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US State Department Steps Up Promotion of Homosexual Agenda

WASHINGTON, January 13, 2010 (C-FAM) The Obama administration has made it repeatedly clear that one of their priorities is the promotion of the homosexual agenda both in the US and…

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2011 UN Agenda: Same As It Ever Was

NEW YORK, January 6 (C-FAM) UN-watchers expect the new year’s agenda to include youth, demography, reproductive health, the homosexual agenda, and the global economic crisis. Last summer the UN announced…

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Countries Reject “Sexual Orientation” Language in Treaty with Europe

BRUSSELS, December 30 (C-FAM) Developing nations recently slapped down attempts by the European Union to add “sexual orientation” to an existing treaty. Seventy-nine countries from Africa, the Caribbean, and the…

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High Court Says No Right to Abortion in European Law

STRASBOURG, December 23 (C-FAM) Europe’s highest human rights court says there is no human right to abortion in Europe’s human rights convention, and that abortion laws are the purview of…

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Group Says Discrimination Against Christians on the Rise in Europe

VIENNA, December 17, 2010 (C-FAM) The murder of a Catholic bishop in Turkey, 100,000 Euro fines, and exclusion from public office are just a few of the acts of discrimination…

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UN and IPPF Sponsor Campaign to Decriminalize Willful HIV Infection

NEW YORK, December 9 (C-FAM) A new campaign seeks to eliminate disclosure laws which require HIV positive individuals to inform their sex partners of their potentially deadly infection.  The campaign…

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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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