by United Families International | Aug 4, 2010 | UFI Blog, Women's Rights
There’s a new piece of U.S. legislation in the works that purports to help women, but the reality is far different. The International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA), Senate Bill 2982, has a great sounding name. Who, of course, could oppose protecting women...
by United Families International | Jun 15, 2010 | Feminism, motherhood, UFI Blog, Women's Rights
Last week we told you about the “Women Deliver” conference held in Washington D.C. where a typical conference bag (the kind of bag that is handed out for free at conferences all over the world) was confiscated by conference organizers. What was written on the bag...
by United Families International | Apr 19, 2010 | Abortion, AIDS, Birth Rate, UFI Blog, Women's Rights
A new study released online today reveals some surprising news: maternal mortality rates have dropped worldwide! The study, published in the medical journal The Lancet, found that the number of women dying from childbirth or pregnancy dropped from about 526,300 in...
by United Families International | Apr 16, 2010 | Abortion, UFI Blog, Women's Rights
As you probably have heard, Gov. Dave Heineman of Nebraska signed into law two new limitations on abortion in the state of Nebraska. The first requires doctors to screen women seeking abortions for mental or physical health factors that may impact the abortion before...
by United Families International | Apr 12, 2010 | Abortion, Planned Parenthood, UFI Blog, Women's Rights
With soaring medical prices, everyone is looking for ways to reduce costs—even abortion clinics. Enter a new innovation called “telemed” abortions. Thanks to telemed abortions, Planned Parenthood clinics in Iowa are now able to reduce costs and increase profits and...
by United Families International | Apr 5, 2010 | Abortion, Family Planning, UFI Blog, Women's Rights
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s rebuke of the Canadian government last week finally confirms what pro-family groups have been saying for decades: when they say family planning or reproductive health, they mean abortion. If you are unaware of the foreign...