China’s Population Control Inspired by Ideas of the Club of Rome
Following the high-profile drama of Chen Guangcheng, Robert Zubrin, author of Merchants of Despair: Radical Environmentalists, Criminal Pseudo-Scientists, and the Fatal Cult of Antihumanism, explores the origins of the Chinese one-child…
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Guttmacher Inflates Abortion Numbers in Latin America
A recent article in a medical journal in Mexico completely debunks the Guttmacher Institute numbers on “unsafe” abortions in several latin american countries. The study found that the Guttmacher methodology…
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Monogamous Marriage Carries the Day
Distinguished scholars have pointed out that President Obama’s announcement in support of same-sex marriage has done the nation a favor by creating a platform for a much needed discussion on…
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Chen’s Sabbath
Chen Guangcheng’s weary plea as he sought refuge in the U.S. embassy in Beijing was, “I have not had a Sunday in 7 years.” Arriving in the U.S. this…
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Planned Parenthood Wants Pro-life Language Cut from Zambia Draft Constitution
Last month the Constitution Technical Committee of Zambia released the first Draft Constitution and Planned Parenthood of Zambia (PPAZ) has responded calling for the elimination of language that would protect the…
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£1 Million a Week Taxpayers’ Money is Spent on Repeat Abortions in the UK
The Daily Mail and the Telegraph have recently reported that the National Health Service pays an estimated £1million a week for abortions on women who have already had one or…
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House Committee Right To Cut Aid to UNFPA and International Abortion Rights Groups
On Thursday the House Appropriations Committee passed the FY’13 State and Foreign Operations bill which provides funding to the State Department and other foreign operations. The $40.1 billion package makes…
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Top Politician Calls for Legalization of Abortion in Trinidad and Tobago
The Secretary of Gender, Youth and Child Development in Trinidad and Tabago, Verna St Rose Greaves announced this week that she supports not only the legalization of abortion but also…
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Ban in Vogue
Ban Ki-Moon made the cover of a fashion magazine. In an issue dedicated to “Rebranding Africa,” the Italian edition of Vogue magazine profiles the UN Secretary General in an interview…
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European Court of Human Rights: a significant victory for the freedom of the Church
Strasbourg, 15 May 2012 – Yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights published a judgment in the important case of Fernandez-Martínez c. Espagne (application no 56030/07), in which it concluded by…
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House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing Reveals More Chinese Human Rights Abuses
The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, led by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), conducted a hearing yesterday to discuss Chinese human rights abuses brought into the international spotlight by activist Chen Guangcheng. Committee members…
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New Zealand introduces an intrusive birth control plan for women receiving welfare payments
The New Zealand government is planning to offer free long-term contraception such as implants and IUDs to women who receive welfare payments and their daughters, the BBC reported last week….
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UN’s “Earth Summit” setting itself up for Failure
The UN announced last month that at least 130 Heads of State, Vice Presidents, Heads of Government, and deputy Prime Ministers would be attending its upcoming conference on sustainable development,…
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Scandal and the human rights system
Julian Ku over at Opinio Juris posted today on the intertwined relationship between UN human rights bodies and activist US law professors. He picks up on Walter Olson’s piece in the Daily…
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Catholic Bishops Question Girl Scouts Programs
The Girl Scouts have been criticized for years for its leadership pulling the wholesome organization into the trendy world of sexual and gender activism. The piecemeal flare-ups accumulated until, in…
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Younger Women Rejecting Abortion Advocacy: NARAL Leader to Step Down
NARAL president Nancy Keenan has announced that she will be stepping down at the end of the year to allow the oldest pro-abortion rights group the ability to bring in…
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UK Government Funds Forced Sterilizations in India
The British government gave $268 million to the government of India for a program that forcibly sterilizes poor women and men, according to the Guardian newspaper. This news comes as…
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Opinion: Sexual Left Gains, Developing Countries Lose at UN Population Meeting
Our colleague Piero Tozzi writes in this week’s Friday Fax on a recent contentious meeting at the UN: My colleagues at the Friday Fax reported last week that the “Latex…
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The religious shall inherit… the white house?
Eric Kauffmann thinks the religious and the conservative will inherit the earth–eventually–due to their higher fertility. In this essay at The American he says they may well win the election this Novemember, too. The GOP…
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U.S. House Foreign Ops Bill Would Reinstate Mexico City Policy and Defund UNFPA
The House Appropriations State and Foreign Operations subcommittee released its FY 2013 appropriations bill making serious cuts to international organizations that perform or promote abortion. President Obama rescinded the Mexico…
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G77 Pushes back at Rio +20: Negotiations Extended
Straight from the UN News Service last Friday, May 5th: Representatives from governments negotiating the outcome document for the United Nations Sustainable Development Conference (Rio+20) today agreed to add five…
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Non-Aligned Movement Meeting in Egpyt this Week to discuss UN Reform
The Ministerial Coordinating Bureau of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is meeting in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm-el-Sheik, Egypt this week in preparation for the 16th annual NAM Summit Conference to…
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The Human Rights Approach to Rio +20
Here is a link to a letter signed by UN special rapporteurs about the need for Rio to follow a rights based approach and include “strong accountability mechanisms”. The document…
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UNFPA pushes for Population Control at Rio +20 Conference
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is taking advantage of the upcoming Rio+20 conference in June to re-brand population control and market it as the backbone of sustainable development, particularly…
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Congressional Hearing Reveals State Dept. Failure to Protect Chen and his Family
Yesterday the Congressional Executive Commission on China (CECC) met to “address ongoing developments in the Chen Guangcheng case and reported prospects for himself, his family and his supporters.” Chairman Congressman…
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