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(C-Fam<\/a>) Amnesty International and a group of other pro-abortion organizations say abortionists deserve special protection as \u201chuman rights defenders,\u201d despite the fact that there is no international human right to abortion.<\/p>\n

The report was written by the leading global abortion providers MSI Reproductive Choices and the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the International Confederation of Midwives, and a handful of other groups whose sole focus is promoting and providing abortion internationally.<\/p>\n

Amnesty\u00a0defines<\/a>\u00a0\u201chuman rights defenders\u201d as \u201call those who, individually or in association with others, act to defend human rights.\u201d\u00a0 They say, according to the \u201cUN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders,\u201d such people have the right to support, protection, and an enabling environment to go about their \u201clegitimate activities defending human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ: Trump says he has no plans to restrict the abortion pill. Here\u2019s why he should.<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The full title of that declaration is the \u201cUN Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect\u00a0Universally Recognized<\/em>\u00a0Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.\u201d\u00a0 The full title clearly states that it pertains to rights that are \u201cuniversally recognized.\u201d\u00a0 Issues like abortion, which are highly contested and have been repeatedly rejected as rights that would not meet that standard.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, abortion advocates insist they are human rights defenders. This circular logic has been taken up by some entities within the human rights system.\u00a0 The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights\u00a0released<\/a>\u00a0a video series in 2015 highlighting a notorious U.S. abortionists as a \u201chuman rights defender.\u201d<\/p>\n

To support its claim that abortion is a human right, Amnesty relies on the work of UN treaty monitoring bodies and independent experts who issue nonbinding opinions. They frequently cite each other in interpreting a right to abortion in the text of treaties that make no mention of abortion and would never have been adopted if they did….<\/p>\n

Continue reading the entire article at C-Fam.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: Rebecca Oas, Ph.D. writes for C-Fam. This article<\/a>\u00a0first appeared in the Friday Fax, an internet report published weekly by C-Fam (Center for Family & Human Rights), a New York and Washington DC-based research institute (https:\/\/c-fam.org\/<\/a>). This article appears with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

Tell President Trump, RFK, Jr., Elon, and Vivek: Stop killing America\u2019s future.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Defund Planned Parenthood NOW!<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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