The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)  has issued a new document that declares that governments are obligated to guarantee a sweeping definition of “sexual rights,” including abortion, “sexual freedom” and “comprehensive sexuality education,” as an integral component of human rights. 

The IPPF…

The committee that monitors states compliance with Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) opened its latest session in Geneva this week to review the reports of 12 states.  Even prior to the arrival of…

Later this month, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will meet to discuss reopening the international cloning debate. The International Bioethics Committee (IBC) will gather in Paris to “explore whether the scientific, ethical, social, political and legal…

A month after the campaign was first reported in the Friday Fax, pro-abortion group Marie Stopes International has removed the ticker keeping track of names for their web-campaign calling for “Global Safe Abortion.”

The Friday Fax reported last month that after…

At United Nations headquarters this week, countries participated in a special high level event to discuss progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).  Declaring that MDG 5 to improve maternal health has seen the least progress of all the…

Ambassador Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann of Nicaragua opened the 63rd session of the General Assembly (GA) [last] week at United Nations (UN) headquarters, stressing the international community’s responsibility to be “stewards of the earth.” Brockmann, a laicized priest, lamented the “deplorable state”…

After nearly a year of soliciting signatures as part of a campaign for global “safe abortion,” Marie Stopes International has little to show for it. Fewer than 500 people have signed an online petition which calls for “full access to legal, voluntary,…

Last week, the Office for the High Commissioner on Human Rights, which is responsible for overseeing treaty compliance committees, released the concluding observations of the most recent sessions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against…

The Philippine Court of Appeals recently rejected claims made by a radical pro-abortion group based in New York. The court dismissed an effort seeking to overturn an executive order promoting natural family planning.  The petition was filed earlier this year…

The World Health Organization (WHO) launched an initiative recently to boost a program for menstrual regulation in Bangladesh. WHO states that the objectives of this program are to “ensure the quality of [menstrual regulation] and to share the knowledge of…