Obama Administration and European Countries Promote Abortion (AKA MURDER) at U.N. Conference

I posted a questionnaire I sent to the two mayoral candidates for the Village of Morton and the answers given by one of the candidates—Stephen Newhouse. The questions and answers are posted at:


http://christiangunslinger7.blogspot.com.

If the other candidate responses I will also post his answers. At the present, he has not.

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Jim DeMint at CPAC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rBSqq_YWd18#!

Rand Paul at CPAC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO4DHaQGASc&feature=player_embedded

Rick Perry at CPAC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8CTZ-YviaY&feature=player_embedded

Marco Rubio at CPAC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETV51O9YmB0&feature=player_embedded

Allen West at CPAC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93hJ4yrGyVk&feature=player_embedded

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From: http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/15/activists-fail-to-get-un-womens-documents-to-include-pro-abortion-language/

“Activists Fail to Get UN Women’s Documents to Include Pro-Abortion Language

by Steven Ertelt
Washington, DC
LifeNews.com
3/15/13

A last ditch effort by ambassadors and top UN officials failed last night to reach agreement on policies to end violence against women because powerful western developed countries want to scrap previous agreements that do not recognize abortion as a right.

After four weeks of intense negotiations, ambassadors were brought in to negotiate the late night session. The United States and European countries raised the stakes at this year’s Commission on the Status of Women, a UN body of 45 UN member states that formulates policies for women, making agreement more elusive.

By Friday morning, the last day of the meeting, the Commission had agreed to exclude ‘sexual and reproductive health services’ from the final agreement. The term is associated with abortion-causing drugs.

Some countries are willing to accept other ambiguous terms included in earlier drafts if they are qualified with reference to the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), where UN member states famously declined to recognize a human right to abortion. The United States and Norway have been pressuring countries to scrap that agreement, saying times have changed. Peru, who previously clung to the Cairo agreement, has joined their ranks.

They want unqualified mentions of sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, as well as references to sexual orientation and gender identity, language that is inherently ambiguous to nations that prohibit abortion and do not grant special rights to persons on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity.

Negotiations for the final outcome were marred by unnamed officials and abortion groups blaming the Holy See and others over the possibility of a failure as happened last year when the U.S. insisted on abortion-related language.

Negotiations have not been helpful to diffuse tension. A representative of the UN Secretariat told delegates, ‘men’s sexual behavior can be a form of violence, since pregnancy is an outcome of it.’ A delegate from El Salvador proposed sexual rights for 8-10 year old girls through language that acknowledges their ‘evolving capacity’. At one point the U.S. and European Union asked for the deletion of a reference to the right to life from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Contrary to reports by Reuters, the Associated Press, and an unsigned New York Times editorial, no delegation participating at the commission proposed that cultural, religious, or traditional values should be used to excuse violence against women. During the week over 400 organizations wrote in support of the Holy See and nations that protect life, the family, and acknowledge the important role of cultures and religions in ending violence against women.

Many nations want latitude in implementing UN policies. The commission did not adopt agreed conclusions last year over this disagreement.

The commission is dominated every year by gender activists. Like all ideologies, it has a language all of its own, and it lends itself to misunderstandings. Luis Mora, from UNFPA, speaking on a panel on Tuesday, blamed the disparity between men and women in the workforce on ‘reproductive choices.’

The agreed conclusions, which have no binding effect, are a testing ground for future UN conferences on the subject of abortion, population control, and homosexual rights. Wealthy countries want to commit African leaders to spending billions of dollars on family planning programs. Efforts are underway to influence Islamic groups on gender issues and reproductive rights. But abortion and homosexual rights’ policies have not been welcome in traditional countries.

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From: http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/15/group-tell-obama-admin-to-quit-promoting-abortion-at-un/

“Groups Tell Obama Admin to Quit Promoting Abortion at UN

by Wendy Wright
New York, NY
LifeNews.com
3/15/13

Over 20 groups are asking U.S. Secretary of State to end the U.S. obstruction over abortion at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Here is the letter sent today:

Dear Secretary Kerry,

This week the United States has an opportunity to advance international efforts to prevent violence against women and girls through the UN Commission on the Status of Women. We are disturbed to learn that the U.S. delegation is, instead, exploiting this effort to insist on language that the former Secretary of State and others say includes abortion. The delegation is also not supporting language that upholds national sovereignty.

It is especially shocking that the U.S. called for deleting a reaffirmation that every human being has the ‘inherent right to life, liberty and security of persons.’ This contradicts a foundational principle of citizens and civilizations worldwide.

Last year, negotiations at this same Commission failed to reach agreement because the U.S. insisted on language that has been defined as abortion without limits. The U.S. also required that the agreement not recognize that countries have a say in how policies are implemented. This principle of national sovereignty is fundamental to U.S. independence and a necessary standard for other countries as well.

This position contradicts current U.S. laws, which allow limits on abortion and bans funding abortions internationally. The U.S. delegation’s work will lead people to believe that the Administration is attempting to undermine U.S. laws through little-noticed agreements at the U.N.

The delegations at the Commission are under exceptional pressure to reach agreement this year. It appears the U.S. is holding the agreement hostage to impose policies that violate America’s own standards. The U.S. delegation’s position risks our country’s reputation of helping women victims of violence worldwide, to replace it with abortion as the ultimate priority.

We respectfully ask that you direct the U.S. delegation to end its demand for controversial abortion-related language, and support language upholding national sovereignty.

Sincerely,

Austin Ruse

President, CFAM

Donna J. Harrison, M.D.

Executive Director and Director of Research and Public Policy,

American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Tom McClusky

Senior Vice President, Family Research Council

Piero Tozzi

Senior Legal Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom

Penny Nance,

CEO & President, Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee

Marjorie Dannenfelser

President, Susan B. Anthony List

Phyllis Schlafly

President, Eagle Forum

Sharon Slater

President, Family Watch International

Charmaine Yoest, Ph.D.

President and CEO, Americans United for Life

Gary Marx

Executive Director, Faith and Freedom Coalition

Thomas P. Kilgannon

President, Freedom Alliance

Bob Lalonde

International Director, Priests for Life

E. Douglas Clark

President, The Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society

Scott Fischbach

Executive Director, MCCL Global Outreach

Jim Backlin

Vice President of Legislative Affairs, Christian Coalition of America

Jim Hughes

President, Campaign Life Coalition

Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D.

Director, International Organizations Research Group

Marcia Barlow

President, United Families International

Stephen Phelan

Director of Communications, Human Life International

William J. Murray

Chairman, Religious Freedom Coalition

Matt Smith

President, Catholic Advocate

Peter Smith

UN Representative for the United Kingdom’s (UK)

Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC)

and International Right to Life Federation

Michael P. Farris, J.D., LL.M.

LifeNews Note: Wendy Wright writes for the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute. This article originally appeared in the pro-life group’s Turtle Bay and Beyond blog and is used with permission.”