What Third World Women Want
Check out Charlotte Allen’s article in this week’s Weekly Standard. The feminist academic conference she covers gives even more evidence of the lack of evidence that the current focus on…
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New book on sex selective abortion
I recommend Jonathan V. Last’s review of Mara Hvistendahl’s new book, Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls and the Consequences of a World Full of Men in the Wall Street…
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A letter on Religion in Society
The European Union is currently financing a pluridisciplinary research project on Religion and Society called “RELIGARE“. The stated purpose of the project is to “to explore adequate policy responses to…
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SOGI Splitting Human Rights Consensus
The Human Rights Council in Geneva voted today to adopt a resolution which would commission a study documenting discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on…
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Top abortion advocate says pro-lifers won at 2 UN conferences
In this week’s interview in the Huffington Post, Adrienne Germain says abortion advocates lost ground at two recent UN meetings. I met Germain at the Commission on Population and Development…
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New Ipas guide for misoprostol
It didn’t take long for the international abortion provider, Ipas, to use WHO’s “approval” of misoprostol to lend legitimacy to its work. (WHO’s recent approval was for preventing post-partum hemmorhaging…
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5 UN agencies join to promote universal abortion rights
Under the auspices of condemning the heinous practice of sex selective abortion, 5 UN agencies have issued a statement essentially calling for universal unrestricted abortion. Thanks to Marie Smith for…
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Bundling and Bumbling about HIV/AIDS at the UN
The UN’s high-level conference on HIV/AIDS began on Wednesday with fanfare and a veritable parade of delegates, scientists, activists, and UN bureaucrats. In keeping with what is now standard procedure,…
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Clinton seeking World Bank post?
Reuters reports US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may be seeking to step down from her US post if she can acquire the top job at the World Bank when…
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Fox guards hen house at UNFPA
The US remarks at the UNFPA executive board meeting make me long for the days when at least one donor used these meetings to (at least attempt to) hold the…
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Reducing women to their fertility
Here is a recent post by our friend from the Heritage Foundation, Grace Melton. Grace traces the way consideration of women has been reduced to their role as childbearers throughout…
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Finally Following the Vatican’s Lead on AIDS?
Catholic News Agency reported earlier this week on the growing appreciation for the Catholic approach to combatting the spread of HIV/AIDS. “We are at the beginning of a convergence in…
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Encouraging Youth to Commit to Life, and to Hope
It is rare to hear a UN discussion on youth that include a message of hope for their future. Often, UN agencies view youth as a problem or liability, whose…
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Provenance of a treaty and its archaic ideas
Here is Christina Sommer’s new article in Policy Review about the fight over CEDAW ratification in the US. Sommers gets to the heart of the debate about treaties: once ratified,…
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Death of “Dr. Death”
The Huffington Post reports that Jack Kevorkian, aka Dr. Death, has died at the age of 83 in a Detroit hospital: Kevorkian, who was trained as medical pathologist but stripped…
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Russia Considering Legislation to Limit Abortion
AP News reports on a move earlier this week by Russian Parliamentarians to restrict abortion in Russia – a country with a one of the highest abortion rates in the…
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Shielding Youth Through Exposure?
Just in time for the upcoming conference on HIV/AIDS, UNICEF, UNAIDS, and a host of other UN agencies released a report yesterday, entitled “Opportunity in Crisis,” on preventing HIV/AIDS among…
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US ambassador on trafficking: Vatican address
The US ambassador on human trafficking, Luis CdeBaca, made remarks at the Vatican recently. What we’re talking about is a modern form of slavery, and all the terminology that swirls…
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Short comments on the ECHR judgment R.R. v. POLAND
On May 26th, 2011, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has delivered a judgment in the case of R.R. v. Poland (application no. 27617/04). The court ruled that there…
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IPPF gets new director
IPPF announced that Gill Greer is out and Tewodros Melesse is in as the new director-general. Melesse steps into the position as head of the world’s largest abortion provider from…
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US slams ECOSOC over abortion
The Obama administration should be ashamed of its response to the recent elections to the Commission on Population and Development (CPD). US UN Ambassador Susan Rice singled out Iran’s successful…
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Kenyan OB/GYN Confirms Destructive Power of US Population and Development Programs
This is testimony from a doctor working on the ground that needs to be read by everyone working in the international population and development field. Here is a sampling: Population…
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UN hearing on non-communicable diseases 16 June
The UN’s new super-HPV vaccination scheme for girls will be deliberated this coming September at the High Level Meeting on Non-communicable diseases. An interactive hearing will be held on 16…
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WHO’s HPV guidelines ignore parent’s role
More on the UN’s HPV campaign from my previous story and blog posts. The WHO’s guidelines for countries on how to implement the vaccine notably circumvent the role of parents….
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The new Hungarian Constitution: a national reshaping on traditional values
The new Constitution, passed by the Hungarian Parliament with a resounding majority and carried out by Viktor Orban’s government, has been signed on 25 April 2011 by Mr Pál Schmitt,…
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