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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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Nuncio to Iraq Appointed as New Head of Holy See Mission to UN

     NEW YORK, July 22 (C-FAM)  Late last week, Pope Benedict XVI named Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt as the new permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations…

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Calls for Radical Autonomy for Youth Ahead of Mexico Conference

      NEW YORK, July 15 (C-FAM)  Two recently released documents prepared in anticipation of an upcoming youth conference make unprecedented claims for new “rights” for youth that experts say directly…

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U.S. Attacks Egypt Over Homosexual Rights at UN

     NEW YORK, July 8 (C-FAM)  At the United Nations (UN) last month, several U.S. representatives attacked Egypt for asking for further investigation into a  homosexual advocacy organization which has…

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UN Creates What May Become a Billion Dollar Agency for Radical Feminism

     NEW YORK, July 8 (C-FAM)  Last Friday the General Assembly voted to consolidate four separate United Nations (UN) bodies dedicated to women’s issues into one new gender equality entity…

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G8 Countries Launch Global Initiative on Maternal Health without Reference to Abortion

Co-Authored by Nick Dunn TORONTO, July 2 (C-FAM) The Group of Eight (G8) leading industrial countries held their annual forum here last week and, following the lead of the Canadian…

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CEDAW Committee Elections Promise More of the Same in Abortion Promotion

NEW YORK, July 2 (C-FAM) Elections to fill openings for half of the 23 seats of the committee charged with monitoring compliance to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination…

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US Administration Launches All-Out International Homosexual “Rights” Offensive

     WASHINGTON DC, June 24th (C-FAM)  United States (US) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed a reception at the State Department, proclaiming that “human rights are gay rights and gay…

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Abortion Activists Claim New “Right” to Maternal Health

Co-authored by Catherine Glenn Foster

          (WASHINGTON DC – C-FAM) At the United Nations (UN)-backed Women Deliver conference in Washington DC last week, abortion activists announced the achievement of a…

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UN Leadership in Disarray as Scientific Dispute Shatters Consensus on Maternal Health

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM)  Deep divisions with top United Nations (UN) officials and abortion activists on one side and maternal health researchers on the other became public this week…

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Researchers Asked to Hide Scientific Debate over Maternal Deaths

Co-authored by Catherine Glenn Foster      (NEW YORK – C-FAM)  At a meeting on maternal and child health research in Washington last week, United Nations (UN) staff and abortion advocates…

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IPPF Report Calls for Youth Sex Rights and Reveals New UN Funding

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM)  The abortion giant, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), has just released its latest financial statement. The report boasts of increased spending on youth programs…

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Human Rights Activists Call for a Super-Treaty Monitoring Body at UN

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM)  A new law review article by Professor Michael O’Flaherty, rapporteur of the Yogyakarta Principles, calls for the melding of all UN human rights treaty-monitoring bodies…

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Portugal Legalizes Homosexual Marriage, Visiting Pope Condemns It

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM)  This week, the president of Portugal announced his decision to ratify a law allowing gay marriage in the small European country. The same-sex marriage bill…

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Gender-bending Yogyakarta Principles Brought to Council of Europe

Co-authored by Emanuele Rizzardi      (NEW YORK – C-FAM)  Two recent initiatives out of the Council of Europe (CoE) on sexual orientation and gender identity are seen as the first…

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USSC Nominee Kagan Displays Strong Internationalist Sympathies

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM)  On Monday, President Barack Obama announced the nomination of Elena Kagan to the position of Associate Justice on the United States (US) Supreme Court.  Based…

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G8 Battle Breaks Out Over International Abortion Funding

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM)  The campaign to insert abortion funding into maternal health initiatives has dominated the media coverage leading up to the 36th annual G8 Summit, which will…

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New US House Bill Would Overturn Last Meaningful Restrictions on International Abortion Funding

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM)  Last Friday, a Congresswoman from Brooklyn, New York introduced a bill in the United States (US) House of Representatives that would greatly expand international funding…

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Last Minute Backroom Negotiations Leave Witnesses Baffled at UN Commission on Population and Development

     (NEW YORK – C –FAM)  Observers were left scratching their heads trying to figure out what went wrong in the final few hours of the United Nations (UN) Commission…

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Top Abortion Law Firm Says Government Funded Abortion is a Human Right

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM)  A top abortion-rights law firm recently released its conclusion that the last decade of international legal trends indicate that abortion is not only an international…

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