Posted on 07/14/2005 7:15:42 PM PDT by Lorianne
Unusual admissions were made yesterday by a member of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, a UN committee that monitors compliance with the Convention of the same name (CEDAW). The CEDAW Committee is notorious for pressuring countries to liberalize their laws on abortion. However, at yesterday's meeting, Hungary's representative called abortion "bad for women," and said that in the future, abortion will come to be seen the same way that "torture" is currently viewed in the area of human rights.
The Committee has convened for its 33rd session to examine the progress reports of six countries including Gambia, Benin and Israel. The Convention specifies that the reports of the Committee are mere "suggestions and recommendations" that are not binding upon states. However, in recent years the pro-abortion reports of the Committee have been lauded by feminist advocacy groups as legally binding and as creating an international right to abortion.
Yesterday's session on Ireland progressed in the usual manner with Vice Chairperson Silvia Pimentel of Brazil demanding answers as to why in Ireland, "women's health remains jeopardized by the lack of availability of abortion." She suggested that the government should "allow a referendum" on the issue, as opinion polls demonstrate "widespread public support for liberalization of abortion." According to Pimentel, the alternative to the liberalization of abortion laws will be continued "suffering and risk for large-numbers of women."
However, in an unusual twist, Krisztina Morvai of Hungary seemed to express dissatisfaction with the Committee's relentless focus on widening the availability of abortion. Speaking soon after Pimentel, Morvai said, "One thing that is invisible and lost in the debate is that abortion is bad for women."
Morvai then added, "No woman actually wants to have an abortion. We have this illusion that women have free choices. But abortion is a terribly damaging thing psychologically, spiritually and physically." She stated that she hopes one day that "abortion will be the past," and that it will be considered "like torture in the field of human rights."
Morvai also called for a greater focus on the "responsibility of men" for the number of abortions. At an earlier session on Lebanon, Morvai explained that according to one study, the majority of women choosing an abortion did so because their partners did not support their pregnancy.
The 23 members of the Committee are elected to four-year terms by the 180 countries that are parties to CEDAW. The members sit on the Committee in their personal capacity as experts on the issues involved.
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The UN will bury this so quickly, it will never see the light of day.
That's why we should spread this article around :)
Oh, I agree completely.
Pro-life ping
That would make a good bumper sticker. Make people think.
Abortion is sold so often as if the mother is just going to visit another kind of dentist and get their version of a vaginal root canal job. Ignorance is the most important factor the abortion industry has going for it, imho.
The abortion industry is like a giant parasite living off ignorance of the humanity of the child before birth and the damage these murderers do to women.
"Pro-Choice = Pro-Torture"
It is only remarkable coming from the UN. Morvai did not describe abortion as torture and killing of a baby, -- which would be an accurate description,-- she likened the effects on the would-be mother to torture. Well, duh. They still can't think beyond their crotch, unfortunately.
This is something I think so many don't really understand -- too many pro-life people seem to view every woman who has an abortion as an uncaring, unfeeling, nearly bloodthirsty "whore" -- there is too little understanding that, often times, the woman herself is also a victim. Until more on the pro-life side recognize this isn't the case, I fear we are spinning our wheels.
Coleus,Pro-life bump.
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