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New Commission to Promote Abortion “Beyond the Sustainable Development Goals”

Editor’s note. This comes from the Parliamentary Network for Critical Issues. The United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 has not even begun and two pro-abortion organizations have announced creation of a new commission outside the U.N.to advance “sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)” beyond the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Appearing in the latest edition …

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UN Again Ignores National Laws against Abortion

By Marie Smith, Parliamentary Network for Critical Issues The United Nations’ treaty monitoring body for the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) ignored the pro-life laws of four countries under review during its recent 55th session and strongly urged the countries to change their laws or policies on abortion, despite the fact …

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New UN agenda could enable massive global expansion of abortion

By Matt Hadro New York City, N.Y. (CNA/EWTN News)–A massive, well-funded push to increase access to abortion worldwide could be underway at the United Nations, and according to one congressman it could silence faith-based organizations which oppose abortions out of conscience. At issue is proposed language in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals that will …

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Ipas Promotes Illegal Abortion Network in Mexico

Editor’s note. This appeared at the Parliamentary Network for Critical Issues. Ipas is an ultra-aggressive international promoter of abortion. While promoting access to abortion as a “reproductive right” at the United Nations and advocating for the elimination of pro-life laws, Ipas [International Project Assistance Services] is also busy creating illegal abortion networks in Mexico. The …

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Resistance derails UN Population Commission’s pro-abortion recommendations

By Marie Smith, Parliamentary Network for Critical Issues (PNCI) The 48th Session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD), ended last Friday and was viewed as one of the last opportunities to send a strong message of support for the inclusion of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and its myriad of related …

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U.N. marks 25th anniversary of Convention on the Rights of the Child

  New brochure highlights areas in which many children remain unprotected NEW YORK, N.Y. — On Nov. 20, 1989, the United Nations General Assembly affirmed the dignity and rights of all children by adopting the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Events marking the 25th anniversary of the recognition of those rights will be …

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International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo) and Abortion

  Editor’s Note: This is Part II of a four part series on the implications and effects of the International Conference on Population and Development that took place twenty years ago in Cairo. By Scott Fischbach Abortion advocates didn’t get what they really wanted 20 years ago. They have not stopped trying. The International Conference …

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Organization of American States experts on Violence against Women call for Legalization of Abortion

  Editor’s note. This analysis comes from the Parliamentary Network for Critical Issues (PNCI). A declaration calling for the legalization of abortion in all countries in the Americas–from Canada to Chile, including the USA–was issued by the Organization of American States (OAS) entity that oversees the anti-violence convention known as Belém do Pará. The Committee …

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New United Nations population predictions alarm the West

  By Shannon Roberts In the last couple of weeks you have probably read numerous alarmist articles discussing the United Nation’s new population predictions – headlines like “Climate change isn’t the problem. A population bomb is killing us”. “World population to hit 11bn in 2100 – with 70% chance of continuous rise” and “As World’s …

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ECLJ at the UN: Abortion is torture and a violation of children’s rights

  By Grégor Puppinck, Ph.D The European Center for Law and Justice (ECLJ), in a report addressed today to the UN, denounces the killing of babies who survive abortion in the United Kingdom, within the context of the periodic review of the United Kingdom by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. According to …

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Countries Oppose UNFPA’s Attempts to Control Outcome of Commission on Population and Development

  Extended coverage of the 47th Session of the Commission on Population and Development–ICPD Beyond 2014   Editor’s note. This report comes from the PNCI—the Parliamentary Network for Critical Issues. For more on the outcome, see “United Nations Commission on Population & Development continues to push for abortion worldwide,” http://nrlc.cc/1itVDXZ. The 47th Session of the …

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United Nations Commission on Population & Development continues to push for abortion worldwide

  NEW YORK –The 47th Session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD) closed this past weekend in a stalemate after several closed-door, late-night sessions, and a final all-night session on Friday. Pro-abortion forces had apparently hoped to use this CPD session, observing the 20th anniversary of the 1994 Cairo Conference on …

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