Bishop: “I, for one, will cease my financial support for Amnesty International”
Well that makes my never supporting them more palatable.
…Move Would Hurt Amnesty Donations Catholics and Evangelicals Warn
By John-Henry Westen
OTTAWA, May 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic and Evangelical leaders are speaking out against proposals within the famous human rights organization Amnesty International to enter into abortion advocacy. Outspoken human rights advocate and Calgary Bishop Fred Henry told LifeSiteNews.com, “The proposal of Amnesty International to enter into abortion advocacy is an ill-conceived and gross betrayal of their mission to campaign for human rights.”
After LifeSiteNews.com broke the story about Amnesty’s consultation with members in Canada to pursue abortion as a human right (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/apr/06042511.html) eight newspapers in Canada covered it (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/apr/06042706.html) causing a stir in Amnesty’s national ranks.
LifeSiteNews.com reported Friday that Amnesty’s UK branch has already decided to approve abortion advocacy and the Canadian branch is to decide by May 20. (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/may/06050504.html)
“It is impossible that one could have a ‘right’ to do something at odds with human nature and the dignity of the human person,” added Bishop Henry.
Bishop Henry explained that Amnesty’s proposed move is contrary to its own mandate. “AI’s vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. They seem to have lost sight of Article 3. – ‘Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.’”
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