UN Youth Forum, UN Committee Criticizes Canada for Euthanasia Policies & Other Stories

United Nations

🗞 The UN Youth Summit was dominated by radical progressive ideas, platforming young people asking for abortion access, the promotion of non-conventional gender and parental roles, the redefinition of the family, dismantling heteronormativity, and developing digital platforms to spread sexuality education information.

🗞 UN committee calls on Canada to repeal euthanasia for people who are not dying. “Canada is facing international pressure to walk back its expansion of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) and not to expand it further.” Full article here

🗞 If you missed C-Fam Friday Fax stories from last week, here is Stefano Gennarini's report on the US blocking a new UN document, “The U.S. government has blocked the adoption of the final agreement of the just-concluded UN population commission over “gender ideology.” This is seen as a loss for the left at the UN, including the European Union. Traditional countries were grateful.” Here is Rebecca Oas’ article on how the Executive Director of UNFPA “berated a Canadian pro-lifer for her comments on abortion” at the recently concluded UN Commission on Population and Development (CPD).

Domestic

🗞 Watch Secretary Rubio's live conversation with Mike Benz  on dismantling the censorship bureaucracy at the State Department here.

🗞 House Republicans include slew of pro-life bills in 2025 budget proposal. “The Republican Study Committee (RSC), of which over 80% of House Republicans are members, dedicated a section of its “Fiscal Sanity to Save America” 2025 federal budget proposal to “measures designed to advance the cause of life.” Read more here.

International

🗞 JK Rowling celebrates after UK Supreme Court rules that trans women are not legally women. “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling cheered the United Kingdom’s supreme court ruling that found transgender women are not legally women — posting pictures of champagne glasses in celebration and praising the women who championed the case.” You can read the NY Post reporting here.