Persons with disabilities face tragic discrimination that infringes upon their right to life. The pandemic has brought to light these threats. Evidence that persons with Down Syndrome are significantly more...
Published on 22 Mar 2021
PFORZHEIM/KARLSRUHE (3 February 2021) – Can a local authority ban even silent prayer on the streets? This is the question asked by the “40 Days for Life” group in Pforzheim, Germany,...
Published on 10 Feb 2021
WARSAW (23 October 2020) – Yesterday, Poland’s top court affirmed the right to life of unborn babies with disabilities. The Constitutional Tribunal of Poland ruled that abortions on the basis...
Published on 23 Oct 2020
Constitutional Tribunal of Bolivia upholds constitutionality of country’s pro-life laws What’s at Stake The right to life from the moment of conception until natural death No 'right to abortion' in...
Published on 10 Jan 2018
ECHR affirms the right to prenatal maternal care under Article 3 What’s at Stake: Right to life of unborn children Summary: Lia Shioshvili, a Georgian national who moved to Russia...
Published on 20 Mar 2017
Petitioners attempt to revise and weaken India’s current law on abortion What’s at Stake: The lives of preborn babies Summary: Two women, Mrs X and Mrs Y, are attempting to...
Published on 15 Dec 2016
Down Syndrome is becoming a death sentence GENEVA – On 20th March 2017, the eve of World Down Syndrome Day, the Jerome Lejeune Foundation, Downpride, the Permanent Representation of the...
Published on 09 Jan 2018
Mother Teresa’s Enduring Message for the International Community Today On 4 September 2016 in Rome, Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa a saint. In celebration of this event, the Permanent Observer...
Published on 08 Jan 2018
ADF International is a faith-based legal advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people before national and international institutions. As well as having ECOSOC...
Published on 01 Apr 2021
The Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Policy (PLGHA) has allowed the United States to be highly successful in achieving its goals. For this reason, ADF International strongly supports the...
Published on 13 Nov 2020
Response to the Questionnaire of the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls The UN team has submitted an input to the Office of the Commissioner for Human...
Published on 02 Sep 2020
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View All »Biden to Revoke the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Policy
On January 28, President Biden will revoke the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Policy (an expansion of the former Mexico City Policy). This will allow billions of dollars in...
Published on 28 Jan 2021International Coalition of Governments: “there is no international right to abortion.”
There has been an unprecedented step forward in defense of the right to life of the unborn by the international pro-life movement. 32 governments have come together to unambiguously state:...
Published on 29 Oct 2020UN uses COVID-19 pandemic to push abortion
The United States government has taken a pro-life stand against the United Nations in affirming that “international human rights law does not recognize any ‘right to abortion.’” This comes in...
Published on 31 Aug 2020