21. Bush Administration Reneges on Abortion and Empowers UN.
Just a few days ago the Bush administration was posturing by talking tough against the UN policy of considering abortion to be a woman's right But talk is cheap, and when push came to shove, the Bush administration rolled over like obedient puppies.
This accomplished two things that would please any godless Communist. First, it allowed for more babies to be killed while giving lip service that will be swallowed by suckers who want to pretend Bush is pro-life. Second, it was another instance of the US backing down to the UN, and empowering the UN on a vital issue.
If Bush will back down on killing babies, he will back down on ANYTHING. He cannot be trusted to do right on matters great or small.
http://www.reuters.co.in/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp%3B:422656f1:ccbf594d78b23d89?type=worldNews&localeKey=en_IN&storyID=7790379
U.S. to drop insistence on anti-abortion plank at U.N.
Thu March 3, 2005
5:07 AM GMT+05:30
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States plans to drop its insistence that a U.N. document on women's equality make clear that abortion is not a fundamental right, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
The Bush administration had demanded that a final draft document include an anti-abortion statement, a proposal that plunged into controversy a two-week review session of the landmark 1995 women's conference in Beijing.
"Our original goal was to make sure that everyone involved knew what the original intent of the Beijing document was," said Richard Grenell, a spokesman for the U.S. mission to the United Nations.
In Beijing, abortion was treated as a health issue, with the 150-page platform saying it should be safe where it was legal and criminal action should not be taken against women who had abortions.
Numerous delegates, especially from Europe, questioned why the United States was bringing up the issue.
But Sauerbrey said earlier that the U.S. position needed to be clarified because women's advocate groups were trying to "hijack" the abortion plank. She did not name the groups.
This accomplished two things that would please any godless Communist. First, it allowed for more babies to be killed while giving lip service that will be swallowed by suckers who want to pretend Bush is pro-life. Second, it was another instance of the US backing down to the UN, and empowering the UN on a vital issue.
If Bush will back down on killing babies, he will back down on ANYTHING. He cannot be trusted to do right on matters great or small.
http://www.reuters.co.in/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp%3B:422656f1:ccbf594d78b23d89?type=worldNews&localeKey=en_IN&storyID=7790379
U.S. to drop insistence on anti-abortion plank at U.N.
Thu March 3, 2005
5:07 AM GMT+05:30
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States plans to drop its insistence that a U.N. document on women's equality make clear that abortion is not a fundamental right, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
The Bush administration had demanded that a final draft document include an anti-abortion statement, a proposal that plunged into controversy a two-week review session of the landmark 1995 women's conference in Beijing.
"Our original goal was to make sure that everyone involved knew what the original intent of the Beijing document was," said Richard Grenell, a spokesman for the U.S. mission to the United Nations.
In Beijing, abortion was treated as a health issue, with the 150-page platform saying it should be safe where it was legal and criminal action should not be taken against women who had abortions.
Numerous delegates, especially from Europe, questioned why the United States was bringing up the issue.
But Sauerbrey said earlier that the U.S. position needed to be clarified because women's advocate groups were trying to "hijack" the abortion plank. She did not name the groups.
posted by T.G. at 7:34 AM
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