CURRENT FRIDAY FAX

UK Government Funds Forced Sterilizations in India

NEW YORK, May 11 (C-FAM) The British government gave $268 million to the government of India for a program that forcibly sterilizes poor women and men, according to the Guardian newspaper. This news comes as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation prepares to co-host a family planning summit with the British government in London this July.

Melinda Gat…

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Opinion: Sexual Left Gains, Developing Countries Lose at UN Population Meeting

PHOENIX, May 11 (C-FAM) My colleagues at the Friday Fax reported last week that the “Latex Left” lost at the just ended UN Commission on the Population and Development, that they came away “empty handed.” With respect, I disagree with this assessment.

International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and its allies scored a victory. What they got was a (non-binding) declaration setting funding priorities that calls for “comprehensive” sexual education for youth and adoles…

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