Before Obama Visit — Kenyan Government Removes US Pro-Abortion Ad
A PR campaign by two abortion groups hoping to gain support from Kenyans to pressure President Obama to rescind US policy to fund overseas abortions — backfired. Catholics for…
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The Pope’s Forgotten Message in “Laudato Si”
Here are the widely ignored, but strongly worded Pro-Life sections of Pope Francis’ new encyclical on the environment. The Pope chides those who offer easy justifications for abortion and calls…
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Guttmacher: Only those who approve of abortion should monitor it
For half a century, the Guttmacher Institute has been attempting the “Epic Split” of attempting to frame itself as both an impartial source of facts about human sexuality and reproduction…
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The EU Fundamental Rights Agency – a playground for radicals?
Whoever may have hoped that the departure of Morten Kjaerum as Director of the might offer the controversial EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) the possibility of a fresh start must have…
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Calls to Obama to Change Helms Amendment Not about Rape Victims
Abortion advocates are exploiting victims of sexual violence in conflict to advance their own narrow agenda – opening up a new funding stream to international abortion groups and changing abortion…
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Are hormonal contraceptives really safer than aspirin?
There are certain statistics that take on a life of their own. They are easily encapsulated in a soundbyte, they are rarely linked to a specific citation, and because of…
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Updated OHCHR Report on Sexual Orientation
On Monday, the OHCHR posted the much anticipated update of the 2012 report on discrimination and violence on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity on the website of the…
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President of Pontifical Academy Responds to Critics of Vatican Conference on Climate Change
Following my interview with Archishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Chancelor of the Ponitifical Academies of Science and Social Sciences, and my article in First Things explaining why pro-life concerns with the Vatican conference…
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Nigeria’s Bishops Offer Help to Boko Haram Survivors
Nigerian bishops are stepping forward to assist hundreds of young women who were rescued recently from Boko Haram, as the head of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) denies it is…
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Vatican Prelate Responds to Critics of Climate Conference, Blames Tea Party and Oil Business
Following last month’s appearance of Jeffrey Sachs and Ban Ki-moon at a Vatican conference on climate change several catholic intellectuals as well as pro-life news sources were puzzled about the…
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Global Abortion Group Exploits Kidnapped Girls to Divert US Humanitarian Aid to Abortion
For years the Global Justice Center has been pressuring the Obama administration to gut the Helms amendment allowing US humanitarian aid to cover abortion. Currently humanitarian groups that receive US…
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Unconvincing social media message of the day
(full image at bottom of post) Spotted on Twitter: in anticipation of Mother’s Day, the United Nations Population Fund and the Guttmacher Institute would like to remind you that for…
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Sterilize in haste, repent at leisure
The New York Times reports today that the long-term contraceptive implant Essure may not be as safe as users were led to believe. Perhaps the most troubling thing about this…
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Human rights and health – achieving the right balance
There’s a very interesting viewpoint in this week’s Lancet on the positioning of human rights within the health component of international development. Authors John Tasioulas and Effy Vayena argue against…
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Nigeria’s New Pres Disappoints Abortion Groups
Nigeria’s incoming president is disappointing pro-abortion advocates who met with him recently to demand more money. A coalition of family planning groups that promote and commit abortions gave Muhammadu Buhari…
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UN Population Commission Shell shocked By Resistance To Sexual Agenda
The end to the 48th Session of the UN commission on population and development (CPD) was somber. The atmosphere in the room was muted and still. After two weeks of…
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Pro-life citizens’ initiative “ONE OF US” wins moral victory: European Commission admits “inconsistencies and misrepresentations”
There has been a long period of silence around “ONE OF US”, with more than 1,7 million signatures the most successful European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) so far, which is asking…
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The life you save may be an exaggeration
This past week, Melinda Gates and Graça Machel co-authored an article discussing how the new proposed Sustainable Development Goals could provide key opportunities to improve conditions for families in Africa….
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World Congress of Families — Salt Lake City
It has been an honor for me to serve on the international planning committee of the World Congress of Families over the past 15 years. Forty pro-family leaders from around…
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Is Uruguay’s Claim on Abortion True?
Since Uruguay legalized abortion in 2012, “there have been no maternal deaths due to abortion,” said Uruguay’s ambassador to the UN. Gonzalo Koncke spoke at a Planned Parenthood event last…
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Hillary’s No Good, Very Bad Day at the UN
Swarms of reporters rushed for UN media credentials yesterday morning to hear Hillary Clinton. But they did not come for her speech commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Women’s…
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Another Abortion Bill Disguised as Women’s Health
Any women’s health bill introduced by the most pro-abortion women in the senate will surely be meant to promulgate abortion –announced yesterday, the bill sponsored by Senators Murray, Boxer and Mikulski is…
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Kerry Disappoints Congresswoman — Humanitarian Abortion Not Needed
Never mind increasing violence in many regions around the globe and growing humanitarian challenges—Congresswoman Wasserman-Schultz went on record to make taxpayer funded abortion overseas a pressing foreign policy issue!…
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Woman Sues China Over Forced Sterilization
A Chinese woman has sued the government because family planning agents forcibly sterilized her. Xia Runying says the operation in 2012 left her with damaged abdominal veins and other health…
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Targets of Chile’s Abortion Bill Speak Out
Chile’s president has initiated a bill to permit abortion in three cases: life of the mother, if the baby is disabled, or rape. Michelle Bachelet’s bill is meeting resistance, though. First from…
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