Planned Parenthood: Birth Control is the Most Important Investment Uncle Sam Can Make
In an interview this week Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood of America, when asked her thoughts about the United States health care bill, stated that she believes the…
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The Catholic Church and Abortion: Strong Leadership is Requested
The following two links to two articles found at lifesitenews.com show that within the Catholic Church there is a need for stronger leadership on issues related to the right to…
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Yet another oppressed ‘sexual minority’: LGBT team up with polygamist community
I thought I should share with the readers of this blog this interesting paper written by Jaime Todd-Gher. As a lawyer working for the Center for Reproductive Rights, Ms. Gher’s…
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Poor February
One has to feel sorry for Black History month. Not only is it the shortest month of the year, but it has to share the limelight with everyone’s favorite latex…
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On the Balkanization of Rights
I commented in yesterday’s “Dear Colleague” that accompanied the e-mail edition of the Friday Fax on how proponents of a new treaty for the aged were furthering a “balkanization” of…
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The Accession Lie
The European Union continues to promote expanded LGBT privileges in EU candidate countries, this time by way of a resolution. The latest subject was Croatia, a nation seen by most…
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European Parliament says that “women must have access to contraception and abortion”
The European Parliament today adopted a new report on equality between women and men in the European Union. In this report, the European Parliament: “38. Emphasises that women must have…
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Mgr. Michel Schooyans on “Bogus Compassion”
I strongly recommend you to follow this link to the blog of renowned vaticanista Sandro Magister, which to day reports on internal strife at the Pontifical Acadamy for Life. At…
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Amnesty Encourages Other Governments to Condemn Nicaraguan Abortion Ban
In anticipation of Nicaragua’s Universal Periodic Review by the Human Rights Council scheduled for February 8, Amnesty International is encouraging other countries to urge the government to repeal its abortion…
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Kenya’s Draft Constitution Continues Trend of Pro-Life Legislation
As a result of the disputed elections in December 2007, and the violence that followed that claimed 1500 lives, the new Kenyan unity government is working on fulfilling its promise…
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Obama team longs for Clinton era at UN
What is striking about US statements at the UN these days is their woeful tone of longing for the good old days under Bill Clinton — the era of rights…
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Ford Foundation Elects Planned Parenthood’s President to Board
On Monday the Ford Foundation proudly announced a new member of its Board of Trustees, Cecile Richards. Not that much was expected from an organization that has “championed” population control…
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European Court to Take Up Same-Sex “Marriage” and Assisted Suicide
The European Court of Human RIghts has recently communicated to the governments of Germany and Austria that it will hear claims brought against them by applicants seeking to create rights…
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US Does UN’s Job in Haiti – and Gets Blamed for It
In my last post I pointed out the way Haiti relief efforts are exposing evidence of UN humanitarian agencies’ inability to do the job nations fund them to do. One…
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How ‘Civil Partnership’ Legislation Undermines Marriage: Austrian Law on Registered Partnerships Triggers a Wave of New Litigation
Austria has recently adopted a new ‘Law on Registered Partnerships’ in order to provide a legal framework for same-sex relations. It was, from the outset, quite unclear why a legal…
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More on US Bullying of Poor People
It is shocking to see that a US Senator is threating trade sanctions against one of the poorest countries in the world over the country’s misguided law on homosexuality. Uganda…
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US Supreme Court: Chief Justice John Roberts comments on ‘stare decisis’
Chief Justice John Roberts has hinted that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn Roe vs. Wade at the next possible occasion. In the Supreme Court ruling dismantling the McCain-Feingold campaign law,…
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Haiti and the Right to Food
Last week the World Food Program reported that even before the Haiti crisis it did not have enough resources to do its job — the same report it gave during…
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Vote on Gay Rights Has Been Postponed
Yesterday the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) postponed voting on a controversial report called “Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.” The decision was…
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Human Rights Watch continued
Terry, You say that Bruce Abramson cited 128 countries that have said they consider the CRC to protect children before birth. Isn’t that langauge in the document itself? Moreover, did…
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Human Rights Watch Misstates International Law to Push Legalization of Abortion in Ireland
It’s a sad commentary on our times that one of the largest and best-known “human rights” organizations in the world does not have a proper understanding of the most basic…
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More CEDAW and Norway
Hertiage Foundation’s Steven Groves has sent me the citation from the CEDAW meeting that informed the decision of Norway to mandate 40% women on private corporate boards. From a 2003…
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CEDAW in Action
Steven Groves at the Heritage Foundation brought this article to my attention. It is how Norway has imposed a gender quota on corporate boards. The artcle does not say so…
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German home education policy “repellant to everything we believe as Americans”
A United States immigration court has just struck a major international salvo towards the German policy against home education by granting refugee status to a German family in risk of…
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German Homeschooling Family Granted Political Asylum by US Judge
Finally, a judge that understands that it is a basic human right for parents to educate their children according to their own beliefs and values! A Tennessee immigration judge has…
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