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United Nations conference cancels ‘pro-life,’ ‘pro-family’ workshop it says wasn’t inclusive

The United Nations Civil Society Conference hosted in Salt Lake City this week has canceled a workshop that panelists describe as “pro-family” and “pro-life” but that conference organizers felt was not “well rounded” and inclusive.

Family Watch International Executive Director Merrilee Boyack, who was involved in organizing the panel on The Family and Protection of Life, Women and Girls in Sustainable Communities, received notice Saturday evening that the workshop would not be going forward.

“They said it was not well rounded and that it was too controversial,” said Boyack, who also leads the group Abortion-Free Utah.