Now for the bonus round: How do you spell the name of the white-with-black-spots dogs that Cruella DeVille collected 101 of?
Careful -- most of the time I see it written somewhere, it's spelled wrong. ;-)
Posted on 06/27/2005 11:46:14 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
BAGOTA, Columbia, June 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite the repeated failure of attempts by the UN to pressure Colombia into decriminalizing abortion, the UN funded Women’s Link Worldwide (WLW) is suing Columbia into permitting abortion in so-called ‘extreme cases’. WLW is funded by the notoriously pro-abortion United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
This recent case is merely the latest in a series of attempts by the UN and UN-funded Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to impose their idea of “reproductive” and “women rights” on Colombia. In 1999 the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against women (CEDAW) demanded that Columbia legalize abortion. And in 2004 pro-life UN lobbyist Samantha Singson reported that the representatives from Colombia were repeatedly hounded during a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Committee to step into line with the official UN agenda and decriminalize abortion.
Besides the obvious fact that murder, including abortion, can never legitimately be permitted under any code of law, Columbians are more than aware that decriminalizing abortion for the sake of the so-called ‘extreme cases’ would be to include the ambiguous ‘health of the mother’. This is a vague and widely interpretable phrase which includes such ambiguities as ‘psychological anguish’, and which, if adopted, would effectively legalize abortion.
Despite the constant pressure from the UN, this year the Colombian Congress amended the penal code to further extend the maximum sentence for abortions from three years to four and a half.
“Instead of amending its laws to comply with International human rights obligations, the Colombian authorities have only imposed harsher punishments on women for exercising their human rights,” fumed ‘women’s rights’ researcher at Human Rights Watch, Marianne Molmann. “The court has an obligation to reverse this anti-constitutional development.”
Columbia remains one of the few nations in Latin America which continues to constitutionally affirm that human life begins at conception and that the right to life is the basis for all other rights protected by the constitution. Chile and El Salvador also continue to prohibit abortion in all cases.
Contradicting the false claim of the WLW website that abortion is okay with the Catholic Church, bishops in the predominantly Catholic nation announced in 2001 that they would excommunicate medical practitioners and judges who participate in procuring abortions.
"Nothing and no one can authorize the death of a human person, and certainly not when the person is helpless and unprotected," said Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Saenz, the president of the Colombian bishops' conference. Related Coverage:
BAGOTA, Columbia?
Never heard of it.
People who feel coerced to give to the United Way each year at work, need to designate where their money goes i.e. The Boy Scouts, Salvation Army etc. Because, there are UN Agencies that get United Way funds; big time.
You're kidding right? You've never heard of Bogata, Columbia? Well, have you heard of Bogata, Texas? How about Bogata, New Jersey? They really are "real" places?
Isn't the UN contradicting itself by demanding the right to kill? I allways thought they were adament towards the right to life, like they are for Islamic terrorists who murder people.
Spare the worst of criminals, but kill the most innocent and uncorrupted.
Yep, that's the backward UN alright. Full of unelected dictators from countries that commit the worst crimes of humanity, trying tell the rest of the world what to do.
Dismantle that corrupt, backward organization.
The nation of Columbia does not answer to our constitution, Marianne, you silly moo!
The UN has nothing better to do with tax dollars? This should encourage Americans to avoid paying taxes as much as possible (of course there are thousands of reasons to do that anyway).
Where exactly is Bagota, Columbia? I have heard of Bogata, Colombia..but never Bagota, Columbia.
I am just messing with you. I keep the people of Colombia in my prayers every day. And I pray for the safe homecoming of all those that the Communist terrorists have taken hostage there.
Where exactly is Bagota, Columbia? I have heard of Bogata, Colombia..but never Bagota, Columbia.
*cough*Bogotá*cough*.
The original article managed to misspell both the city *and* the country...
And the Texas town is spelled differently than the New Jersey/Colombia cities...
Bogata, Texas
Bogota, New Jersey
Bogotá, Colombia
As near as I can tell, there ain't no "Bagota" anywhere.
And for good measure, Columbia, South Carolina.
Criminalize the U.N.
HA! I lost the spelling bee. I love it. Thanks.
Now we know what the U.N. fights. Life.
Now for the bonus round: How do you spell the name of the white-with-black-spots dogs that Cruella DeVille collected 101 of?
Careful -- most of the time I see it written somewhere, it's spelled wrong. ;-)
Ok..I didn't cheat and go check on the web..so let the humiliation begin.
Dalamation?
Now I checked.
Dalmatian? What the?
Wow, I am having a rough night.
No doubt! Bogota is one of the few bastions of peace in Colombia, but not by much! The guerrillas have made life very difficult for my friends and family there.
So where does the UN choose to "chime in"? Abortion. Not as an advocate against the wanton slaughter by the guerrillas and narcolistas, but in favor of the slaughter of innocent children.
While not surprised, I am still sickened by the existence of this group of ghouls that acts as a parasite upon all good peoples.
I haven't given to the United Way since the scandal broke about their executives taking lavish vacations using donated funds. That was back in the early to mid 80's.
And back then at the company where I worked, people who refused to contribute were given a personal counseling by their manager. As soon as I sat down I explained my reason and asked if their was anything else. After a long silence he said no. That was the last personal counseling we had about United Way.
Of course I told my coworkers about it and they started doing it to.
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