-Caveat Lector- United Nations Orders Guatemala To Loosen Abortion Law GENEVA, Aug 1, 01 (CWNews.com/LSN.ca) - The United Nations Human Rights Committee concluded its seventy-second session last Friday and issued its final conclusions and recommendations, including a demand that Guatemala legalize abortion. In its recommendations to Guatemala the committee said the Central American country "must guarantee the right to the life of pregnant women who decide to interrupt their pregnancies." The committee also ordered the country to provide pregnant women with "the information and the means necessary to guarantee these rights." Finally it said that Guatemala must protect the right to life of women by "amending the law to establish exceptions to the general prohibition against all abortion, except where the mother is in danger of death." The committee was reacting to Guatemala's constitution, which guarantees the right to life of the unborn. In Guatemala's report to the UN committee, the country states, "With respect to freedom and security of person, the Guatemalan Constitution states: 'Article 3. Right to life. The State guarantees and protects human life from the time of conception, as well as the integrity and security of the person.'" The committee complained that the criminalization of abortion "creates serious problems, mainly in light of uncontested information on the high incidence of maternal mortality, of clandestine abortions, and the lack of information on the family planning." Earlier this month LifeSite reported that Canada has put two million dollars into a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) campaign targeting Guatemala for chemical abortion advocacy. Mercedes Wilson, formerly the official delegate of Guatemala to the United Nations, said, "It is horrible that Canadian taxpayers are going to pay for something that will do so much harm to our country." Wilson said that UNFPA's activities in the largely Catholic country are to promote abortifacient birth control pills (such as morning-after pills) and to advocate for the decriminalization of abortion. Referring to the population control component of the UNFPA plan, Wilson said, "The West has taken everything away from poor countries. The last thing we have left is our children and our faith. The West is taking away our faith and now our children-- our means of social security." http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewrec.cfm?RefNum=16098 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Small business owners... Tell us what you think! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vO1FAB/txzCAA/ySSFAA/dhSolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
