Author: unitedfamilies

How Porn Can Fuel Sex Trafficking

A trafficking victim in a porn video is not likely going to turn to the camera and announce they are being trafficked. In fact, even if the victim does register their distress, it’s still virtually impossible to distinguish, because rape and abuse-themed porn are so mainstream,80 and producers can edit content any way they choose. Remember that quote from Jane, at the beginning of the article? “I didn’t know if they were going to kill me. Watching the video now, I can see it in my eyes. The quivering of my lips and my voice, I know exactly how I was feeling in that moment. But to anyone else who sees it, they see what they want and they think I was complicit.”

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Tuberville Is Right To Hold The Line Against The Pentagon’s Taxpayer-Funded Abortions

In recent weeks, Austin and past defense secretaries have fired off missives warning of readiness problems. How much Tuberville’s hold affects readiness is hotly debated. Here is what cannot be debated: The greatest threat to military readiness is the actions of a commander-in-chief who imposes unlawful policies and undermines the sanctity of civil-military relations that are the bedrock of well-functioning armed forces. He should be ashamed to put a political agenda ahead of the purpose and mission of the armed forces and the support and well-being of those that serve.

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Congress Queries Biden’s Problematic Global Women’s Office

“[T]he Biden Administration appears to have abandoned the interagency priorities announced in 2021 for implementation of the U.S. Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Act (P.L. 115-18) and is instead moving to focus the WPS agenda on “gender” rather than the needs of women and girls…” The Biden administration’s prioritization of gender-based violence programming, much of it originating from the Global Women’s office will strengthen the presence of abortion and LGBT organizations in traditional countries, as was done in the Obama administration. Lawmakers also asked for GWI’s involvement in the multiple global strategies released by the Biden administration that are guiding the promotion of abortion and LGBT rights in U.S. development and humanitarian assistance.

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