UN Women attempts to mark its territory at CSW briefing
While attending a briefing on the upcoming 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women yesterday, it became apparent that UN Women is very concerned with putting on…
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Benedict XVI: “The first of all rights is the right to life”
During the Angelus last Sunday Pope Benedict mentioned the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights during the. He said: “On the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human…
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Sec. Clinton’s Remarks on International Human Rights Day Omits Unborn
Last Friday commemorated the 63rd anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This declaration was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10,…
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VIDEO: Vulgarity of UNFPA “Condomize” Campaign
The UNFPA initiative, the Condomize Campaign is again at it during ICASA 2011 (16th International Conference on AIDS & STIs in Africa). The UNFPA and Co. continue to recklessly promote…
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Nigerians fight to uphold marriage under Obama’s pressure
The Catholic Medical Association of Nigeria (CMAN) congratulated that country’s Senate for defending marriage in law, but it condemned what it called the “coordinated ferocity” of foreign governments, NGOs, and…
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Evangelical congressman proposes stipend to cover costs of child rearing in the case of rape
Brazilian congressman Henrique Afonso has proposed a law that would require the Brazilian government to provide mothers who conceive during rape with a stipend to cover the costs associated with…
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CRR: Unrestricted access to Plan B – even at the expense of Teenage Girls
No other proof is needed then this latest fundraising email from staunch international pro-abortion group, the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), that their only objective is unrestricted sexual and reproductive…
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Pro-life province established in Argentina
In response to the recent attempt of radical politicians to legalize abortion in Argentina, Governor Ricardo Colombi declared his state of Correientes the “Pro-life province” of Argentina. His stance on…
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US Rejects Kids Access to Morning-After Pill
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius has overruled a decision to make the morning-after pill available without a prescription to girls under 17 – shocking pro-lifers and abortion…
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Red Cross promoting abortion as a human right? Shame on WHO
The latest report on maternal health from the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) will leave some readers thinking IFRC endorses abortion as a human right. That’s because it…
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No…Ratifying CEDAW is not about unisex bathrooms and ending Mothers’ Day
I just read an op-ed by Linda Tarr-Whelan, calling for the U.S. to ratify CEDAW. Whelan is a former U.S. ambassador to U.N. Commission on the Status of Women during…
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“Pesky Issue of National Sovereignty” in the way of Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Larry Bell writes in Forbes about “More U.N. Insanity Paid For By U.S. Taxpayers”. He claims UN officials want to achieve “global governance” through an international tax system. An underlying…
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Obama tells US soldiers they must combat laws against sodomy around the world
You read that correctly, today the President of the United States directed US agencies working abroad, including the Defense Department, that they were to “to strengthen existing efforts to effectively…
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UN Women Gets No R-E-S-P-E-C-T
“UN Women is in trouble,” reports Barbara Crossette in The Nation. Her article “UN Women Limps Toward Its First Anniversary” details how the agency is short on money and respect,…
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Last on 7 Billion
In case you missed it, here is Jonathan Last’s article on the link between the UN Population Division’s new calculus and UNFPA et al’s continued advocacy for population control in…
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Human Rights “Cloud” Obscures Development vs. Human Rights Debate
Today C-FAM attended a panel discussion on “People at the center: Human rights in global economics and development”. The event commemorated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right…
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Center for Reproductive Rights gives briefings to UN bodies?
This is old news. It happened in May 2010 but it did not get any attention at the time. Apparently, the Committee for Social, Economic and Cultural Rights, which monitors…
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European Parliament resolves to fight HIV/AIDS through … abortion!
Fortunately, hardly any citizen ever reads the pompous yet irremediably silly resolutions through which the European Parliament lets the world know about its opinion on all matters that fall outside…
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“TriParenting” Hogwash Slapped Down
A researcher from Sweden argues that if two parents are good, then why not three? In a paper in the Journal of Medical Ethics, Daniela Cutas is heavy on “may”…
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The “Secret Daughter” of Movie Stars
The New York Times reports today on the death of the “secret daughter” of Loretta Young and Clark Gable. Conceived during an affair between the married Clark and his co-star…
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Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Endorse Special Rapporteur on Right to Abortion
Just in case anyone was wondering who actually pays attention to anything that goes on within the UN Human Rights machinery… The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent…
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EU: when asked about the FRA, the Commission doesn’t know the answer…
Following the publication by the controversial EU Fundamental Rights Agency of a report on “Homophobia and Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation”, one Member of the European Parliament, Mr. Konrad…
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Apple’s Siri Does not Do Abortion Referrals?
NO. In fact, it may even refer you to a crisis pregnancy center instead! Over the last couple of days this issue has gone viral on the news and on…
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The EU lobbies itself on gay rights: is ILGA-Europe an “unofficial” EU Agency??
ILGA is an international gay rights lobby, which organises all the major “Gay Pride” manifestations around the world and promotes an extremist agenda (full recognition of same-sex marriage everywhere around…
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