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  • U.N. Group Calls for Abortion as Human Right for 10-Year-Olds...

    07/28/2011 5:11:46 AM PDT · by markomalley · 9 replies
    CNS News ^ | 7/28/11 | Tierney Smith
    (CNSNews.com) – Y-PEER, a youth initiative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has issued a call to make access to abortion and contraception an international human right for children as young as 10 years old. The U.N.-affiliated group also issued what U.N. analysts say is a call for the decriminalization of prostitution and drug use, and for “confidentiality” in health-care services for youth. The “Joint Youth Statement on the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Young People” was released in preparation for the U.N. Youth Conference, which began Wednesday in New York. “In order to fully recognise young...
  • U.N. Group Stands Up for Children's Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Including Abortion

    07/29/2011 4:53:00 AM PDT · by IbJensen · 3 replies
    Pajamas Media ^ | 7/29/2011 | Tierney Smith
    (CNSNews.com) – Y-PEER, a youth initiative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), says "more needs to be done to ensure young people's sexual and reproductive rights" -- especially "the right to choose," a reference to abortion. The statement also says all young people globally have the "right to confidentiality" and the right to "be free from judgment." Tyler Ament of Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM) told CNSNews.com, "The statement doesn't mention the age specifically, but the UN defines youth as those between the ages of 10-24." The U.N.-affiliated group also issued what U.N. analysts say is a...
  • U.N. Group Stands Up for Children's Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Including Abortion

    07/28/2011 3:16:03 PM PDT · by NYer · 25 replies
    CNS News ^ | July 28, 2011 | Tierney Smith
    Flags of member nations flying at United Nations headquarters in New York City. (U.N. Photo by Eskinder Debebe) (CNSNews.com) – Y-PEER, a youth initiative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), says "more needs to be done to ensure young people's sexual and reproductive rights" -- especially "the right to choose," a reference to abortion. The statement also says all young people globally have the "right to confidentiality" and the right to "be free from judgment."Tyler Ament of Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM) told CNSNews.com, "The statement doesn't mention the age specifically, but the UN defines youth...