Members of Congress, demographers and representatives from leading human rights organizations are launching a new effort today designed to target gendercide — the practice of eliminate girls via sex-selection abortions, infanticide, or selling or giving away infant or young girls.
In the News
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June 1st, 2011
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June 1st, 2011There is a growing chorus from within the pro-life movement against PepsiCo for their use of a cell line (derived from a baby aborted in the 1970′s) for testing response to new flavors in the lab.
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June 1st, 2011Few subjects are more universally heartbreaking than the plight of sick children. Yet in this country babies are routinely born with terrible disabilities that could easily be avoided — if only the dangerous tradition of first cousins marrying, which still prevails in many Muslim communities, could be stamped out.
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June 1st, 2011London, 1 June 2011: A proposed charter for terminally-ill patients poses the danger of euthanasia, a patients' helpline has warned.
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June 1st, 2011The BBC uses “derogatory stereotypes” to portray Christians while marginalising older women, according to the corporation's own research.
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June 1st, 2011The BBC is anti-Christian and ageist – according to a survey it carried out itself. Viewers also felt that minority groups were over-represented by the Corporation.
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June 1st, 2011More than 8,000 GP surgeries in England will be asked to display a new patient charter on end of life care launched today.
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May 31st, 2011A bomb exploded in a military area in northern Nigeria Sunday night, killing 15 people just hours after Christian President Goodluck Jonathan was inaugurated.
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May 31st, 2011A top music executive is hoping that singer Adele’s phenomenal global success will challenge the sexualised style of many female artists in the music industry today.
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May 31st, 2011HARARE, Zimbabwe — Religion, like politics, is often a dangerous business in this country. As President Robert Mugabe, 87, pushes for an election this year, the harassment of independent churches seen as hostile to his government has intensified.