Back-Alley Euthanasia?
How far will euthanasia advocates go in pushing their agenda? Here’s a story out of the United Kingdom, where the End of Life Assistance Bill is being proposed in Scotland…
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EU Commissioner Reding genuflects to the LGBT lobby
Under this link, you can find a report by “Talpa Bruxellensis” (i.e., the Brussels mole) on a hearing that took place yesterday evening with regard to the question whether the…
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Antidote to World Youth Conference
As an antidote to the sad and disturbing events that took place at the recent UN-sponsored World Youth Conference, below is a link to the text of the Holy Father’s…
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Billionaire buys ‘Civil Society’
According to a press release published today, George Soros donates US$ 100 million to the NGO ‘Human Rights Watch’. Maybe that explains why ‘Human Rights Watch’ is so focussed on…
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C-FAM on South African TV: World Youth Conference in Mexico
Terrence McKeegan, our Vice President and Senior Counsel was interviewed by SABC TV at the World Youth Conference in Leon, Mexico. Terrence discusses concerns regarding the NGO Statement produced by…
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UNFPA Executive Director Departs
UNFPA’s website reports that its departing Executive Director, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, delivered her final speech to UNFPA’s executive board on August 30th. A link to a video of her entire speech is…
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“The Future of the European Union”
Ilya Somin, Associate Professor of Law at George Mason University, speculates at the Volokh Conspiracy regarding the EU’s future. Somin considers the European Union “one of the most interesting experiments in…
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Independent Audit Panel Finds Flaws in UN Climate Reports
FoxNews reports in an article entitled, “Independent Audit Panel Slams U.N.’s Climate Group,” that the InterAcademy Council, which is an independent group of scientists from various agencies throughout the world,…
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Conscientious Objection Objected to by European Politicians
The European Parliament Platform for Secularism in Politics is worried about a “rather extensive use of the right to conscientious objection on religious grounds in order to refuse legal medical…
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European Parliament Development Committee voting on SRHR
Today the European Parliament (EP) Development Committee is voting on sexual and reproductive health rights. In particular, the Committee is voting on Belgian MEP Veronique Dekeyser’s report ‘Health care systems…
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CEDAW Concluding Observations
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) recently released “Concluding Observations” from CEDAW’s 46th session that criticize various countries around the world for failing to provide sufficient “reproductive…
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LIVE BLOGGING From the World Youth Conference in Leon, Mexico
Government representatives at the WYC were just as confused as the conference drew to a close as they have been throughout the week. The Declaration of Guanajuato was adopted earlier…
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European “Humanists”: Lobbying for Anti-Values
What is posted below is a paper by David Pollock, President of the “European Humanist Federation” (EHF), in which he expands on the aims and strategy of his organisation. As…
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LIVE BLOGGING From the World Youth Conference in Leon, Mexico
Documenting the Sexual Exploitation of Youth So what do UNFPA and all of their friends in the “Sexual and Reproductive Health” racket really mean when they talk about “age-appropriate” sexual…
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LIVE BLOGGING From the World Youth Conference in Leon, Mexico
The delegations are still making their presentations on national youth initiatives as this is being written. Several delegates have vented their frustration throughout the day regarding the “negotiations”, which in…
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They All Sound the Same
The UN Human Rights Committee recently released “Concluding Observations” from its 99th session, held in Geneva July 12-30th, 2010. Cameroon was one of the targets of these “observations,” and I…
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Chaos at Mexican Youth Conference
Government delegations at the WYC are becoming increasingly frustrated with the disorganization of the organizers today. At afternoon breakout sessions, delegates came prepared with language suggestions and amendments for the…
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LIVE BLOGGING from World Youth Conference
At the World Youth Conference plenary this afternoon, the scheduled panel was interrupted by an urgent announcement from one of the organizers to denounce a “phony” draft declaration that is…
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LIVE BLOGGING From the World Youth Conference in Leon, Mexico
C-FAM is at the World Youth Conference in Leon, Mexico this week to cover the action. While this is not an “official” UN conference, it is sponsored by nearly every…
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Catholic Adoption Agencies Persecuted in UK
The Telegraph reports that a High Court judge ruled last Thursday that Catholic Care, the “last remaining Roman Catholic adoption agency to resist Labour’s equality laws” is not allowed to “restrict…
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“Live & Living” MDG5 Shadow Report in Asia
A new “interactive, web-based report” called the “Live & Living” MDG5 Shadow Report” promotes abortion rights in Asia. The “report” is sponsored by the Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW) and her “partners…
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Sexuality Education for Children Under 12
In October, Rutgers Nisso Groep (RNG), a “Dutch Expert Group on Sexuality” will be holding an international conference titled “Conference [on] Sexuality Under 18: How the Social Environment Influences Sexual…
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“No Evidence Needed” EU Arrest Warrants
Andrew Stuttaford over at NR’s Corner blogged yesterday about the increase in these nifty little EU “no evidence needed” warrants. I wonder if the majority of British citizens are even…
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Some People Just Don’t Have A Sense of Humor
An article over at catholicexchange.com, originally published on Lifesitenews.com, debunks claims by a Polish pro-abortion group, the Polish Federation for Women and Family Planning, that “thousands” of women were traveling…
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UN Launches International Year of Youth
According to UN statistics, the world has never seen a larger population of youth – 1.8 billion young people aged 10-24 and the international community will spend the next 12…
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