serious problem brewing at the disabilities negotiation

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Friday Fax Volume 8 Number 34 | August 12, 2005

 

 

Dear Colleague,There is a serious problem brewing at the disabilities negotiation going on right now at UN headquarters in New York. The draft document, which would be a binding legal treaty on nations that agree, makes reproductive health services a human right. Reproductive health services equals abortion.Spread the word.Yours sincerely,Austin RusePresidentAction item: From anywhere in the world, you should contact any governmental leader you know and tell them about this development. Including and especially in the United States.

 

 

Dangerous Language Being Introduced Into Disabilities Document

The inclusion of unprecedented language making "sexual and reproductive health services" a human right garnered the widespread support of governments participating in a United Nations session that is drafting a treaty to protect and promote the rights of persons with disabilities. Such language has never appeared in a treaty which is binding on all signatories. The passage comes under article 21 of the draft, "Right to health and rehabilitation." It requires nations to "[p]rovide persons with disabilities with the same range and standard of health and rehabilitation services as provided other citizens, including sexual and reproductive health services." In UN Parlance, sexual and reproductive services means abortion. By placing sexual and reproductive services in the context of rights guaranteed to all citizens, the document could be used to enshrine abortion rights into international law. Pro-abortion activists in signatory countries that restrict abortion may challenge those laws by citing the convention. Pro-life and pro-family NGOs are increasingly concerned that no Member States involved in the negotiation have seriously challenged the language. It has the primary support of the European Union whose member nations are all represented by a singly rotating country, currently the United Kingdom. Members of the EU include Ireland, Poland, Malta and Portugal where abortion is against the law or significantly restricted. The draft also contains language that could be seen to pave the way to legalized euthanasia. It calls on nations to prevent "unwanted medical and related interventions . . . from being imposed on persons with disabilities." The text makes illegal all "health . . . services," possibly including life-saving nutrition and hydration, carried out without the "free and informed consent" of the person. During the last session that ran from Jan. 24 to Feb. 4, the language was hotly challenged by pro-life NGOs. At the time a spokesman for the National Right to Life Committee addressed the drafting group to ask for the removal of this language, saying the language "would also prevent life saving interventions for persons attempting suicide." Those concerns remain unaddressed. The discussions are part of a series of two-week drafting sessions. Organizers now believe that there will be another session this year and a concluding one in Rome in 2006.

 

 

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I also get the Friday Fax and it tells it like it is.

Thanks for sharing with this group.

lynn

 

--- TIPI NEWS <cherokee wrote:

 

> Friday Fax

> Volume 8 Number 34 | August 12, 2005

>

> Dear Colleague,

>

> There is a serious problem brewing at the

> disabilities negotiation going on right now at UN

> headquarters in New York. The draft document, which

> would be a binding legal treaty on nations that

> agree, makes reproductive health services a human

> right. Reproductive health services equals abortion.

>

> Spread the word.

>

> Yours sincerely,

>

> Austin Ruse

> President

>

> Action item: From anywhere in the world, you

> should contact any governmental leader you know and

> tell them about this development. Including and

> especially in the United States.

>

> Dangerous Language Being

> Introduced Into Disabilities Document

>

>

> The inclusion of unprecedented language

> making " sexual and reproductive health services " a

> human right garnered the widespread support of

> governments participating in a United Nations

> session that is drafting a treaty to protect and

> promote the rights of persons with disabilities.

> Such language has never appeared in a treaty which

> is binding on all signatories.

>

> The passage comes under article 21 of the

> draft, " Right to health and rehabilitation. " It

> requires nations to " [p]rovide persons with

> disabilities with the same range and standard of

> health and rehabilitation services as provided other

> citizens, including sexual and reproductive health

> services. " In UN Parlance, sexual and reproductive

> services means abortion.

>

> By placing sexual and reproductive

> services in the context of rights guaranteed to all

> citizens, the document could be used to enshrine

> abortion rights into international law. Pro-abortion

> activists in signatory countries that restrict

> abortion may challenge those laws by citing the

> convention.

>

> Pro-life and pro-family NGOs are

> increasingly concerned that no Member States

> involved in the negotiation have seriously

> challenged the language. It has the primary support

> of the European Union whose member nations are all

> represented by a singly rotating country, currently

> the United Kingdom. Members of the EU include

> Ireland, Poland, Malta and Portugal where abortion

> is against the law or significantly restricted.

>

> The draft also contains language that

> could be seen to pave the way to legalized

> euthanasia. It calls on nations to prevent " unwanted

> medical and related interventions . . . from being

> imposed on persons with disabilities. " The text

> makes illegal all " health . . . services, " possibly

> including life-saving nutrition and hydration,

> carried out without the " free and informed consent "

> of the person. During the last session that ran from

> Jan. 24 to Feb. 4, the language was hotly challenged

> by pro-life NGOs. At the time a spokesman for the

> National Right to Life Committee addressed the

> drafting group to ask for the removal of this

> language, saying the language " would also prevent

> life saving interventions for persons attempting

> suicide. " Those concerns remain unaddressed.

>

> The discussions are part of a series of

> two-week drafting sessions. Organizers now believe

> that there will be another session this year and a

> concluding one in Rome in 2006.

>

> Copyright 2005 - C-FAM (Catholic Family &

> Human Rights Institute).

>

> Permission granted for unlimited use. Credit

> required.

>

> Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute

>

> 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 427

>

> New York, New York 10017

>

> Phone: (212) 754-5948 Fax: (212) 754-9291

>

> E-mail: c-fam Website:

> www.c-fam.org

>

>

 

 

Lynn

[Guest guest]

IT WAS COPY AND PASTE,PLEASE POST YOURS WHEN YOU CAN

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" lynn sheer " <bigotterwv

 

Thursday, August 11, 2005 10:58 PM

Re: serious problem brewing at the

disabilities negotiation

 

 

I also get the Friday Fax and it tells it like it is.

Thanks for sharing with this group.

lynn

 

--- TIPI NEWS <cherokee wrote:

 

> Friday Fax

> Volume 8 Number 34 | August 12, 2005

>

> Dear Colleague,

>

> There is a serious problem brewing at the

> disabilities negotiation going on right now at UN

> headquarters in New York. The draft document, which

> would be a binding legal treaty on nations that

> agree, makes reproductive health services a human

> right. Reproductive health services equals abortion.

>

> Spread the word.

>

> Yours sincerely,

>

> Austin Ruse

> President

>

> Action item: From anywhere in the world, you

> should contact any governmental leader you know and

> tell them about this development. Including and

> especially in the United States.

>

> Dangerous Language Being

> Introduced Into Disabilities Document

>

>

> The inclusion of unprecedented language

> making " sexual and reproductive health services " a

> human right garnered the widespread support of

> governments participating in a United Nations

> session that is drafting a treaty to protect and

> promote the rights of persons with disabilities.

> Such language has never appeared in a treaty which

> is binding on all signatories.

>

> The passage comes under article 21 of the

> draft, " Right to health and rehabilitation. " It

> requires nations to " [p]rovide persons with

> disabilities with the same range and standard of

> health and rehabilitation services as provided other

> citizens, including sexual and reproductive health

> services. " In UN Parlance, sexual and reproductive

> services means abortion.

>

> By placing sexual and reproductive

> services in the context of rights guaranteed to all

> citizens, the document could be used to enshrine

> abortion rights into international law. Pro-abortion

> activists in signatory countries that restrict

> abortion may challenge those laws by citing the

> convention.

>

> Pro-life and pro-family NGOs are

> increasingly concerned that no Member States

> involved in the negotiation have seriously

> challenged the language. It has the primary support

> of the European Union whose member nations are all

> represented by a singly rotating country, currently

> the United Kingdom. Members of the EU include

> Ireland, Poland, Malta and Portugal where abortion

> is against the law or significantly restricted.

>

> The draft also contains language that

> could be seen to pave the way to legalized

> euthanasia. It calls on nations to prevent " unwanted

> medical and related interventions . . . from being

> imposed on persons with disabilities. " The text

> makes illegal all " health . . . services, " possibly

> including life-saving nutrition and hydration,

> carried out without the " free and informed consent "

> of the person. During the last session that ran from

> Jan. 24 to Feb. 4, the language was hotly challenged

> by pro-life NGOs. At the time a spokesman for the

> National Right to Life Committee addressed the

> drafting group to ask for the removal of this

> language, saying the language " would also prevent

> life saving interventions for persons attempting

> suicide. " Those concerns remain unaddressed.

>

> The discussions are part of a series of

> two-week drafting sessions. Organizers now believe

> that there will be another session this year and a

> concluding one in Rome in 2006.

>

> Copyright 2005 - C-FAM (Catholic Family &

> Human Rights Institute).

>

> Permission granted for unlimited use. Credit

> required.

>

> Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute

>

> 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 427

>

> New York, New York 10017

>

> Phone: (212) 754-5948 Fax: (212) 754-9291

>

> E-mail: c-fam Website:

> www.c-fam.org

>

>

 

 

Lynn

 

 

 

 

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