Earlier this month, during the 59th session of the UN Commission on Population and Development (CPD59), the European Union (EU) attempted to introduce language that would compel global tech platforms to censor opinions defending the natural family, protecting unborn children, and recognising biological facts. The EU and progressive governments framed it as promoting “human rights” and “fighting hate speech,” but it is clearly part of the same radical agenda behind gender ideology, puberty blockers, abortion, and euthanasia.
The UN Commission on Population and Development is the annual battleground where wealthy Western nations promote their “sexual and reproductive health and rights” (SRHR) agenda. This typically involves advocating for abortion on demand, sexual autonomy for children, and gender ideology.
This year’s theme was “population, technology and research.” The EU saw an opportunity. They wanted to link artificial intelligence, social media, and tech regulation directly to their ideological goals on abortion, gender, and family.
It’s no surprise that negotiations have stalled. In the past ten years, the CPD has reached agreements only three times, as many developing nations continue to prioritise the natural family, marriage between a man and a woman, and the protection of unborn children. Yet the EU and its allies persist in their efforts.
The European Union strongly advocates for technology and AI to uphold all human rights and fundamental freedoms for everyone, without discrimination. They also call for measures to address gender-based violence facilitated or worsened by technology, as well as all forms of hate speech, discrimination, misinformation, and disinformation.
At first glance, this seems reasonable. However, this language is directly taken from the EU’s Digital Services Act and AI Act. These are laws that already mandate platforms to suppress content that questions their positions on abortion, minors’ transgender issues, same-sex marriage, and open-border migration.
In simple terms: if you share content supporting biological sex, caution parents about puberty blockers, or advocate for the unborn, you might be accused of spreading “hate speech” or “misinformation.” Platforms could then be compelled to remove it — everywhere.
This is not about preventing real harm or ensuring safety. It’s about control.
We’ve seen this playbook right here in New Zealand, from schools pushing gender ideology without parental consent, labelling advocates against puberty blockers as bigots, to attempts to label biblical truth about marriage and human sexuality as hate speech.
What the EU and other progressive governments seek is to silence the very voices that protect children from irreversible medical interventions, defend the truth that sex is binary, and uphold God’s design for marriage and human sexuality.
Thankfully, no resolution was adopted at CPD59. The chair (Ambassador from Burundi) refused to push the draft forward because of strong resistance from nations that still value the natural family and reject the extreme gender and “reproductive rights” agenda.
The EU and progressive governments both expressed “deep regret” but indicated they will pursue other UN channels. For now, it’s a small victory for common sense and families, even if it’s within the United Nations.
*Written by Family First staff writers*
