Family Watch Newswire
The Family Watch Newswire is a service of Family Watch International that highlights important news items and useful analysis on the family and family-related issues from around the world.
January 23, 2026
PRESIDENT TRUMP ENDS ALL U.S. TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL ABORTIONS. President Donald Trump directed the expansion of the pro-life Mexico City Policy, effectively ending U.S. taxpayer funding for organizations that perform or promote abortions overseas as a method of family planning. Read more here.
HONORING THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE ON CAPITOL HILL. The National Sanctity of Human Life Day was January 22, and several events honored life in the U.S. capital this week, including the 53rd annual March for Life Rally and Faith & Liberty’s “America 250 Remembers — Remembering Victims of Roe” special memorial and prayer vigil. Read more here.
TENS OF THOUSANDS GATHERED FOR THE NATIONAL MARCH FOR LIFE IN D.C. Although abortion is now a state issue following the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic 2022 overturn of Roe v. Wade, organizers have vowed to continue marching every January, as they did Friday, at the national level “until a culture of life is restored in the United States of America.” Read more here.
SENATORS INTRODUCE BILL TO END ABORTION, EXTEND 14TH AMENDMENT TO UNBORN CHILDREN. U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) introduced the Life at Conception Act, legislation to legally recognize the right to life by extending 14th Amendment protections to unborn children. Read more here.
ABORTION DEBATE REOPENED IN GREECE BY GRIEVING PEDIATRICIAN. The abortion debate in Greece, long regarded by the political establishment as settled and closed, has been unexpectedly reopened by Maria Karystianou, a pediatrician who called for public consultation on abortion. Read more here.
COLORADO SETTLES LAWSUIT AGAINST ABORTION PILL REVERSAL BAN. The state of Colorado will pay $6.1 million in attorney fees and court costs in a settlement ending a lawsuit against the state’s abortion pill reversal ban. Read more here.
LIVE ACTION URGES HHS TO TAKE ABORTION PILL OFF MARKET AFTER UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION. Live Action has sent an urgent memo to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urging him to take the chemical abortion drug mifepristone off the market after an investigative report revealed extensive noncompliance with safety regulations. Read more here.
HHS: ILLINOIS IS VIOLATING FEDERAL LAW BY FORCING PREGNANCY CENTERS TO REFER WOMEN FOR ABORTION. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services determined that Illinois officials are violating federal law by forcing pregnancy centers to refer women for an abortion. Read more here.
THEY FLED U.S. TO PROTECT THEIR DAUGHTER. An anonymous family fled America for India after their 10-year-old’s teacher encouraged the child to run away and live with the teacher so he could “transition” the little girl into a “boy.” Read more here.
ENORMOUS SPIKE IN PUBERTY BLOCKERS PRESCRIBED TO PENNSYLVANIA MINORS. A major spike in insurance claims for puberty-blocking drugs in Pennsylvania raised concerns that the billing system is being manipulated to skirt federal restrictions on transitioning minors. Read more here.
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH CLASS EXPLORES ‘BLACK TRANS LESBIAN MARXISTS’ AND RADICAL LITERATURE. This semester, the University of Utah English Department is offering a course on “Black Trans Lesbian Marxists Who Scare You (and are probably pro-Palestinian too).” Read more here.
YOUNG MEN LESS LIKELY TO SUPPORT SAME-SEX ‘MARRIAGE’ THAN PREVIOUS GENERATIONS. A report by the American Institute for Boys and Men from December 2025 highlighted polling from the Pew Research Center, which found that support for same-sex “marriages” and related issues had dropped among men aged 24 and younger compared to those born in the 1990s and 1980s. Read more here.
ITALY REGISTERS 40 YEARS OF DECLINE IN MARRIAGES. The data are from the National Institute of Statistics, which counted 173.272 unions celebrated last year. This number represents a 5.9% reduction compared to 2023. The downward trend has remained strong since the mid-1980s. Read more here.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOOSTS MANDATORY STUDENT FUNDING FOR LGBTQ ‘Q CENTER’ TO $651K. The Q center operating programs for the LGBTQIA+ community requires students to pay, depending on credits, graduate level and campus fees, between $55 and $277 for the “Queering a World-Class Education.” Read more here.
INVESTIGATION SHOWS PLANNED PARENTHOOD PUTTING WOMEN AT RISK WITH DANGEROUS ABORTION PILLS. Live Action, a U.S. pro-life group, published its investigative report and video titled “Abortion Pill Exposed,” demonstrating that Planned Parenthood facilities nationwide are failing to implement basic safety protocols when distributing abortion pills, putting women at heightened risk of serious complications including hemorrhage, incomplete abortion and life-threatening infection. Read more here.
NEW SURVEY: MOST AMERICANS SUPPORT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE. 57 percent of Americans agree that religious freedom is inherently public, and that Americans should be free to share their faith in public spaces, such as at school, work or on social media — a five-point rise since 2020, according to a Becket study. Read more here.
GHANA’S REVISED NACCA SEXUALITY GUIDELINES WORSE THAN WITHDRAWN VERSION. Old Tafo Member of Parliament, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has criticised the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), saying a revised teachers’ manual on sexuality education is more problematic than the version withdrawn after public backlash. Read more here.
ESTONIA WARNED IT MAY HAVE JUST FIVE YEARS TO REVERSE POPULATION COLLAPSE. Experts warn that Estonia has just a few years to reverse its declining birth rate, and the government is being encouraged to take action to spur more people to embrace families and parenthood. Read more here.
OBGYN SAYS ‘DO NO HARM’ MEANS NOT KILLING BABIES IN ABORTIONS, by Steve Ertelt. “The CEO of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG) declared that the medical principle of ‘do no harm’ requires rejecting abortion as legitimate health care. She is emphasizing protection for both mothers and their preborn children instead.” Read more here.
STATEMENT ON REDEFINING GENDER IN NEW TREATY, by Stefano Gennarini. “Because of the gravity of labelling anyone hostis humani generis (enemy of the human race), definitions in the new treaty must be precise and not lend themselves to political manipulation. For this reason, we urge Member States to define gender as referring only to men and women in the new treaty or replace the term gender altogether with ‘sex.’” Read more here.
HOW FEMINISM DESTABILIZED MODERN AMERICA, by Soad Tabrizi. “In graduate school, one of my psychotherapy assignments required us to write about a specific treatment modality – its origins, purpose, application, and validity. I don’t remember how the selections were made, but I do remember what was left for me: feminism. What exactly is feminist psychotherapy? I was irritated and made no effort to hide it. I told my professor I was the wrong person for the assignment. I wasn’t a feminist and had no interest in becoming one.” Read more here.
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