Global Family Planning Partnership Garners U.S. Support in Rebranding and Promoting LGBTQ Issues
Last year, the global family planning partnership FP2020 limped across the finish line to announce that it was only halfway to its ambitious goal of adding 120 million contraceptive users by the year 2020.
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Activists Seeking Universal Ban on “Conversion Therapy” Frustrated by Fundamental Rights Enshrined in Law
For those seeking help for unwanted same-sex attraction, free speech and religious liberty laws are an obstacle to proposed bans on so-called “conversion therapy.”
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U.S. House Passes Foreign Aid Bill that Will Fund Abortion Overseas
The U.S. House led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi passed for the first time an overseas funding bill that stripped longstanding pro-life protections which prevented U.S. taxpayer funding for abortion. “We…
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World Health Organization Prepares to Escalate Attack on Pro-Life Laws
The World Health Organization (WHO) is updating its technical and policy guidance on “safe abortion.”
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The WHO Pushes “De-medicalization” of Abortion in Updated Self-Care Guidelines
Abortion advocates are using WHO guidelines to promote at-home medical abortions, claiming they empower women and maximize “comfort and support,” despite the known harms.
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U.S. Lawmakers Spar over Abortion Funding in Foreign Aid Bill
Democrat lawmakers cleared preliminary hurdles moving the 2022 foreign aid funding bill through committee despite fierce opposition from Republicans for the removal of federal restrictions on overseas abortion funding.
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Lancet Commission Sanitizes China’s Human Rights Abuses Against Mothers and Children
A new Lancet Commission on the state of maternal and child health in the People’s Republic of China since its founding highlights progress in reducing deaths but makes glaring omissions.
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Biden Asks Congress to Bypass Federal Restrictions on Abortion Funding Overseas
The White House’s 2022 budget proposal attempts to bypass politically popular federal restrictions on abortion funding abroad.
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UN Expert Group Attacks Former President Trump’s Pro-Life Foreign Policy
A working group of UN human rights experts called on member states to “actively push back on conservative religious and racialized political ideologies that undermine gender equality,” calling out U.S.-led efforts to promote life and the family in international fora.
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G7 Embraces Abortion Language in Communiques as U.S. Reverses Position
The pro-abortion Biden administration reversed its predecessor’s policy last week during the annual G7 meetings and affirmed the inclusion of “sexual and reproductive health” in a document about global health priorities.
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