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Dear Colleague,
We report this week on a research initiative funded by Sweden to study “unsafe abortion” that aims at knocking down laws protecting Africa’s unborn children. Lisa Correnti reports.
Austin Ruse reports on how the UN created an expert position to protect LGBTI+ persons from violence, and how it ended up as an advocacy job for special rights outside the bounds of its original mandate.
Stay well. Spread the word.
Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D.
Editor
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Sweden Targets Africans Using “Unsafe Abortion” Study
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NEW YORK, April 17 (C-Fam) An African-based research center is performing studies on “unsafe abortion” in seven African countries with the goal of influencing health ministers and policymakers to remove laws that protect unborn children from abortion. Read more >>
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UN LGBT Expert Wants to Punish Religious Opponents
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NEW YORK, April 17 (C-Fam) One of the great debates at the UN over the last few decades has been over how to wedge the LGBT issue into the UN dialogue. Member states were largely uninterested. Conservative and religiously minded countries knew the issue was a radicalizing one. Read more >>
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