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Protecting Families at CSW 62
Hello Friends, The UFI team had a very successful experience at this year’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). We had eight university students and four faculty join us in visiting representatives from over 50 countries, as well as attending and reporting on...
Who Has Your Back?
From the desk of Tori Black: Here at UFI, we are in the thick of preparations for attending the UN during the Commission on the Status of Women. We have been busy facilitating participation in side events by pro-family organizations and setting up appointments to...
Simple is Best – even at the UN
Sometimes the simple approach ends up being the best thing! The 56th Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD) concluded this week and although there was some not-so-good language that ended up in the Commission’s outcome document, there were some...
Surrogacy: The Unintended Consequences
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, For those like us, who value the family, the inability to have a child is a heavy burden. Infertility is a very real challenge for many couples. In the US alone, one in eight couples have difficulty conceiving or sustaining...
A New Year: Resolve to Protect Religious Freedom
A New Year: Resolve to Protect Religious Freedom “Houston, we have a problem.” A line made famous by the movie, Apollo 13, is one of the top movie quotes of all time. It was a monumental understatement for a perilous emergency that threatened the lives of the three...
A Record-Breaking Year Because of You.
Dear UFI family and friends, Merry Christmas! As we celebrate this season of giving, I’m writing to let you know your support this past year was instrumental in providing many of the resources needed for 2017 to be a record-breaking year for UFI. We cannot thank you...
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The New Comprehensive Sexuality Education that has Teachers Horrified and Parents Fighting Back
The following guest post is an excerpt from "Standing Up to Goliath" by Rebecca Friedrichs In 2013 a dear friend sent me a most shocking email message. She forwarded it from a young mother living in Northern California. The email’s subject was: The Latest Horror! The...
Assisted Suicide: Society’s Dangerous Embrace of Legalized Killing
By Tori Levulis Black In 1993, I had my last child on my living room floor. On purpose! Disappointed with some aspects of my previous births, I did my homework and chose to have a homebirth with the help of a certified midwife. It was by far my best birth. Two...
Employment and the Family
By Marci Nelson I grew up in a large family. My parents had four sons and four daughters, and we lived a very happy childhood where my siblings and I felt immense love and safety. For as long as I can remember, my dad has been a cemetery caretaker. This means that he...
Gosnell: The True Crime Story America Tried to Hide
A message from UFI: In 1984, former abortionist, Dr. Bernard Nathanson, released a groundbreaking film called The Silent Scream. The film took advantage of ultrasound technology to reveal the human reality of the fetus. When preparing women for abortion, abortion...
Sex Robots: Coming Soon to a City Near You
By Elizabeth Warner Cover image via National Center on Sexual Exploitation As a recent resident of Texas, I was appalled to hear about the proposed sex robot, or sexbot, brothel opening in Houston, Texas just a couple hours away from my home. While Houston’s...
Religion’s Profound Influence on Families and Society
By Jenet Jacob Erickson, United Families International New York Times’ executive director, Dean Baquet, exposed a profound contradiction when he said of journalists from major media outlets: “We don’t get religion. We don’t get the role of religion in people’s lives.”...