United Nations

UN report shows only a minority of countries allow unfettered abortion

A recent United Nations report on international abortion policies reveals that, while most countries worldwide allow abortion in extreme cases in order to save the life of the mother, only a minority allow abortion on demand. The July 2007 Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, report stated that abortion on demand is only permitted in 28 per cent of the [...]

2010-07-13T14:37:34-04:00September 13, 2007|Abortion Law|

UN women’s meeting ignores sex-selection abortions

Negotiations went down to the wire at the United Nations during the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) proceedings in March, as delegations struggled to come to consensus on the final outcome document. Despite assurances from delegations such as that from the E.U., the issue of prenatal sex-selection was largely ignored within the final text. The theme for this year’s CSW [...]

2010-04-21T12:22:56-04:00April 21, 2007|Abortion|

Canadian representatives continue to push gay ‘rights’ at the UN

A Canadian representative to the United Nations, originally appointed under the previous Liberal administration and now supposedly acting under the direction of the current Conservative government, berated delegations from several Muslim countries for opposing the observer status of a Quebec-based gay activist group. The National Post reported on Feb. 2 that the Coalition gaie et lesbienne du Quebec (CGLQ) was rejected by the [...]

2010-03-31T05:27:27-04:00March 31, 2007|Society & Culture|
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