Monday, October 01, 2007

What do human rights mean if they do not include the most vulnerable humans of all, the unborn?

Pam Field from Sydney writes of her "farewell" from Amnesty International.

She says: The recent decision by Amnesty International to include in its mission a demand for access to abortion has meant the sad and bitter end of a wonderful relationship with the human rights organisation for many of its members.

For myself, the break is akin to a painful divorce. I am – or was – the convenor of an Amnesty group. Over the years my group and I met regularly, writing hundreds of letters on behalf of victims of human rights abuses and raising thousands of dollars through our fund-raising efforts.

Read the rest at MercatorNet.


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