New Report Says UN Women’s Rights Committee Increased Activism but Nations Remain Unimpressed
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The committee responsible for monitoring state compliance with the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) says…
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New UNFPA Report Goes Green to Promote “Reproductive Rights”
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) released its annual State of the World Population Report yesterday, linking efforts to promote “sustainable development” and affect “climate…
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Lithuania Fights Back Against EU Resolution Favoring Homosexual Propaganda
(WASHINGTON, DC – C-FAM) The fight over homosexual propaganda in schools taking place between the Lithuanian and European Parliaments escalated this week with the Lithuanian Parliament (Siemas) calling on…
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Amnesty International Pushes “Gay Marriage” Down Under
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Activist organization Amnesty International is putting its weight behind an Australian bill seeking to legalize “same-sex marriage” in that country, claiming that “internationally recognized” non-discrimination…
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Yet Another UN Representative Pushes Controversial ‘Gay Rights’ Document
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) A week after nations criticized a United Nations (UN) special rapporteur for exceeding his mandate in order to push a redefinition of the term “gender”…
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New Study Says UN Development Goals Fail to Uphold Human Dignity
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) A new paper investigating the United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals (MDG) asserts that the project could do more harm than good. The paper finds…
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Nations Rap UN “Gender-as-Social-Construct” Rapporteur
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) A host of nations lined up this week to criticize a special report on “gender-based human rights abuses in counterterrorism measures” for pushing a notion…
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UN Petition for the Unborn Child Re-Launched, Seeks One Million Names
(WASHINGTON, DC – C-FAM) An international coalition of pro-life and pro-family groups has re-launched a petition that is expected to gather one million signatures in support of the unborn…
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UN “Alternative Care” Guidelines Scrutinized for Pitting Children Against Parents
Co-authored by Marie Connelly (NEW YORK – C-FAM) The United Nations (UN) General Assembly (GA) will consider a document on alternative, non-parental care of children this fall in conjunction…
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New UN Report Pushes Gender as a Social Construct not Based in Nature
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) An advisory report on the protection of human rights in the context of counter terrorism recently submitted to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (GA)…
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Obama’s UN Rep Touts Administration’s Abortion Sea Change
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) In a speech last week at Howard University Law School, United States (US) Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Susan E. Rice recapped the Obama…
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Ireland Adopts Lisbon Treaty but Pro-life Guarantees Remain Suspect
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Irish voters overwhelmingly accepted the Lisbon Treaty on October 2nd after they were given guarantees that their pro-life and pro-family laws would be protected. While…
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Unusual Coalition Forms Around Supreme Court Case on Juvenile Justice
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) An unlikely coalition of policy groups has formed around a case of juvenile justice now being considered by the US Supreme Court. The coalition includes…
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UN Official Oversteps Mandate to Back “Gay Pride” Event in Serbia
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The head of the United Nations (UN) mission in Serbia recently promoted a highly controversial homosexual rights demonstration in Belgrade against public opposition and beyond…
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European Parliament Raps Lithuania for Curbing Homosexual Advocacy
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The European Parliament voted 349 to 218 today to condemn Lithuania for its "law on the protection of minors" which prohibits promotion of "homosexual, bisexual…
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Center for Reproductive Rights Boasts of Global Abortion Push
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) New York-based public interest law firm Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) released its 2008 Annual Report this week, touting efforts to promote abortion worldwide and…
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Berlin UNFPA Conference Calls For More “Reproductive Rights” Advocacy
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) This week in Berlin, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the German government are hosting a meeting that brings together 400 "reproductive rights" activists…
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Legal Scholars React to UN Committee’s Homosexual Rights Recommendation
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) This week leading conservative legal experts condemned a United Nations (UN) human rights committee's recent inclusion of "sexual orientation and gender identity" as a protected…
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UN Committee Asserts Special Rights for “Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity”
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) A UN human rights committee recently told UN member states they must grant broad new human rights on the basis of “sexual orientation and gender…
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Abortion Giant Joins Attacks Against Nicaragua
By Aracely Ornelas (NEW YORK – C-FAM) One of the world’s largest abortion advocates joined the onslaught against Nicaragua’s decision to ban abortion in two recently published Spanish language…
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World Congress Speaker Calls for Monogamy Men to Take Back the Culture
(WASHINGTON, DC – C-FAM) Patrick Fagan, family scholar at the Family Research Council, told the World Congress of Families last week in Amsterdam that there are two competing cultures…
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Amnesty International Slams Nicaragua for Abortion Ban
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Amnesty International is slamming yet another Latin American country for its pro-life laws. In a recently released report , Amnesty has called Nicaragua's total ban…
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UN Health Data Show Liberal Abortion Laws Lead to Greater Maternal Death
By Aracely Ornelas (NEW YORK – C-FAM) The world's largest abortion provider, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), has recently acknowledged an alarming "surge" in maternal deaths in South Africa,…
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U.S. Signs Disabilities Treaty, Sparking “Reproductive Health” Concerns
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Late last week, United States (US) Ambassador to the Untied Nations (UN) Susan Rice signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities –…
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Rocco Buttiglione Clarifies Remarks on Abortion, Assuages Pro-Life Concerns
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Italian parliamentarian Rocco Buttiglione said he would do nothing to break pro-life "unity," reassuring those who were concerned that the Catholic and pro-life icon was…
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