LGBT Activists Meet at UN, Promise to Keep Fighting
On Human Rights Day, homosexual activists converged on UN headquarters to make the case that “LGBT rights are human rights.” But only a few countries within the United Nations agree.
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UN Shifts and Extols Family – But Some Want it Redefined
NEW YORK, December 12 (C-Fam) After decades resisting even mentioning the word, governments and advocates extolled the “family” at two special sessions at the UN last week. This year marks…
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Pope Francis’ Warning to Europe Lost on Lesbian Politician
Pope Francis starkly warned European leaders last week they have lost trust by enacting policies that are “insensitive” and “harmful.”
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Review: “The Obsolescence of Customary International Law”
Abortion advocates have argued unsuccessfully for decades that abortion is a human right under customary international law.
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U.N. Takes on Bullying During General Assembly
The United Nations decided to take on bullying, with the first ever stand-alone resolution
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UN Human Rights System Becomes Pro-Abortion Echo Chamber
When El Salvador’s turn came up to be assessed by fellow countries on its human rights record, twelve countries criticized its legal protections for unborn children
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UNFPA: Children Have Right to Sex, Drugs, Abortion to Reduce Population
There are more young people in the world now than ever before. According to the United Nations Population Fund’s latest report, this represents
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In Bangkok, Activists Rumble at Feminist Forum
As countries prepare for a global review of women’s issues at a UN conference next year, feminist leaders tried to control dissent
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C-FAM Exclusive: UNICEF Denies Sneaking Birth Control Into Tetanus Vaccines
In an exclusive interview with C-Fam’s Friday Fax, UNICEF denies allegations from the Catholic bishops of Kenya that a tetanus vaccine program
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LGBTs Tell Tall Tales to UN Torture Committee
American activists against “reparative therapy” asked the UN Committee on Torture to define the practice as a form of torture and violation of international law.
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UN Rights Office Gets Human Rights Wrong
Two weeks ago the Singapore high court ruled that the city-state’s ban on sex between men was constitutional.
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UN Chief Ignores Security Council to Urge Nations to Abort War Babies
The UN Secretary General told nations they must provide abortions to women raped in refugee camps in Syria, Iraq, and Sudan, even though the Security Council – his boss – has repeatedly rejected such a notion.
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C-Fam Takes Top Honors at Best Buddies DC Challenge
The cycling team formed by C-Fam won the Citizen’s Cup at the Best Buddies DC Challenge bike ride just completed in Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
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USAID Funding Pro-Prostitution and LGBT Political Activists
Outside the U.S., President Obama is prioritizing lesbian, gay bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) rights has aggravated already sour relations.
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Congressman Charges Obama Officials with Aiding China’s Forced Abortions
Pictures of mothers and their forcibly aborted babies ricochet across the Internet. Family planning agents extort massive fines from peasants.
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As UN Toils Away, Abortion Advocates Press Again and Again
World leaders have come and gone. In their wake, the nitty-gritty work gets done.
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African Bishops at Vatican Meeting Wary of Western Sexual Radicals
At an Extraordinary Synod of Catholic bishops at least one African bishop has complained about the intervention of radical sexual mores being imposed upon Africa by the West.
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“Sexual Rights” Endangers Efforts to End Child Marriage
A UN panel on ending child marriage got unexpected pushback last week from the star panelist after a “youth specialist” stated people have the “right to sexual pleasure.”
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Danish-Dutch Fund For Overseas Abortion/LGBT Groups May Inflame Laws on Foreign Funding
NEW YORK, October 10 (C-Fam) As Africa is ravaged by ebola and terrorism, Denmark and Netherlands announced a new fund for the beleaguered region. Health providers exposed to the deadly…
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Meeting Shut Down After Planned Parenthood Chief Challenged on Giving Risky Drugs to African Women
NEW YORK, October 10 (C-Fam) A UN event abruptly ended when a women’s rights attorney asked International Planned Parenthood Federation’s Director General why harmful contraceptives were targeted to poor women…
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Vatican: UN Committee “A Sword Against Freedom of Religion”
NEW YORK, October 3 (C-Fam) The Vatican accused a UN committee of intolerance against Christians and interfering with the free exercise of religion in a scathing reply to a UN…
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Population Projections Prompt Predictable Panic, Pundits Push Problematic Policies
NEW YORK, October 3 (C-Fam) It’s a familiar ritual. The media response to the latest UN population projections splits between casual interest and panic with a heaping side dish of…
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World Leaders Skip UN Population Shindig
NEW YORK, September 26 (C-Fam) Global leaders were a rare sight in the newly renovated General Assembly hall at the commemoration of a landmark UN conference that triggered the abortion…
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UN Population Fund Dabbles in Theology to Promote Abortion
NEW YORK, August 26 (C-Fam) The UN Population Fund is diving head first into theology, exegesis and spiritual practices in a new manual on religions, sexuality, and reproductive issues for…
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Experts tell UN Human Rights Council to Include the Family in New Development Goals
GENEVA, September 19 (C-Fam) Countries must look at factors that destroy families, a legal expert told the Human Rights Council on Monday. The plea to the rights council came as…
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