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Susan Yoshihara, PhD - who has written 36 posts on Catholic Exchange.


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Critics Call New Maternal Death Report Faulty

Posted on 06 October 2010

A UN report has rankled experts for promoting abortion while also obscuring its research methods.
The new maternal health report endorses a UN strategy that recommends “safe” abortion services and family planning alongside antenatal care and skilled attendants at birth. …

UN Finally Accepts New and Much Lower Estimates of Global Maternal Deaths

Posted on 27 September 2010

UN leadership capitulated on key maternal health figures last week, conceding pregnancy-related deaths have fallen faster than recently reported.
A new report abandons statistics fiercely defended just months ago. In April, an independent research team showed that UN leaders had…

Abortion Groups Praise Newly-Named Head of UN Women’s Agency

Posted on 18 September 2010

Co-authored by Nicholas Dunn
The appointment of former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet as Under Secretary General of UN Women has garnered praise from several abortion advocacy groups.
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, commonly…

Barack Obama’s Image in Kenya Tarnished by Abortion Battle

Posted on 14 August 2010

Barack Obama’s sterling image among Kenyans has dimmed in the wake of a $23M U.S. campaign to promote a draft constitution that included abortion rights. The U.S. promoted the new constitution as a way to stop gross presidential power and…

UK Announces Plan to Push Radical Sex Agenda on Developing Nations

Posted on 10 August 2010

with Terrence McKeegan, J.D.
Last week the United Kingdom (UK) announced a new maternal health initiative with an “unprecedented focus on family planning” for the developing world. The plan includes the promotion of abortion and sexual “rights” for children.
The…

Latin American Economic Summit Promotes Abortion, Condemns “Lesbophobia”

Posted on 02 August 2010

with Amanda Pawloski
A recent gathering of Latin America’s top economic commission issued a document praising secularism, condemning “lesbophobia,” calling for redistributive social systems, and liberally promoting sexual and reproductive rights.
Delegates from more than 30 Latin American and Caribbean…

U.S. Attacks Egypt Over Homosexual Rights at UN

Posted on 12 July 2010

At the United Nations (UN) last month, several U.S. representatives attacked Egypt for asking for further investigation into a  homosexual advocacy organization which has applied for special consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council. These attacks culminated in…

Abortion Activists Claim New “Right” to Maternal Health

Posted on 22 June 2010

Co-authored by Catherine Glenn Foster
At the United Nations (UN)-backed Women Deliver conference in Washington DC last week, abortion activists announced the achievement of a new international human right to maternal health just three years after launching a campaign to…

UN Leadership in Disarray as Scientific Dispute Shatters Consensus on Maternal Health

Posted on 16 June 2010

Deep divisions with top United Nations (UN) officials and abortion activists on one side and maternal health researchers on the other became public this week during the Women Deliver 2 conference in Washington DC. The dispute threatens to derail hopes…

Top Abortion Law Firm Says Government Funded Abortion is a Human Right

Posted on 23 April 2010

A top abortion-rights law firm recently released its conclusion that the last decade of international legal trends indicate that abortion is not only an international human right, but that government funding is part of that right. They claim that the…