State Dept. and USAID: What’s Really First For Maternal Health?
Today, Sec. Clinton delivered a brief speech at the launch of the Global Partnership on Maternal and Child Health, where she mentioned that we have to step away from traditional…
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Women’s Health Education: Biology, not Ideology
During last week’s Commission on the Status of Women at the UN, a panel hosted by the World Youth Alliance welcomed Dr. Miriam Grossman to speak about her research and…
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Italian Crucifix Case Judgment Reached
The European Court announced today to participating parties in the Lautsi v. Italy case (also known as the Italian crucifix case) that the Grand Chamber had reached a judgment on…
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Chile Promotes Effective Pro-Life Policies at UN Commission
Last week at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, the delegate from Chile made a very strong statement to refute the claim that legalizing abortion helps to reduce…
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European Court dismisses claim of child placed in mental asylum for home educating
The Alliance Defense Fund has just received word that the case against the German government filed by Hubert Busekros on behalf of his daughter at the European Court of Human…
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UNDP: Poverty Reduction or Empowerment Agenda?
Today on Twitter, UNDP’s Helen Clark took questions about UNDP and women’s empowerment in development, and left important questions unanswered. The official UNDP website stated that the chat was supposed…
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Surrogacy scandal
Human trafficking is one issue that can unite developing nations at the UN, regardless of their stance on sexual and reproductive rights. This Agence France Presse story demonstrates just one…
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Celebrate International Women’s Day 100?
Tomorrow marks the 100th celebration of international women’s day (IWD). More than just an excuse to forward chain e-mails to all the “amazing women” in our lives, the day will…
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What Women Want
Last week during the Commission on the Status of Women the Holy See Mission to the UN and the Mission of Saint Lucia sponsored an event on “Health and Education:…
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Teachers Union Tells UN Kids Need to Learn About Masturbation and Orgasms
My C-FAM colleague Lauren Funk has an amazing report from the UN Commission on the Status of Women. It seems a representative from the NEA (National Education Association), the largest…
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Update: Joseph Weiler Vindicated by French Court
In late January, I reported on the sorry saga of NYU Law Professor Joseph Weiler being dragged before a French criminal court for writing a negative book review. Thankfully, the…
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Gay Marriage About to Lose Again
Our friends around the world might be inclined to believe the media spin that homosexual marriage is about to happen in the United States. Nothing is further from the truth,…
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(Some) Kids Just Want to Stay Chaste/Listen Up U.N.
Whenever anyone at the UN brings up abstinence education, they are met with loud guffaws and overall rudeness. The mockers would be wise to check out this story in today’s…
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Savior Siblings
In case you missed it, France’s first “saviour sibling” was born several weeks ago in Paris. The child was selected for birth as an embryo, out of a dozen created,…
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What Do Libyan Women Need Now?
According to UNFPA: what the hundred thousand refugee women fleeing Libya need right now is reproductive health kits. As my colleague Lauren Funk said in this blog yesterday, UNFPA has…
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On Crises and Contraception
Among the events of this week’s Commission on the Status of Women, the permanent missions of Australia and Indonesia sponsored the launch of the Interagency Working Group’s Manual on Reproductive…
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UN Youth: Poverty and Sexuality Education
The most recent “Youth Flash” out of the UN has some interesting things to say about youth poverty. While it is correct to see poverty as a “multidimensional concept,” it…
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German Mother Sits In Jail For Protecting Her Young Children from Sexualization
The Alliance Defense Fund [ADF] filed an emergency order to the European Court of Human Rights today on behalf of Irene Wiens, a German mother and faithful Christian, who is…
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Making the Connection: UNICEF and UNFPA
What brings UNICEF and UNFPA together? Providing sexual and reproductive health services- especially to adolescent girls. UNICEF and UNFPA sponsored an event last week during the Commission on the Status…
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New article on EC and the trouble with WHO data
here This afternoon at UN headquarters, senior UN delegates will discuss how best to reduce the number of women who die in childbirth worldwide. It is doubtful that any of…
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Bernard Nathanson, Requiescat in Pace
American pro-life icon Bernard Nathanson received full honors yesterday at his Mass of Christian burial at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. New York archbishop Timothy Dolan presided, surrounded at…
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UK: “Anti-Discrimination” Law excludes Christian couples from assuming foster care responsibility
While the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has recently decided that being homosexual or lesbian was not a sufficient ground for being prevented from adopting children, a UK law…
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EU putting pressure on Croatia, Moldova to promote “LGBT rights”
According to recent press reports, LGBT activists try to use the EU’s political leverage to impose on Croatia new legislation that would severely curtail freedom of speech and conscience and…
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pro-life vote made a significant impact on Irish election
Following the controversial European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgment in the ABC vs Ireland case, there was a discussion on whether Ireland needed to legalise abortion. In last week’s…
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The social cost of “Anti-Discrimination”: higher insurance fees for everyone
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) today issued a highly controversial judgment, according which insurance companies will be obliged to offer “unisex fees” for all insurance schemes, even if the…
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