Family Watch Newswire

May 8, 2026

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WILL PUSH EVERY COUNTRY WORLDWIDE TO LEGALIZE ABORTION ON DEMAND. UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Bank’s Special Program on Human Reproduction convened a high-level hybrid webinar titled “Evidence-informed abortion policy decisions: Launch of two WHO resources” for the explicit purpose of establishing a global baseline for liberalized abortion worldwide. Read more here.

CONGRESSWOMAN LIES ABOUT UNFPA AND ABORTION. At a hearing on UN reform in the U.S. House last week, Rep. Madeleine Dean (Dem-Pa.) falsely claimed the United Nations Population Fund does not provide abortions, but in 2017, UNFPA provided funding to the abortion group Ipas in order to train abortionists and to provide abortions in refugee camps in Bangladesh. Read more here.

ARIZONA BILL REQUIRING PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO TEACH FETAL DEVELOPMENT PASSES STATE SENATE. House Bill 2830 directs schools to determine the appropriate grade levels for instruction and requires teachers to cover the full process of human development in the womb beginning at conception and including major developmental milestones such as the formation of the brain, spinal cord, heart, face and limbs. Read more here.

NATIONAL ABORTION FEDERATION BUILT DOSSIERS TO TRACK PRO-LIFE ACTIVISTS. The influential National Abortion Federation created dossiers on pro-life activists and organizations that contained sensitive information such as home addresses, a new report highlights. Read more here.

WHILE JUDGES WRANGLE OVER ACCESS TO ABORTION PILL, GILLETTE DESCRIBES DARK, PAINFUL EXPERIENCE OF TAKING IT. Elizabeth Gillette told “Washington Watch” she is telling her own experience with mifepristone because she wants to warn other women of its danger and how “This is not a safe drug,” but one that caused her terrible physical pain from the contractions and years of emotional trauma. Read more here.

NEW WEBSITE SHOWS AMAZING DEVELOPMENT OF UNBORN BABIES. Ahead of Mother’s Day, Charlotte Lozier Institute launched an updated version of Voyage of Life, an interactive and educational website that uses up-to-date, peer-reviewed research and medically grounded visuals to illustrate human development from fertilization through birth. Read more here.

WHITE HOUSE DECLARES RADICAL TRANSGENDER GROUPS TERRORISTS. The White House has released a new counterterrorism strategy document that names certain violent pro-transgender groups among America’s emerging domestic terror threats, and the administration says it will use law enforcement and intelligence tools to identify and disrupt organizations tied to extremist political violence. Read more here.

LUCRATIVE ‘GENDER MUTILATION’ BUSINESS GROWS AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE. According to a report from the American Principles Project, the “gender mutilation” surgery market was worth $4.12 billion in 2022 and is projected to grow annually by 8.4 percent through 2030. Read more here.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FACES TITLE IX COMPLAINT OVER TRANSGENDER BATHROOM POLICY. Defending Education filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, arguing the university’s policies force female students to share intimate spaces with males, a policy that conflicts with Title IX protections against sex discrimination. Read more here.

UMINN SEXUALITY CENTER SPENDS $800 ON ‘GENDER AFFIRMING HAIRCUTS.’ The University of Minnesota spent hundreds of dollars on protein shakes for an LGBT workout group on campus, along with even more money on “gender affirming haircuts.” Read more here.

BAND DIRECTOR WANTS TEENS TO PERFORM TRANSGENDER ANTHEM AS FORM OF ACTIVISM. A small Wisconsin community is now at the center of a heated culture war clash after a high school band director programmed an instrumental concert piece honoring transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson, prompting school board members to question whether the music belongs in a public school performance. Read more here.

BACKLASH ERUPTS OVER LGBTQ FESTIVAL PLANNED NEAR BIBLICAL SITE OF SODOM. The Israeli Foreign Ministry promoted the upcoming four-day event, called “Pride Land,” as the “biggest LGBTQ+ festival ever in the Middle East.” Read more here.

‘JESUS-CENTRIC’ CHRISTIAN MOBILE NETWORK IN U.S. TO BLOCK PORN AND LGBT CONTENT. Radiant Mobile, a new Christian mobile phone network in the U.S., is generating social media attention for blocking adult material, including pornography and LGBT content. Read more here.

TEXAS TECH STUDENTS PROTEST STATE’S CLASSROOM RESTRICTIONS ON LGBT, GENDER TOPICS. Texas Tech students, faculty and community members protested against state laws that restrict LGBT, gender and DEI topics in university classrooms, while the university system says only a small fraction of courses were affected and reaffirms its commitment to free expression. Read more here.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD SERVES FEW WOMEN, ADOPTION REFERRALS RARE. Planned Parenthood’s total number of clients has decreased nearly 33 percent since 2006, just 2 percent of women of reproductive age receive services from Planned Parenthood, and for every adoption referral Planned Parenthood aborts more than 187 preborn children. Read more here.

UK LIBERAL DEMOCRATS ADMIT TO DISCRIMINATING AGAINST CANDIDATE FOR PRO-LIFE BELIEFS. Liberal Democrats have admitted to multiple counts of unlawful religious discrimination after a former BBC journalist was deselected due to his Christian beliefs, including his views on abortion. Read more here.

UK PASTOR CONVICTED FOR PREACHING GOSPEL NEAR HOSPITAL ‘BUFFER ZONE.’ A retired pastor from Northern Ireland has been convicted after preaching from John 3:16 near a hospital located inside an abortion buffer zone, in what supporters describe as a first-of-its-kind prosecution. Read more here.

HOW MOTHERHOOD BENEFITS WOMEN’S HEALTH. Research suggests that pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding are associated with several long-term health advantages for mothers, although effects vary by individual factors such as age, genetics and lifestyle. Read more here.

STOP TELLING WOMEN THEY’LL ONLY ENJOY MOTHERHOOD WHEN THEY AREN’T WATCHING THEIR KIDS, by Abby Johnson. “One of the greatest gifts in life, motherhood, is being smeared daily. It’s impossible to miss, whether you’re watching TV, doomscrolling, or just hanging out in mom groups physically or online. Moms are portrayed as constantly sleep-deprived, barely hanging onto their sanity, and wanting to get away from their kids.” Read more here.

FDA ABORTION PILL POLICY SEEKS TO MAKE DEATH GREAT AGAIN, by Tony Perkins. “Danco and another abortion pill manufacturer, GenBioPro, filed with the Supreme Court last week to stop the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals from halting the Biden policies that offer no oversight of a drug that sends one in every 20 women to the emergency room. The companies claim the state of Louisiana, which is suing the FDA over the lax drug policy, has no legal right to sue.” Read more here.

THIS MOTHER’S DAY, DITCH THE MOM GUILT. EMBRACE THE JOY, by Ashley McGuire. “I once likened my own journey of work and motherhood to a river. It bends and turns with each child. I never tried to control its path but rather let it take me where it will. That has liberated me from a lot of the angst that seems to stalk mothers today, most especially the guilt so many seem to bear. In some ways, who can blame would-be mothers for being fearful about taking the leap? The internet and media noise negatively framing motherhood is almost deafening.” Read more here.

SOBERING: THE HUMAN COST OF THE ABORTION PILL, by Carole Novielli. “More than 700,000 abortions by pill are taking place annually, making up an estimated 65% or more of all abortions recorded in the United States in 2025. This is not freedom. It has serious consequences: lives of babies lost, lives of some mothers lost, and many women that survive are left to suffer lifelong consequences and regret.” Read more here.

ABORTION PILLS HEAD TO THE SUPREME COURT, by Jonathon Van Maren. “Two judicial rulings over mifepristone this month have set the stage for the most important legal battle over abortion since the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022—and the fight has exposed the growing divide between the pro-life movement and the Trump administration.” Read more here.

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