http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/25/anu-kumar-do-u-s-abortion-restrictions-violate-human-rights-huffington-post/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/25/anu-kumar-do-u-s-abortion-restrictions-violate-human-rights-huffington-post/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:22:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116820 Anu Kumar: Do U.S. Abortion Restrictions Violate Human Rights?: While in the United States we may treat abortion restrictions as a political issue, elsewhere around the world, advocates and experts understand such restrictions to be public health and human rights issues. And in the United States this year, we have seen law after law passed that clearly violates international human rights standards. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/25/anu-kumar-do-u-s-abortion-restrictions-violate-human-rights-huffington-post/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/19/religion-debate-raised-anew-in-nicaragua-campaign/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/19/religion-debate-raised-anew-in-nicaragua-campaign/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:25:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111306 AP: Religious processions and chants have become common at the re-election campaign rallies of leftist Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who is highlighting his Christianity in his bid for re-election. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/19/religion-debate-raised-anew-in-nicaragua-campaign/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/amnesty-international-demands-%e2%80%98right%e2%80%99-to-kill-unborn-children-conceived-by-rape-in-nicaragua/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/amnesty-international-demands-%e2%80%98right%e2%80%99-to-kill-unborn-children-conceived-by-rape-in-nicaragua/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:36:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109650 LifeSiteNews.com: Amnesty International is demanding the “right” to kill unborn children conceived by rape in Nicaragua, according to international media sources. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/amnesty-international-demands-%e2%80%98right%e2%80%99-to-kill-unborn-children-conceived-by-rape-in-nicaragua/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/17/nicaraguan-legislation-seeks-to-legalize-abortion-protect-sexual-orientation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/17/nicaraguan-legislation-seeks-to-legalize-abortion-protect-sexual-orientation/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:17:50 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=72712 writing at LifeSiteNews: [The bill permits] the 'interruption of pregnancy for any reason before 22 weeks of gestation, beginning from the first day of the last menstruation, and the product of conception has a weight less than 500 grams and a brain cavity height no more than 25 centimeters.' In addition, the legislation establishes the right to 'obtain sexual satisfaction according to one's needs and preferences' and requires that 'sexual orientation discrimination' be eliminated so that 'the sexual rights of all people must be respected, protected, and exercised in their fullness,' phrases that Miranda Sáenz warns will be used to create homosexual 'marriage' and adoption rights." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/17/nicaraguan-legislation-seeks-to-legalize-abortion-protect-sexual-orientation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/01/majority-of-citizens-in-four-latin-american-countries-oppose-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/01/majority-of-citizens-in-four-latin-american-countries-oppose-abortion/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:34:39 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=64925 Buenos Aires Herald: "The majority of citizens in Nicaragua (81.6 percent), Brazil (72.7percent), Mexico (70.8 percent), and Chile (66.2 percent) are opposed to legalizing abortion in their countries, where it is prohibited in almost all its forms, according to a survey by Flacso." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/01/majority-of-citizens-in-four-latin-american-countries-oppose-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/11/nicaragua-ignores-international-pressure-to-revise-total-abortion-ban/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/11/nicaragua-ignores-international-pressure-to-revise-total-abortion-ban/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:42:02 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=62798 Amnesty International: "Amnesty International has expressed great disappointment at the Nicaragua government’s decision to reject the recommendations made by 12 States urging a change to the country’s law imposing a total ban on abortion . . . Currently only four countries in the world have a complete ban on abortion: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Chile and Malta." | More from the European Life Network's Pat Buckley and SPUC director John Smeaton. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/11/nicaragua-ignores-international-pressure-to-revise-total-abortion-ban/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/26/western-nations-continue-to-pressure-nicaragua-on-abortion-laws/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/26/western-nations-continue-to-pressure-nicaragua-on-abortion-laws/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:28:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=56728 C-FAM: "At the recently concluded session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Nicaragua came up against intense and concerted international pressure from fellow United Nations (UN) member states over the abortion ban the Latin American country’s National Assembly adopted unanimously into law four years ago." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/26/western-nations-continue-to-pressure-nicaragua-on-abortion-laws/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/abc-nicaraguas-anti-abortion-policy-endangers-women-criminalizes-doctors-experts-say/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/abc-nicaraguas-anti-abortion-policy-endangers-women-criminalizes-doctors-experts-say/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:19:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=53857 ABC: "By criminalizing all abortion procedures, including therapeutic abortions that aim to protect the life and health of the mother, Nicaragua's ban restricts a woman's access to a range of medical treatments, such as cardiac surgery, radiation and pain-killing medications . . . Eleven member states of the United Nations and four expert U.N. committees, including those on Torture, Human Rights and Discrimination Against Women, have urged Nicaragua to amend its laws on abortion because of such violations and the documented rise in maternal deaths since the law took effect." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/abc-nicaraguas-anti-abortion-policy-endangers-women-criminalizes-doctors-experts-say/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/15/nicaragua-refuses-to-discuss-therapeutic-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/15/nicaragua-refuses-to-discuss-therapeutic-abortion/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:37:00 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=52048 IPS: "Nicaragua slammed the door on any possible debate on the restitution of therapeutic abortion - performed to save the life of the pregnant woman - despite demands that it do so voiced during a United Nations review of human rights in the country . . . when the Nicaraguan government submitted its own report to the 47 countries sitting on the Council, it ruled out the restitution of therapeutic abortion, which is only banned in a few countries around the world: Chile, El Salvador, Malta and the Philippines, besides Nicaragua." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/15/nicaragua-refuses-to-discuss-therapeutic-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/09/united-nations-urges-nicaragua-to-legalize-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/09/united-nations-urges-nicaragua-to-legalize-abortion/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:05:54 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=51527 LifeSiteNews: "The United Nations' 'High Commission of Human Rights' (OHCHR) is urging Nicaragua to legalize 'therapeutic' abortions, as well as abortions in rape and incest cases, according to the Mexican government news agency Notimex." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/09/united-nations-urges-nicaragua-to-legalize-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/05/amnesty-international-calls-protection-of-unborn-in-nicaragua-a-great-horror/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/05/amnesty-international-calls-protection-of-unborn-in-nicaragua-a-great-horror/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:05:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=32165 LifeSiteNews: "Amnesty International (AI) has launched an international campaign against the government of Nicaragua, claiming that its law protecting the unborn from abortion is 'cruel,' and 'cynical.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/05/amnesty-international-calls-protection-of-unborn-in-nicaragua-a-great-horror/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/28/amnesty-intl-wants-nicaragua-to-reverse-adoptiono-ban/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/28/amnesty-intl-wants-nicaragua-to-reverse-adoptiono-ban/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:54:31 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=31243 reports for the BBC: "Amnesty International has called on Nicaragua to repeal a law introduced last year criminalising abortion in all circumstances." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/28/amnesty-intl-wants-nicaragua-to-reverse-adoptiono-ban/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/09/unfpa-gives-awards-to-nicaraguan-pro-abortion-ngo-%e2%80%9creproductive-rights%e2%80%9d-advocate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/09/unfpa-gives-awards-to-nicaraguan-pro-abortion-ngo-%e2%80%9creproductive-rights%e2%80%9d-advocate/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:44:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=26443 LifeSiteNews: "This week, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) hosted its annual population award ceremony at the United Nations (UN) to honor an individual and an organization for “outstanding contribution” in the population field, including family planning and “reproductive rights” advocacy. The individual was Dr. Mahmoud Fathalla, a former advisor to both the World Health Organization and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), and the organization was a Nicaraguan-based non-government organization that has been critical of the Nicaraguan government for instituting a complete ban on abortions." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/09/unfpa-gives-awards-to-nicaraguan-pro-abortion-ngo-%e2%80%9creproductive-rights%e2%80%9d-advocate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/05/un-population-fund-gives-awards-to-nicaraguan-pro-abortion-ngo-reproductive-rights-advocate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/05/un-population-fund-gives-awards-to-nicaraguan-pro-abortion-ngo-reproductive-rights-advocate/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:05:58 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=26168 reports at LifeSite: "This week, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) hosted its annual population award ceremony at the United Nations (UN) to honor an individual and an organization for 'outstanding contribution' in the population field, including family planning and 'reproductive rights' advocacy. The individual was Dr. Mahmoud Fathalla, a former advisor to both the World Health Organization and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), and the organization was a Nicaraguan-based non-government organization that has been critical of the Nicaraguan government for instituting a complete ban on abortions." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/05/un-population-fund-gives-awards-to-nicaraguan-pro-abortion-ngo-reproductive-rights-advocate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/29/un-committee-says-nicaraguan-pro-life-laws-violate-torture-convention/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/29/un-committee-says-nicaraguan-pro-life-laws-violate-torture-convention/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 16:46:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=25482 LifeSiteNews: "The United Nations (UN) committee charged with monitoring compliance with the Convention Against Torture has declared that Nicaragua’s full protection of unborn life violates the country's obligations under the Convention. This is the first time this committee has reviewed Nicaragua since the country's government outlawed abortion for any reason three years ago . . . Critics are increasingly concerned with what they view as the politicization of the treaty monitoring system by committees charged with oversight." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/29/un-committee-says-nicaraguan-pro-life-laws-violate-torture-convention/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/10/the-nicaraguan-abortion-ban-killing-in-defense-of-life/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/10/the-nicaraguan-abortion-ban-killing-in-defense-of-life/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:31:46 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=15061 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/10/the-nicaraguan-abortion-ban-killing-in-defense-of-life/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/10/24/nicaragua-pressured-on-abortion-by-the-un-human-rights-committee/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/10/24/nicaragua-pressured-on-abortion-by-the-un-human-rights-committee/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:35:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=8808 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/10/24/nicaragua-pressured-on-abortion-by-the-un-human-rights-committee/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/03/20/reproductive-injustice-an-analysis-of-nicaraguas-complete-abortion-ban/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/03/20/reproductive-injustice-an-analysis-of-nicaraguas-complete-abortion-ban/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:25:05 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/03/20/reproductive-injustice-an-analysis-of-nicaraguas-complete-abortion-ban/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/03/20/reproductive-injustice-an-analysis-of-nicaraguas-complete-abortion-ban/feed/ 0