Africa

The Dangers of Manual Vacuum Aspiration

June 25, 2002 Volume 4/ Number 14 Dear Colleague: One of the most common methods of abortion in the developing world is Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA). Not only is this method of abortion immoral, it is extremely unsafe for women. Today, the international abortion movement

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Population Control – The Kenyan Perspective

The first birth control clinic was opened in Nairobi, the Kenyan Capital, 44 years ago. The second one opened a year later in 1956 at the Port Town of Mombasa. These two amalgamated into the Family a Planning Association of Kenya (FPAK). In 1963, FPAK

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From the Countries

India acts to save girl babies: The Indian Parliament has acted to prevent doctors from telling parents the sex of their expected children. The high bride price for girls at marriage partially motivates poor Indian parents to prefer raising boys. The practice of female infanticide

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Egypt: the land of the Nile and of the crocodile

The Council Chamber of the Palais des Nations provided the international setting for an award ceremony conducted by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Center stage, as a reward recipient, was President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, host to the upcoming International Conference on Population and

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From the Countries

Peruvian amendment to the constitution The Peruvian Commission of Health, Family and Population has proposed an amendment to the constitution. The article states that human life begins at conception and gestation ends at birth. Abortion is to be allowed only under grave circumstances affecting the

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From the Countries

Big dollars for U.S. environmentalists Annual expenses for the following environmental advocacy groups in 1990: $4,300,000 Center for Marine Conservation $8,200,000 Conservation International Foundation $15,700,000 Cousteau Society $4,200,000 Defenders of Wildlife $68,700,000 Ducks Unlimited $15,600,000 Environmental Defense Fund, $3,300,000 Friends of the Earth (merged with

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From the Countries

India acts to save girl babies: The Indian Parliament has acted to prevent doctors from telling parents the sex of their expected children. The high

Read More »

From the Countries

Peruvian amendment to the constitution The Peruvian Commission of Health, Family and Population has proposed an amendment to the constitution. The article states that human

Read More »

From the Countries

Big dollars for U.S. environmentalists Annual expenses for the following environmental advocacy groups in 1990: $4,300,000 Center for Marine Conservation $8,200,000 Conservation International Foundation $15,700,000

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