Every Dollar Spent on Condoms Means Less Dollars in Taxes
An article from Keith Riler at First Things fleshes out the long term effects of population control efforts among the poor in America. Riler suggests that the FED and States should gladly spend $11,000 worth of Medicare on births among poor Americans, rather then spend for family planning. Riler sees it as an investment. The argument is [...]
Iceland May Ban Pornography
Very intersting initiative in Iceland reported by The Telegraph. “Iceland is taking a very progressive approach that no other democratic country has tried,” said Professor Gail Dines, an expert on pornography and speaker at a recent conference at Reykjavik University. “It is looking a pornography from a new position – from the perspective of the [...]
Human Rights Alert: Forced abortion and sterilization in China.
Abortion and sterilization are quite different in China than in the US. In the US pro-life and pro-choice advocates debate whether abortion should remain a legal choice. As a result 55 million abortions have taken place in the US. In China fertility is controlled by the state. When women violate the one-child policy or related policies (such [...]
Infringements on Human Rights: How abortion is a human rights issue
Although developmentally it is well known that a baby has both a heartbeat (21 days) and brainwaves (6 weeks) at the time a legal abortion can be conducted, many US states still deny that children inside the womb are alive, are human, and are entitled to human rights. Since Roe vs. Wade 40 years ago [...]
March for Life 2013!!
On Friday thousands will stand up for the most basic human right of all – the right to life. To find out more about the march and related activities click on the links below! March for Life 2013 video: March for Life video March for life homepage: http://www.marchforlife.org/ Related activities: http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/2013-u.s.-march-for-life-schedule-of-events
“There’s No Place Like Home.” Is homemaking a thing of the past?
Homemaking is not a dead profession. Although it may seem that today no one is a homemaker, no one values homemaking, and no one would want to degrade themselves to the diminishing status of being a homemaker, many people around the world are still speaking out about the importance of caring for the home. WHY IS [...]
Is International Planned Parenthood Abetting Criminal Activity?
International Planned Parenthood Federation’s Carmen Barroso sent around an e-mail today soliciting year-end donations. She illustrates the role IPPF plays throughout the Western Hemisphere by telling the story of Valeria, a young Argentine woman: “This year, we provided vital health services to individuals like Valeria, a young Argentine woman who never received sexuality education at [...]
ICPD Global Youth Forum: Diversity of genders, but not of worldview
According to the website of the ICPD Global Youth Forum: “Recommendations from the Global Youth Forum will be presented by the Secretary General of the United Nations to the General Assembly. Like the watershed International Conference on Population and Development in 1994, the ICPD Beyond 2014 Review will have a profound influence on future policy [...]
ICPD Global Youth Forum: Monica from Indonesia takes a brave stand
After the moderators of the ICPD Global Youth Forum presented their recommendations on the topic of “Families, youth-rights and well-being (including sexuality)”, there was time for a few questions. A young woman named Monica from Indonesia came forward and commented on the recommendations, which demanded unrestricted legal abortion and laws reflecting a “constantly evolving” definition [...]
Transcription of ICPD Global Youth Forum’s recommendations on “Families, youth-rights and well-being (including sexuality)”
Following the plenary session (also discussed here) on the topic of “Families, youth-rights and well-being (including sexuality)”, recommendations were compiled for inclusion in the ICPD Global Youth Forum’s outcome document and presented to the forum. The recommendations are as follows: Financing and accountability: Governments should make a political and financial commitment to ensure that sexual [...]
ICPD Global Youth Forum: It’s five o’clock somewhere
Readers of the late Douglas Adams’ classic book “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” will no doubt remember the following exchange, which occurs when protagonist Arthur Dent confronts the local bureaucrat who is attempting to demolish his house: `…You hadn’t exactly gone out of your way to call attention to [the plans] had you? I [...]
ICPD Global Youth Forum
Today marks the first day of the ICPD Global Youth Forum taking place from Dec 3rd to Dec 6th. Taking place in Bali, the forum is aimed at promoting global dialogue among youth. Youth (under 25) are encouraged to write recommendations and to vote on five core issues (1. STAYING HEALTHY. 2. COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION. 3. TRANSITIONS TO DECENT EMPLOYMENT [...]
Beware the next UNFPA Youth Forum
UNFPA expects 900 people at a youth forum scheduled for December 4-6 in Bali. It says the Indonesian Vice-President will open the event with UNFPA’s executive director. Of course, if you followed C-FAM coverage of the UNFPA Youth events in Mexico and New York in the last 2 years, you know that what was planned and the chaos materialized were at striking variance. [...]
Obama Again Waives Penalties to Countries that Use Child Soldiers
The Cable reported that for the third consecutive year President Obama has waived restrictions to countries that use child soldiers. The presidential memorandum quietly released last Friday came just 3 days after the president issued a new anti-trafficking Executive Order to strengthen the ability of the government to combat forced labor and servitude of men, women and children. [...]
Sabotaging Successful HIV/AIDS Prevention
Uganda was the great success story in reducing HIV/AIDS. Now, a member of the generation that benefited worries that Uganda’s “image of reversing the scourge in the early 1990’s has since dissipated.” Why? Because messages of abstinence and fidelity – the keys to preventing HIV/AIDS – have been abandoned as money flows to groups that [...]
Obama Waives Restrictions on Foreign Aid to Countries Using Child Soldiers
The Washington Times reported the Obama administration waived sanctions that would prevent countries from receiving foreign aid for violating the Child-Soldier Prevention Act. Obama who co-sponsored the legislation in 2008 as an Illinois senator, has now permitted aid to countries that have used children as young as 11 to fight under a “national interest” exclusion within [...]
Important new study on the effects of same-sex marriage
When I testified last year about a proposed law that would redefine marriage in my state, the legislation’s proponents rested much of their case on a study saying lesbians make better moms than the rest of us. No significant report has emerged to counter it, and so in the public debates the marriage equality side has had the edge in peer reviewed research. That changed this [...]
New Zealand introduces an intrusive birth control plan for women receiving welfare payments
The New Zealand government is planning to offer free long-term contraception such as implants and IUDs to women who receive welfare payments and their daughters, the BBC reported last week. The plans have aroused opposition from those who consider this to be an intrusive step into private family life; and some have accused the government [...]
Catholic Bishops Question Girl Scouts Programs
The Girl Scouts have been criticized for years for its leadership pulling the wholesome organization into the trendy world of sexual and gender activism. The piecemeal flare-ups accumulated until, in 2010, revelation of one incident at the UN (in this Friday Fax, and this one) exposed the whole stinking mess. Now the U.S. Conference [...]
Pro-Abortion and Pro-Homosexual Youth Lobby Sent Home Empty-Handed from UN
By Timothy Herrmann NEW YORK, May 4 (C-FAM) Youth activists arrived at the UN in droves last week in an attempt to hijack the 45th session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) by promoting homosexual rights and abortion. However, countries rejected their demands and produced a fairly balanced outcome document that focuses on [...]