Rebecca Oas, Ph.D. reports for C-FAM — Funding for foreign aid cannot be used to lobby for or against abortion, according to U.S. law. There is growing interest among U.S. lawmakers in enforcing that standard against the UN and its various agencies. Last year, the U.S. Department of State cited Read more…
Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D. reports for the Friday Fax — Last week the UN Security Council debated how to stop sexual violence in conflict. While most nations agreed to prioritize preventing violence and ending impunity, European nations said UN response must include abortion. “We must strengthen services for survivors of sexual Read more…
Calvin Freiburger reports for LifeSiteNews — The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has released its annual State of World Population report, with 2020’s edition containing language that condemns using abortion specifically to exterminate girls while simultaneously rejecting laws to forbid the sexist practice. “Decisions to carry to term male but Read more…
Rebecca Oas, Ph.D., reports for the Friday Fax –The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva recently approved the appointment of South African doctor Tlaleng Mofokeng as Special Rapporteur on the right to health. Mofokeng is an outspoken advocate for “sexual and reproductive health” in the human rights arena and in Read more…