Funding for Family Planning/Population Control to Poor Countries Increases Under Obama
The Obama Administration has substantially increased foreign aid assistance for population control/family planning activities since 2008. The initial budget proposal coming from the state department for the FY 2012 Foreign…
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SOVIET RUSSIA: “It was more common to take sick days for an abortion than for a cold in those days”
A Reuters article gives some background and perspective on recent developments in Russia’s abortion law. Russia has the highest abortion rate in the world: 1.3 million, or 73 per 100…
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Redefining Health: Center for Reproductive Rights and Anand Grover working together
As covered previously, Special Rapporteur Anand Grover has been using his position to redefine the “right to health” as including access to abortion. His argument is two fold. First, unsafe…
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The ECtHR decision in the case of S.H. and others v. Austria – some further considerations
By a previous post readers ofthis blog have been informed of the recent decision by a Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of S.H….
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IACHR establishes unit on “the rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Persons”
Last week, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) created a special unit to oversee protection of the rights of “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Persons”. The creation of…
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RH Bill continues to flounder in Manila
According to the most recent news reports in Manila, the fate of house Bill 4244, known as “Responsible Parenthood, Reproductive Health and Population and Development Act of 2011”, continues to…
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Warning: CEDAW may cause severe Schizoprhenia
The US delegation to the third committee joined consensus yesterday on a ceremonial resolution meant to reiterate the importance of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination…
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Congressman on China’s One-Child Policy Abuses: “People need to know the impact of this preposterous crime against mankind”
Yesterday the House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing to review the egregious human rights abuses documented in the 2011 report issued by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC). The…
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Bioethics: Major Victory for Family and State Sovereignty before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights.
By Grégor Puppinck, PhD, Director of the ECLJ 3rd November 2011 – Today, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has delivered its final judgment in…
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Why in 75 years we will bomerang back to “7 Billion”
In a very concise and informative video, our friends at PRI (Population Research Institute) debunk the scare tactics being used by population control activists like Ted Turner: 7 Billion People:…
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Well written summary of various opinions on the “7 Billion” milestone
Over at the New American, Dave Bohen has a very balanced take on the UN’s recent population publicity campaign: Seven Billion Milestone a Blessing Says Population Expert “To those worried…
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Baby 6.8 billion
My daughter is baby 6.812 billion according to BBC. That means she just missed getting that cake and scholarship from the UN Secretary General by 188 million births. Perhaps I…
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One in 7 Billion…Unique and Significant
Well, from the BBC website I am 76,606,678,410 …and my children are; 79,255,210,699 79,422,525,567 79,932,372,961 80,183,420,475 80,453,207,189 80,924,054,523 81,112,298,940 When my children are asked by someone what number they are,…
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Unique Among the 7 Billion?
The BBC’s “What Number Are You” website (that Tim mentions in a previous post) is a clever way to make you feel unique among the estimated 7 billion in the…
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I Am Number 79,221,018,804
The BBC website flagged by Tim informed me that I am the 79,221,018,804 person to have lived since history began. That is pretty cool! While it certainly gives some perspective…
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BBC asks: What number are you?
BBC recently launched an interactive website where you can learn where you fall within the world’s 7 billion. The website was created in tadem with the UN’s announcement this year…
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Congress Schedules Three Hearings to Discuss China’s Population Control Abuses
Beginning today Congress has scheduled three independent hearings to discuss the continued human rights abuses being reported in China as a result of the enforcement of the one-child policy. The…
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UN report used to claim that U.S. Abortion laws violate international human rights
In response to Special Rapporteur Anand Grover’s recent report on the right to health (previously covered here), many are now charging that US abortion laws exist in violation of international…
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UNFPA’s new report: The stress of the “7 billion” goes beyond the reach of family planning
In a noteworthy departure from its usual approach to the world’s population, a recent report released by UNFPA makes it clear that today’s demographic woes cannot be adequately addressed by…
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Launch of the San José Articles at the European Parliament: “Life, as well as the right to life, starts at conception”
On October 26th 2011, the “San Jose Articles” were launched at a press conference held during the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. You can access the video…
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European Commission: promoting adoption as an alternative to abortion is “inappropriate”
These people really seem to care a lot for the lives of human beings, don’t they…? Parliamentary Question E-005029/2011 Answer given by Commissioner Reding The advertisement says: “(I understand if…
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Meaning, Relativism, Pickled Herring, Tyranny…
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” “The question is,”…
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The 50th Session of the CEDAW Committee is Concluded
The 50th Session of the CEDAW Committee conluded last week in Geneva. The Committee issued its Final Observations to Chad, Côte d’ Ivoire, Kuwait, Lesotho, Mauritius, Montenegro, Oman, Paraguay. The…
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UN Special Rapporteur says Criminal Laws and Legal Restrictions on Abortion are a Violation of the Right to Health
Anand Grover, the Special Rapporteur on the ‘right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health’ appeared before the third committee yesterday and presented a report…
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Russia Adopts Stricter Abortion Law
The Russian Parliament has passed a law limiting the availability of abortions after the twelfth week of pregnancy. The law was enacted following growing concerns with Russia’s declining and aging…
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