Pope Leads Worldwide Prayer Vigil for Unborn Life
ROME, December 2 (C-FAM) Last Saturday, Pope Benedict XVI led an unprecedented global prayer vigil for unborn life in Rome that was repeated in countries around the world. Ten thousand…
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Dithering Over UN Youth Conference
NEW YORK, December 2 (C-FAM) If present dithering is any indication, the promised global conference celebrating the UN International Year of Youth may not happen after all. As it…
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CEDAW Senate Hearing
WASHINGTON, November 25 (C-FAM) Last Thursday, a Senate subcommittee humored feminist activists by holding a hearing on possible U.S. ratification of a controversial women’s treaty. Senator Dick Durbin was the…
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United States Under Pressure on Human Rights
GENEVA, November 11 (C-FAM) A UN panel last week lambasted US human rights policy, as an enormous American delegation traveled here to endure the dressing down. The 35 US delegates…
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UN Agency Promotes Sex Ed From Birth
NEW YORK, November 4 (C-FAM) Promoting sex education to the youngest of the young has drawn harsh criticism to a UN agency and its interpretation of age-appropriate education. “It is…
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A Global Movement On The Rise
NEW YORK, October 28 (C-FAM) The authors penned their declaration a year ago not knowing it would spur an international movement. Now, nearly a half million backers have signed the…
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Heavyweight Philosophers Clash at Abortion Conference
PRINCETON, October 21 (C-FAM) A baby’s cry, piercing the air from the back of an Ivy League academic hall, offered a disquieting counterpoint to a startling argument for abortion rights….
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Historic Turnaround in Europe Preserves Conscience Rights
STRASBOURG, October 14 (C-FAM) A dramatic legislative reversal reaffirmed the conscience rights of medical professionals and institutions in Europe last week. The Council of Europe’s legislature considered a resolution calling…
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A Champion For Maternal Health
NEW YORK, October 7 (C-FAM) One night in Nigeria, a sick pregnant woman stumbled into a clinic, on the verge of death. A young English doctor on his first medical…
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Rock Star Scandal Upends UN Development Meeting
New York, September 30 (C-FAM) A rock star’s scandal and a surprising critique of aid programs last week underscored heightened criticism of international development efforts. The two incidents upended the…
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Critics Call New Maternal Death Report Faulty
New York, September 30 (C-FAM) A UN report has rankled experts for promoting abortion while also obscuring its research methods. The new maternal health report endorses a UN strategy that…
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UN Finally Accepts New and Much Lower Estimates of Global Maternal Deaths
NEW YORK, September 23 (C-FAM) UN leadership capitulated on key maternal health figures last week, conceding pregnancy-related deaths have fallen faster than recently reported. A new report abandons statistics fiercely…
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Abortion Groups Praise Newly Named Head of UN Women’s Agency
Co-authored by Nicholas Dunn NEW YORK, September 16 (C-FAM) The appointment of former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet as Under Secretary General of UN Women has garnered praise from several…
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United Nations Considers International Tax to Support MDGs
NEW YORK, September 16 (C-FAM) Sixty nations will present a declaration to implement an international currency transaction tax during the UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) summit that begins next…
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Young People Launch Pro-Life/Pro-Family “Statement to the UN and the World”
NEW YORK, September 9 (C-FAM) This week the International Youth Coalition launched its Statement of Youth to the UN and the World, a petition that will be presented to the…
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Sex Toys on Display at the World Youth Conference
LEÓN, MEXICO, September 2 (C-FAM) Last week at the World Youth Conference, organized primarily by the Mexican government and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the main event for…
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Chaos and Ideology Reign at UN Conference on Youth in Mexico
LEÓN, MEXICO, August 26 (C-FAM) Early reports from participants at the World Youth Conference that commenced this week in León, Mexico are that the conference is the scene of…
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UN Bureaucracy Campaigns for Homosexual Adoption in Mexico
Co-authored by Dianelle Martinez NEW YORK, August 26 (C-FAM) In the midst of a controversial judicial consideration of homosexual adoption earlier this month, the United Nations Office of the…
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UNFPA Uses International Year of Youth to Exploit Children
NEW YORK, August 19 (C-FAM) Last Thursday, the United Nations (UN) officially launched the “International Year of Youth” (IYY) in the UN General Assembly Hall. The theme for the…
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Barack Obama’s Image in Kenya Tarnished by Abortion Battle
NEW YORK, August 12 (C-FAM) Barack Obama’s sterling image among Kenyans has dimmed in the wake of a $23M U.S. campaign to promote a draft constitution that included abortion…
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Organ of Organization of American States Used to Promote Abortion in Latin America
NEW YORK, August 12 (C-FAM) A recently-released document, revives concerns that the Washington DC-based Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is becoming yet another venue for the promotion of abortion,…
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African Union Submits to Pressure for Abortion as Cure for Maternal Deaths
KAMPALA, UGANDA, August 5 (C-FAM) The African Union (AU) finished its annual summit last week with governments agreeing to make maternal and child mortality a continent-wide priority. The summit…
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UK Announces Plan to Push Radical Sex Agenda on Developing Nations
NEW YORK, August 5 (C-FAM) Last week the United Kingdom (UK) announced a new maternal health initiative with an “unprecedented focus on family planning” for the developing world. The…
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UN Committee Attacks Motherhood, Demands New “Rights” for Women
NEW YORK, July 29 (C-FAM) A United Nations (UN) treaty committee notorious for its promotion of abortion and ideological positions not supported by UN treaties, concludes its session this…
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Latin American Economic Summit Promotes Abortion, Condemns “Lesbophobia”
NEW YORK, July 29 (C-FAM) A recent gathering of Latin America’s top economic commission issued a document praising secularism, condemning “lesbophobia,” calling for redistributive social systems, and liberally promoting…
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