Permissive Abortion Laws May Be Hazardous To Mothers' Health, Per New Report
Dec 10 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) A new report from the World Economic Forum (WEF) shows that countries with restrictive abortion laws are often the leaders in reducing maternal mortality, and those wit…
Mexican Victories Underscore Global Pro-Life Trend
Dec 10 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Mexican pro-lifers were elated when the Vera Cruz amended its state constitution last month to protect life from the moment of conception, joining 16 other Mexican stat…
European Court of Human Rights Puts Pro-life Ireland in Hot Seat
Dec 03 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Irish abortion laws and sovereignty stand in the dock next week when the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) hears a challenge to Ireland's constitutional protectio…
UNFPA Pushing for Hundreds of Billions for Family Planning As ICPD Era Draws to a Close
Dec 03 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) At the United Nations this week, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) organized a commemorative seminar on the 1995 Cairo International Conference on Population and Developme…
New Report Says UN Women's Rights Committee Increased Activism but Nations Remain Unimpressed
Nov 26 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The committee responsible for monitoring state compliance with the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW…
On the 20th Anniversary of the Child Rights Convention, US Pressured to Ratify
Nov 26 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Last week in New York, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) with the release of a special …
New UNFPA Report Goes Green to Promote "Reproductive Rights"
Nov 19 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) released its annual State of the World Population Report yesterday, linking efforts to promote "sustainable development" and …
Council of Europe Debates "Gay" Adoption and Gender Re-Assignment
Nov 19 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Next week in Europe, a committee of human rights “experts” will discuss a draft recommendation on measures to “combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientat…
Lithuania Fights Back Against EU Resolution Favoring Homosexual Propaganda
Nov 12 2009
(WASHINGTON, DC – C-FAM) The fight over homosexual propaganda in schools taking place between the Lithuanian and European Parliaments escalated this week with the Lithuanian Parliament (S…
Amnesty International Pushes "Gay Marriage" Down Under
Nov 12 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Activist organization Amnesty International is putting its weight behind an Australian bill seeking to legalize "same-sex marriage" in that country, claiming that "intern…
Yet Another UN Representative Pushes Controversial 'Gay Rights' Document
Nov 04 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) A week after nations criticized a United Nations (UN) special rapporteur for exceeding his mandate in order to push a redefinition of the term "gender" and a controvers…
New Study Says UN Development Goals Fail to Uphold Human Dignity
Nov 04 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) A new paper investigating the United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals (MDG) asserts that the project could do more harm than good. The paper finds the sweeping…
Nations Rap UN "Gender-as-Social-Construct" Rapporteur
Oct 29 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) A host of nations lined up this week to criticize a special report on "gender-based human rights abuses in counterterrorism measures" for pushing a notion of gender as …
Conservatives Propose UN Reform
Oct 29 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) At a United Nations (UN) press conference Wednesday a group of conservative policy experts put forth an agenda for UN reform including alternatives to major UN programs…
UN Petition for the Unborn Child Re-Launched, Seeks One Million Names
Oct 22 2009
(WASHINGTON, DC – C-FAM) An international coalition of pro-life and pro-family groups has re-launched a petition that is expected to gather one million signatures in support of the unborn…
UN "Alternative Care" Guidelines Scrutinized for Pitting Children Against Parents
Oct 22 2009
Co-authored by Marie Connelly (NEW YORK – C-FAM) The United Nations (UN) General Assembly (GA) will consider a document on alternative, non-parental care of children this fall in conjuncti…
New UN Report Pushes Gender as a Social Construct not Based in Nature
Oct 15 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) An advisory report on the protection of human rights in the context of counter terrorism recently submitted to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (GA) includes a …
Obama's UN Rep Touts Administration's Abortion Sea Change
Oct 15 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) In a speech last week at Howard University Law School, United States (US) Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Susan E. Rice recapped the Obama Administration’s fore…
Ireland Adopts Lisbon Treaty but Pro-life Guarantees Remain Suspect
Oct 08 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Irish voters overwhelmingly accepted the Lisbon Treaty on October 2nd after they were given guarantees that their pro-life and pro-family laws would be protected. While…
Fifteen Years After Cairo, Abortion Controversy Still Ongoing
Oct 08 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Next week, the UN General Assembly will hold a high-level meeting for the 15th anniversary of International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). While som…
Unusual Coalition Forms Around Supreme Court Case on Juvenile Justice
Oct 01 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) An unlikely coalition of policy groups has formed around a case of juvenile justice now being considered by the US Supreme Court. The coalition includes national securi…
Council of Europe Pushes Abortion as Part of Cairo Conference Anniversary
Oct 01 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) This week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will vote on a resolution that calls on European states to achieve "universal access to comprehens…
UN Official Oversteps Mandate to Back "Gay Pride" Event in Serbia
Sep 24 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The head of the United Nations (UN) mission in Serbia recently promoted a highly controversial homosexual rights demonstration in Belgrade against public opposition and…
Dominican Republic Passes Complete Abortion Ban
Sep 24 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Last week, lawmakers in the Dominican Republic gave their final approval to a pro-life constitutional change despite fierce criticism and pressure from UN agencies and …
European Parliament Raps Lithuania for Curbing Homosexual Advocacy
Sep 17 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The European Parliament voted 349 to 218 today to condemn Lithuania for its "law on the protection of minors" which prohibits promotion of "homosexual, bisexual or poly…
UN General Assembly Gives Green Light to New Super-Agency on Women
Sep 17 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The United Nations (UN) General Assembly voted unanimously this week to create a new, more powerful agency for women after three years of negotiations. The resolution c…
UNFPA Bars Conservatives From Berlin "Sexual and Reproductive Rights" Conference
Sep 10 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Last week, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the German government held a conference in Berlin to promote "sexual and reproductive rights." Despite being…
Center for Reproductive Rights Boasts of Global Abortion Push
Sep 10 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) New York-based public interest law firm Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) released its 2008 Annual Report this week, touting efforts to promote abortion worldwide a…
Berlin UNFPA Conference Calls For More "Reproductive Rights" Advocacy
Sep 03 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) This week in Berlin, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the German government are hosting a meeting that brings together 400 "reproductive rights" activists…
Legal Scholars React to UN Committee's Homosexual Rights Recommendation
Sep 03 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) This week leading conservative legal experts condemned a United Nations (UN) human rights committee's recent inclusion of "sexual orientation and gender identity" a…
UN Committee Asserts Special Rights for "Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity"
Aug 27 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) A UN human rights committee recently told UN member states they must grant broad new human rights on the basis of “sexual orientation and gender identity.” By makin…
Abortion Giant Joins Attacks Against Nicaragua
Aug 27 2009
By Aracely Ornelas (NEW YORK – C-FAM) One of the world’s largest abortion advocates joined the onslaught against Nicaragua’s decision to ban abortion in two recently pub…
World Congress Speaker Calls for Monogamy Men to Take Back the Culture
Aug 20 2009
(WASHINGTON, DC – C-FAM) Patrick Fagan, family scholar at the Family Research Council, told the World Congress of Families last week in Amsterdam that there are two competing cultures of…
Amnesty International Slams Nicaragua for Abortion Ban
Aug 20 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Amnesty International is slamming yet another Latin American country for its pro-life laws. In a recently released report , Amnesty has called Nicaragua's total ban…
UN Health Data Show Liberal Abortion Laws Lead to Greater Maternal Death
Aug 13 2009
By Aracely Ornelas (NEW YORK – C-FAM) The world's largest abortion provider, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), has recently acknowledged an alarming "surge" in matern…
Radical NGO Paints Abortionists as Human Rights Defenders
Aug 13 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) In a recently released report from the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), the advocacy group is appealing to the United Nations (UN) to formally recognize abortion-p…
U.S. Signs Disabilities Treaty, Sparking "Reproductive Health" Concerns
Aug 06 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Late last week, United States (US) Ambassador to the Untied Nations (UN) Susan Rice signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – the first bindi…
Radical Homosexual Group Targets CEDAW To Push "Gender Identity" Agenda
Aug 06 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) recently released a handbook for activists on how to use the United Nations committee, responsible f…
Rocco Buttiglione Clarifies Remarks on Abortion, Assuages Pro-Life Concerns
Jul 30 2009
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Italian parliamentarian Rocco Buttiglione said he would do nothing to break pro-life "unity," reassuring those who were concerned that the Catholic and pro-life icon was …
New Book by Conservatives Finds UN is "Neither Irrelevant nor Indispensable"
Jul 30 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) A book to be released next week details widespread ineffectiveness and overreach at the United Nations (UN) in ten key areas, urging policy makers to withdraw support f…
Jul 29 2009
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) Am 15. Juli 2009 überraschte das italienische Parlament durch die Initiative zu einer Resolution der Vereinten Nationen, die zwangsweise Abtreibung verurteilen soll. Der…
Jul 29 2009
German translation (NEW YORK - C-FAM) On July 15, 2009, the Italian parliament surprised pro-lifers by calling upon the Italian government to seek a resolution at the United Nations condemni…
Italian UN Surprise Intrigues Pro-Lifers
Jul 23 2009
Coauthored by Aracely Ornelas (NEW YORK – C-FAM) Italy's Parliament passed an emphatic measure last week directing the Italian government to push for a United Nations (UN) General Assemb…
Feminists Plan Commemorative "Beijing +15" Reproductive Rights Push
Jul 23 2009
By Lisa Giunta (NEW YORK – C-FAM) The "NGO Committee on Women" met last week at UN headquarters in New York to plan commemorations marking the 15th anniversary of the Beijing Conference on…
Amnesty Again Agitates for Abortion This Time in Peru
Jul 16 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The human rights organization Amnesty International has just issued a report on maternal mortality in Peru that promotes abortion in the pro-life nation while advancing…
Nations Reject Abortion Language at UN Geneva Meeting
Jul 16 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Last week in Geneva, Switzerland, negotiations went down to the wire as the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) wound down its high-level meeting on health. After a ma…
Governments Maintain IPPF Funding Despite Financial Crisis in 2008
Jul 09 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), the world's foremost abortion provider, recently released its latest financial report which shows that the o…
CEDAW Committee Accepts "Hard Case" Pushed by Abortion Advocates
Jul 09 2009
Co-authored by Pilar Vazquez (NEW YORK – C-FAM) The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) is representing a Peruvian teenager who sought an abortion after a rape and suicide attempt in a …
Obama Administration Calls for Universal Access to Abortion at UN Meeting
Jul 02 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) At United Nations (UN) headquarters this week, the Obama administration continued its push for ever increasing access to legal abortion around the world. The Obama team…
Recent WHO Report Presents Skewed Data to Advance Abortion Agenda
Jul 02 2009
By Elizabeth Walsh (WASHINGTON, DC – C-FAM) In its recently released annual report on the state of global health, the World Health Organization (WHO) presents statistics that misleadingly …
Amnesty International Tars Poland over Abortion Access
Jun 25 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Amnesty International recently issued its 2009 survey of what it considers to be the state of human rights throughout the world. Of particular interest to social conser…
New UNFPA Annual Report Prioritizes "Reproductive Health"
Jun 25 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Last week, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) released its annual report for 2008, highlighting the organization's work on maternal health and its "continu…
Pro-Lifers Largely Prevail at Geneva Human Rights Council Meeting
Jun 18 2009
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC), meeting this month in Geneva, Switzerland, has adopted a resolution on maternal mortality and human rights that relieves…
Global "Safe Abortion" Conference Risks Women's Lives
Jun 18 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) A year-and-a-half after the "Global 'Safe Abortion'" conference took place in London, abortion advocates Marie Stopes International and Ipas just released …
Feisty Timor Leste Bucks Abortion Lobby, Upholds Right to Life
Jun 11 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The parliament of East Timor – a small, Catholic nation in South East Asia recognized as an independent state in 2002 – has resisted concerted pressure from United …
UN Comes One Step Closer to Creating New Womens Super Agency
Jun 11 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) At United Nations (UN) headquarters this week, member states moved another step closer to setting up a new women's "super-agency." Last month, nations had pushed ba…
Social Conservatives to Descend Upon Amsterdam for Global Meeting
Jun 04 2009
(WASHINGTON, DC – C-FAM) Up to 4,000 social conservatives are expected to descend upon liberal Amsterdam, Netherlands, on August 10-12 for the biennial World Congress of Families, a meeti…
UN Population Awards Honor Former Reproductive Rights Advocates
Jun 04 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) This week, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) hosted its annual population award ceremony at the United Nations (UN) to honor an individual and an organization for “outst…
UN Committee Says Nicaraguan Pro-Life Laws Violate Torture Convention
May 28 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The United Nations (UN) committee charged with monitoring compliance with the Convention Against Torture has declared that Nicaragua’s full protection of fetal life v…
New Approach to Abortion Rights at UN: Motherhood and Apple Pie
May 28 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Abortion rights advocates at the United Nations (UN) are pursuing a new approach – one that avoids mention of abortion, promotes a right to maternal health, and seeks…
Worlds Most Powerful Population Lobby Targets Dominican Pro-Life Reforms
May 21 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The Dominican Republic has come under fire from some of the world’s most powerful abortion advocates, aiming to block a proposed constitutional amendment that would e…
CEDAW Committee Targets East Timor on Abortion
May 21 2009
By Amy De Rosa (NEW YORK – C-FAM) As pre-session working groups of the committee charged with overseeing compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination…
New Report Details Fudged WHO Numbers on Maternal Mortality
May 14 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) A newly released research paper identifies structural flaws in United Nations (UN) data collection and analysis of global maternal health, finding that UN maternal heat…
EU Intervenes in Internal Philippines Reproductive Health Debate
May 14 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The head of the delegation of the European Commission in the Philippines, Ambassador Alistair MacDonald, has vocally intervened in a contentious legislative debate in t…
IPPFs UN Petition Drive Targets Youth, Demands Broad Sexual Rights
May 07 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) recently launched a new petition campaign that aims to pressure governments to “promote, protect and fulfill th…
Amnesty International Twists International Law in Dominican Abortion Debate
May 07 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The politicized human rights organization Amnesty International has again taken a pro-abortion position in a nation’s internal debate over abortion, coming out agains…
Obama/Clinton Position on Family Planning and Abortion Violates Cairo Agreement
Apr 30 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Last week at a United States (US) House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that there was a new administration in place with d…
Transnational Supporter of Abortion Advances to Top U.S. Legal Job
Apr 30 2009
(WASHINGTON, DC – C-FAM) It was clear from the opening moments of the Senate hearings for the proposed new top legal advisor at the United States (US) State Department that widespread criti…
UNICEF Calls for Legal Abortion in Dominican Republic
Apr 23 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Despite direct intervention by a top United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) official, the Dominican Republic appears poised to adopt a new constitution that protec…
Nations Balk at Billion Dollar Global Gender Policing Agency
Apr 23 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) At a meeting at United Nations (UN) headquarters last week, nations pushed back when UN staff insisted governments approve an enormous new gender-policing agency with s…
UNFPA Seeks to Block Pro-Lifers from Global NGO Meeting
Apr 16 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) This year marks the fifteenth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), and while the international community holds meet…
Latin American Delegations Appear to Betray Pro-Life Constituencies Back Home
Apr 16 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Latin American pro-life leaders are questioning how their delegations performed at this year’s United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD) m…
UN Pro-life Victory Tempered by Troubling Trends
Apr 09 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Last week’s pro-life victory at the United Nations (UN) Commission on Population and Development (CPD) was not without some setbacks. While there were eleventh hour d…
Controversial Equal Treatment Directive Passed by the European Parliament
Apr 09 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) In last week’s plenary session, the European Parliament (EP) voted 360 to 277 in favor of an “Anti-Discrimination Directive” that critics say paves the way for in…
UN Commission Ends with Delegations Saying No to Abortion
Apr 03 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) As the sun rose on the last day of negotiations at the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) at the United Nations (UN) today, delegations were still embroiled in …
People as Resource or Burden Splits UN Population Meeting
Apr 02 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) As the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) meets at the United Nations (UN) this week to mark the fifteenth anniversary of the International Conference on Po…
New UN Policy Paper Called Neo-Malthusian and Statist
Apr 02 2009
(WASHINGTON, DC – C-FAM) On the eve of the annual UN Commission on the Population and Development, the UN Population Division (UNPD) issued a policy brief calling for heightened governmen…
Abortion Push Expected as UN Marks Anniversary of Cairo Conference
Mar 26 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) will meet next week at the United Nations (UN) to mark the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Popula…
UNFPA to Push Abortion at Population Commission
Mar 26 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) As the United Nations (UN) gears up to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD+15), UN agencies like t…
UNFPA to Receive Renewed US Funding
Mar 19 2009
(WASHINGTON, DC – C-FAM) Though not confirmed, pro-abortion groups are reporting that the United States (US) State Department has released $50 million to the United Nations Population Fun…
European Union Pressures Serbia to Adopt Gender Identity Legislation
Mar 19 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM ) Serbia’s legislature has just passed a law providing for “freedom of expression of sexual orientation and gender identity” under pressure from the European Union…
At UN Obama Reps Push for Sexual and Reproductive Health
Mar 12 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meeting continues at the United Nations (UN) this week and delegates have begun the arduous task of negotiating the …
European Christian Party Abandons Pro-Life and Pro-Family Positions
Mar 12 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The European Parliament's largest umbrella group backed away from its strong pro-life and pro-family positions in a new draft position statement for the 2009 Europe…
Mexican Supreme Court Issues Final, Limited Ruling on Abortion
Mar 05 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Mexican pro-life lawyers are claiming at least partial victory in a final decision just handed down by the Mexican Supreme Court. In a convoluted document of more than …
Catholic Church Becomes Punching Bag at Annual UN Conference
Mar 05 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) This week at the United Nations (UN), thousands of activists, government officials and UN officials gathered in New York for the annual Commission on the Status of Wome…
Feb 27 2009
Por: Amy de Rosa (NEW YORK – C-FAM) El 53 periodo de sesiones de la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer (CSW por sus siglas en inglés) se reunirá la próxima semana…
High Level Ex-UN Official Calls for New Gender Office
Feb 26 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) At a forum hosted by the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York this week, a former top United Nations (UN) official criticized the UN’s “…
Abortion Fight Anticipated as Commission on the Status of Women Meets at UN
Feb 26 2009
by Amy DeRosa (NEW YORK – C-FAM) The 53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will meet next week at the United Nations (UN) to discuss this year’s theme, “The equal…
CEDAW Committee Faces More Pushback From Countries on Abortion
Feb 19 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The committee in charge of overseeing state compliance with the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) concluded its latest…
Council of Europe Propagates Anti-Family Yogyakarta Principles
Feb 19 2009
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) A special committee of the Council of Europe (CoE) is meeting this week in Strasbourg, France, to promote the implementation of Yogyakarta Principles on sexual orientati…
NGO Committee Rejects Brazilian Homosexual Group for UN Accreditation
Feb 12 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) After two years of debate, the UN committee responsible for reviewing applications from non-government organizations (NGOs) has voted to reject Brazil’s Associação …
Pro-Abortion Law Firm Abuses UN Treaties to Badger Brazil on Abortion
Feb 12 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), a New York-based abortion advocacy group, is claiming Brazil violates an international right to maternal health when a pregnan…
Troubling Feminist Bill Advances in the Philippines
Feb 06 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) A radical, feminist-inspired “gender mainstreaming” bill has been voted out of the Philippine Senate and is now before the Bicameral Conference Committee, which wil…
UNICEF Report Ignores Child Survival, Focuses on Dangers of Childbearing to Women
Jan 29 2009
(NEW YORK - C-FAM) The UN children’s agency, UNICEF, launched its annual report this week claiming that, “Having a child remains one of the biggest health risks for women worldwide,” …
Obama Clears Way for U.S. Funding of Abortion Overseas
Jan 29 2009
(NEW YORK - C-FAM ) On his third day in office, U.S. president Barack Obama fulfilled his promise to abortion rights groups by issuing an executive rescinding the Mexico City Policy that pr…
Family Defended at Global Mexico City Conference
Jan 22 2009
by Amy DeRosa (NEW YORK – C-FAM) The Sixth World Meeting of Families, held in Mexico City, concluded this past Sunday with a message from Pope Benedict XVI delivered by video lin…
Pro-Abortion Catholic Group is Considered for UN Accreditation
Jan 22 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The United Nations (UN) committee responsible for vetting applications of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for official status began its latest session this week. …
Cameroon Tells Pro-Abortion UN Committee Abortion is Murder
Jan 15 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The committee that monitors state compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) will begin a new session in Gen…
Gender Feminist Legislation Brewing in the Philippines
Jan 15 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The Philippine Senate is debating legislation passed last month by the lower house that would mandate adoption of “gender mainstreaming” throughout the country. The…
Gay Groups Lobby Treaty Body on Recognition of Yogyakarta Principles
Jan 08 2009
(C-FAM - NEW YORK) Three international homosexual rights advocacy organizations are jointly urging the treaty compliance committee that reviews implementation of the International Covenant …
Reproductive Rights Author Credits Work of Treaty Bodies for Liberalizing Abortion Worldwide
Jan 08 2009
(C-FAM – NEW YORK) In a recently released article, authors Reed Boland of the Harvard School of Public Health and Laura Katzive of the abortion advocacy group the Center for Reproductive …
Abortion Group Defends Abortion Targeting Unborn Girls
Jan 01 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) According to a new article circulated by the abortion advocacy organization Ipas, widespread access to “safe abortion” trumps concerns over the gender imbalance ste…
French UN Sexual Orientation Push Linked to Radical Yogyakarta Principles
Jan 01 2009
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) A statement promoted by the government of France and issued jointly in December by 66 United Nations (UN) member states on “sexual orientation and gender identity” …
Jamaica Pressured to Meet Non-Existent UN Goal on Abortion
Dec 25 2008
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) A Joint Select Committee of the Jamaican Parliament continues to debate whether or not to liberalize the Caribbean nation’s laws which currently protect the unborn, w…
UN Exaggerates AIDS Crisis and Ignores Real Solutions, According to New Paper
Dec 25 2008
(WASHINGTON DC – C-FAM) In a paper just published by the highly respected National Catholic Bioethics Center, noted United Nations (UN) scholar Douglas Sylva accuses the UN of playing sexu…
UN General Assembly Receives Dueling Declarations on Sexual Orientation
Dec 18 2008
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Two dueling declarations were presented today at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on the controversial subject of “sexual orientation and gender identity.” …
Abortion Advocates Ask Obama to Increase Reproductive Health Funding by More than a Billion Dollars
Dec 18 2008
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) In a memo that was never meant for public viewing, a coalition of abortion advocacy groups have submitted a 55-page memo to President-elect Barack Obama outlining polic…