Few institutions at the United Nations have promoted abortion more consistently or more persistently than the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). For decades, the CEDAW committee has routinely subjected countries with pro-life laws to pressure to decriminalize abortion or remove restrictions
We are not alone in being suspicious of the United Nations when it comes to the life issues. Beginning with the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo in 1994, abortion advocates have been attempting to use the language of U.N. documents, as well
Arriving in the Philippines last January, Pope Francis warned his millions of listeners to resist “ideological colonization.” This destructive assault on families, the Pope continued, included efforts to “redefine the very institution of marriage, by relativism, by the culture of the ephemeral, by a lack
The new constitution equates “treaties” and “international human rights instruments” in ways that would make New York lobbyists proud. The second chapter of article 417 of the recently approved Constitution of Ecuador reads: “The international treaties ratified by Ecuador will be subject to the established
13 October 2008 — Vol. 10/ No. 43 The second chapter of article 417 of the recently approved Constitution of Ecuador reads: “The international treaties ratified by Ecuador will be subject to the established tenets of the Constitution. In the case of treaties and other
5 April 2007 Vol. 9 / No. 13 Dear Colleague, PRI is in the forefront of the fight in Latin America to protect Life. Carlos Polo reports that, if the people have anything to say about it, abortion will remain illegal south of the border.
Now that the party of death has retaken control of Congress, battles over funding of embryonic stem cell research, chemical abortifacients, contraception, sex education, special privileges for homosexuals, and other such controversies will ensue over the next two years. The fight over an obscure international
9 February 2007 Vol. 9 / No. 6 Dear Colleague: CEDAW, like the ERA before it, is a threat to babies and families. Steven W. Mosher President CEDAW MAKES A COMEBACK Now that the party of death has retaken control of Congress, battles over funding of
Desensillar hasta que aclare (“get off and unsaddle your horse until it clears”) was the directive of Juan Domingo Perón, three times elected President of Argentina, to his followers in 1966. At that time, Perón was in the middle of his worst political situation. Everything
The bad news began right after the November elections. And on December 7, the Senate voted to confirm the nomination of Andrew von Eschenbach as Commissioner of the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As Acting Commissioner, Esehenbach approved the over-the-counter sale of the abortion-causing
Few institutions at the United Nations have promoted abortion more consistently or more persistently than the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
We are not alone in being suspicious of the United Nations when it comes to the life issues. Beginning with the International Conference on Population
Arriving in the Philippines last January, Pope Francis warned his millions of listeners to resist “ideological colonization.” This destructive assault on families, the Pope continued,
The new constitution equates “treaties” and “international human rights instruments” in ways that would make New York lobbyists proud. The second chapter of article 417
13 October 2008 — Vol. 10/ No. 43 The second chapter of article 417 of the recently approved Constitution of Ecuador reads: “The international treaties
5 April 2007 Vol. 9 / No. 13 Dear Colleague, PRI is in the forefront of the fight in Latin America to protect Life. Carlos
Now that the party of death has retaken control of Congress, battles over funding of embryonic stem cell research, chemical abortifacients, contraception, sex education, special
9 February 2007 Vol. 9 / No. 6 Dear Colleague: CEDAW, like the ERA before it, is a threat to babies and families. Steven W. Mosher
Desensillar hasta que aclare (“get off and unsaddle your horse until it clears”) was the directive of Juan Domingo Perón, three times elected President of
The bad news began right after the November elections. And on December 7, the Senate voted to confirm the nomination of Andrew von Eschenbach as
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