Do it for the children

The United Nations needs your help. As Austin Ruse of C-Fam explains…

An international coalition of pro-life and pro-family groups has re-launched a petition that is expected to gather one million signatures in support of the unborn child and the traditional family. 

Groups from the United States, Poland, Spain and other European counties launched the petition last fall and at that time gathered nearly 500,000 signatures, which were presented to selected Ambassadors at the United Nations (UN) and at a UN press conference that was broadcast throughout UN headquarters….

The purpose of the petition is to persuade UN Member States to begin interpreting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as protecting the unborn child from abortion and also to recognize traditional marriage and the right of parents to educate their children.

The language is in the declaration, but needs clarification.

The Universal Declaration also says, “Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family.”  In recent years social radicals have pushed the UN to call for an international right for homosexuals to marry. Social conservatives point out this is in direct opposition to the intention of the drafters of the aspirational Universal Declaration and its binding implementing covenants promulgated in 1966.

They’re hopeful that a strong and engaged effort will make a difference at the UN.

Organizers were also inspired by efforts of the Catholic St. Egidio Community of Rome who gathered one million signatures calling for a moratorium on the death penalty that resulted in a successful UN resolution calling for a ban on executions.

As Austin explained in an email, they’re starting from the encouraging premise that fundamental rights are already in the original document.

The petition is based on the very good language of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which recognizes the “right to life.”

Here’s the petition. It will be presented to the United Nations at the beginning of December. Be there.