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United Nations Report Pushes for Right to Sex Change Operations

Posted on 05 November 2009

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 controversial "gay rights" document known as the Yogyakarta Principles, a second special report –…

Nations Rap UN “Gender-as-Social-Construct” Rapporteur

Posted on 31 October 2009

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 a fluid social construct and advancing a United Nations (UN) “gay rights” document…

New UN Report Pushes Gender as a Social Construct not Based in Nature

Posted on 19 October 2009

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 radical redefinition of the term “gender,” claiming that it is a purely social…

European Parliament Raps Lithuania for Curbing Homosexual Advocacy

Posted on 22 September 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 polygamous relations” among children under 18 in the Baltic nation.…

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Center for Reproductive Rights Boasts of Global Abortion Push

Posted on 12 September 2009

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 and listing yearly revenue of nearly $13 million.

The report highlights a global caseload that appears disproportionately directed…

U.S. Signs Disabilities Treaty, Sparking “Reproductive Health” Concerns

Posted on 08 August 2009

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 binding UN treaty to mention "sexual and reproductive health" – on behalf of…

Rocco Buttiglione Clarifies Remarks on Protecting the Unborn Child

Posted on 30 July 2009

On July 15, 2009, the Italian parliament surprised pro-lifers by calling upon the Italian government to seek a resolution at the United Nations condemning forced abortion. The legislative effort was led by Rocco Buttliglione, one of the most well-known Catholic…

Italian UN Surprise Intrigues Pro-Lifers

Posted on 24 July 2009

Italy’s Parliament passed an emphatic measure last week directing the Italian government to push for a United Nations (UN) General Assembly resolution that "condemns the use of abortion as an instrument of demographic control and affirms the right of each woman…

Amnesty Again Agitates for Abortion – This Time in Peru

Posted on 18 July 2009

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 controversial interpretations of international law.

The report, “Fatal Flaws: Barriers to Maternal Health in Peru,” also acknowledges…

CEDAW Committee Accepts “Hard Case” Pushed by Abortion Advocates

Posted on 15 July 2009

The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) is representing a Peruvian teenager who sought an abortion after a rape and suicide attempt in a proceeding before the United Nations compliance committee tasked with overseeing the Convention on the Elimination of All…

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