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UNICEF Calls for Legal Abortion in Dominican Republic
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Despite direct intervention by a top United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) official, the Dominican Republic appears poised to adopt a new constitution that protects human…
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Nations Balk at Billion Dollar Global Gender Policing Agency
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) At a meeting at United Nations (UN) headquarters last week, nations pushed back when UN staff insisted governments approve an enormous new gender-policing agency with…
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Latin American Delegations Appear to Betray Pro-Life Constituencies Back Home
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Latin American pro-life leaders are questioning how their delegations performed at this year’s United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD) meeting, and the picture…
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Controversial Equal Treatment Directive Passed by the European Parliament
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) In last week’s plenary session, the European Parliament (EP) voted 360 to 277 in favor of an “Anti-Discrimination Directive” that critics say paves the way…
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New UN Policy Paper Called Neo-Malthusian and Statist
(WASHINGTON, DC – C-FAM) On the eve of the annual UN Commission on the Population and Development, the UN Population Division (UNPD) issued a policy brief calling for heightened…
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Abortion Push Expected as UN Marks Anniversary of Cairo Conference
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) will meet next week at the United Nations (UN) to mark the 15th anniversary of the International Conference…
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UNFPA to Receive Renewed US Funding
(WASHINGTON, DC – C-FAM) Though not confirmed, pro-abortion groups are reporting that the United States (US) State Department has released $50 million to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),…
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European Union Pressures Serbia to Adopt Gender Identity Legislation
(NEW YORK – C-FAM ) Serbia’s legislature has just passed a law providing for “freedom of expression of sexual orientation and gender identity” under pressure from the European Union…
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At UN Obama Reps Push for Sexual and Reproductive Health
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meeting continues at the United Nations (UN) this week and delegates have begun the arduous task…
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European Christian Party Abandons Pro-Life and Pro-Family Positions
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The European Parliament's largest umbrella group backed away from its strong pro-life and pro-family positions in a new draft position statement for the 2009 European…
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Mexican Supreme Court Issues Final, Limited Ruling on Abortion
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Mexican pro-life lawyers are claiming at least partial victory in a final decision just handed down by the Mexican Supreme Court. In a convoluted document…
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Catholic Church Becomes Punching Bag at Annual UN Conference
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) This week at the United Nations (UN), thousands of activists, government officials and UN officials gathered in New York for the annual Commission on the…
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Se anticipa lucha por el aborto al reunirse en la ONU la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer
Por: Amy de Rosa (NEW YORK – C-FAM) El 53 periodo de sesiones de la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer (CSW por sus siglas…
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Abortion Fight Anticipated as Commission on the Status of Women Meets at UN
by Amy DeRosa (NEW YORK – C-FAM) The 53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will meet next week at the United Nations (UN) to…
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CEDAW Committee Faces More Pushback From Countries on Abortion
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The committee in charge of overseeing state compliance with the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) concluded its latest…
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Council of Europe Propagates Anti-Family Yogyakarta Principles
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) A special committee of the Council of Europe (CoE) is meeting this week in Strasbourg, France, to promote the implementation of Yogyakarta Principles on sexual orientation…
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Pro-Abortion Law Firm Abuses UN Treaties to Badger Brazil on Abortion
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), a New York-based abortion advocacy group, is claiming Brazil violates an international right to maternal health when a pregnant…
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Troubling Feminist Bill Advances in the Philippines
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) A radical, feminist-inspired “gender mainstreaming” bill has been voted out of the Philippine Senate and is now before the Bicameral Conference Committee, which will likely…
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UNICEF Report Ignores Child Survival, Focuses on Dangers of Childbearing to Women
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The UN children’s agency, UNICEF, launched its annual report this week claiming that, “Having a child remains one of the biggest health risks for women…
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Family Defended at Global Mexico City Conference
by Amy DeRosa (NEW YORK – C-FAM) The Sixth World Meeting of Families, held in Mexico City, concluded this past Sunday with a message from Pope Benedict XVI…
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Cameroon Tells Pro-Abortion UN Committee Abortion is Murder
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The committee that monitors state compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) will begin a new session…
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Gender Feminist Legislation Brewing in the Philippines
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The Philippine Senate is debating legislation passed last month by the lower house that would mandate adoption of “gender mainstreaming” throughout the country. The legislation…
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Gay Groups Lobby Treaty Body on Recognition of Yogyakarta Principles
(C-FAM – NEW YORK) Three international homosexual rights advocacy organizations are jointly urging the treaty compliance committee that reviews implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural…
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Abortion Group Defends Abortion Targeting Unborn Girls
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) According to a new article circulated by the abortion advocacy organization Ipas, widespread access to “safe abortion” trumps concerns over the gender imbalance stemming from…
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French UN Sexual Orientation Push Linked to Radical Yogyakarta Principles
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) A statement promoted by the government of France and issued jointly in December by 66 United Nations (UN) member states on “sexual orientation and gender…
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