ignited protests in seven countries last weekend – and triggered questions of how widespread the practices may be.
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U.S. Escalates LGBT Rights; LGBT Advocate Calls it Dangerous
The U.S. upped the stakes on international LGBT rights by raising the issue in an informal briefing on Monday at UN headquarters. But an LGBT advocate criticized it as pandering that could cost lives.
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Planned Parenthood Skirts Laws Around the Globe
For over two decades, the UN has maintained a compromise: abortion is not a human right, but where it is legal, it should be safe – at least, for the mother.
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Analysis: New Development Goals Do Not Create a Right to Abortion, But They Turn on the Money Spigot for Abortion
UN agencies and bureaucrats have been part of the global abortion industry for over two decades. But they have never had much ability to compel countries to change their abortion laws.
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The Pursuit of the Unwanted, part 1
Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, said that her guiding principle was that “every child should be a wanted child.” In response, pro-life activists have said, “there are no…
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UN Population Report Foresees Rapid Global Aging
The UN’s latest demographic numbers are out and show rapid global aging, and a sharp deceleration in population growth that could lead to stabilizing or even falling numbers before the century’s end.
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Amnesty Credits UN for Pro-Prostitution Policy
Amnesty International voted Tuesday to urge the decriminalization of all aspect of the sex trade, and said the new policy was based on input from the World Health Organization and UN Women.
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Planned Parenthood’s worldwide contempt for the law
While Planned Parenthood’s United States affiliate is facing public outrage for selling aborted baby parts for medical research (the Center for Medical Progress released its latest video yesterday), the scandal…
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Amnesty Cites Disability Rights for Legalizing Prostitution
Two decades after the movie “Pretty Woman” glamorized prostitution, Hollywood stars are teaming up with ex-prostituted women to convince a human rights group not to advocate for legalizing prostitution.
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WHO Seeks To Expand Dwindling Pool of Abortionists
In a newly released paper, the World Health Organization complains there is a critical shortage of trained abortion providers, particularly in the developing world – and urges that medical standards be relaxed to allow lower-level health workers to perform abortions and limit their ability to conscientiously object.
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