Isn't this pathetic? The UN is so impotent when it comes to international affairs and conflicts, and now they can't decide if people are good or bad? People are having so few babies due to abortion and contraception that we can barely sustain population levels. I would have thought that the value of human life is a "no brainer", but we are talking about the UN here.As the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) meets at the United Nations (UN) this week to mark the fifteenth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held at Cairo, fault lines have appeared between states that see people as a resource to be promoted, and those that see people as a burden to be controlled.
On the one hand the Holy See and a number of Muslim nations in particular are defending a pro-people vision of development, emphasizing poverty reduction, basic education and health care, while the European Union, Canada and the new Obama administration propose fertility reduction and broad "sexual and reproductive rights," including contraception, "safe abortion" and "sexuality education."
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UPDATE - An unexpected Victory
UN Commission Ends with Delegations Saying No to Abortion
As the sun rose on the last day of negotiations at the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) at the United Nations (UN) today, delegations were still embroiled in a contentious debate over language concerning “sexual and reproductive health and rights,” which some radical NGOs and UN committees have interpreted and used to promote abortion. As UN member states came together at the closing meeting to adopt the document, delegations took the floor to define abortion out of the document.
On the one hand the Holy See and a number of Muslim nations in particular are defending a pro-people vision of development, emphasizing poverty reduction, basic education and health care, while the European Union, Canada and the new Obama administration propose fertility reduction and broad "sexual and reproductive rights," including contraception, "safe abortion" and "sexuality education."
UPDATE - An unexpected Victory
UN Commission Ends with Delegations Saying No to Abortion
As the sun rose on the last day of negotiations at the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) at the United Nations (UN) today, delegations were still embroiled in a contentious debate over language concerning “sexual and reproductive health and rights,” which some radical NGOs and UN committees have interpreted and used to promote abortion. As UN member states came together at the closing meeting to adopt the document, delegations took the floor to define abortion out of the document.
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