Denver, Colo., Jul 29, 2007 / 09:07 am
Amnesty International has remained defiant about its new pro-abortion stance despite receiving international criticism for their decision to abandon their long standing neutrality regarding abortion and embrace it fully as a human right.
Amnesty was founded in 1961 by a Catholic convert, the late Peter Benenson, and has enjoyed the support of Catholic organizations and individuals in its campaigns against torture and capital punishment. It has also received praise in the past for staying clear of the abortion issue, which the organization has viewed as "outside its mandate" for the last 50 years.
However, after a two-year consultation process that many of the 2.2 million Amnesty member have described as "biased," flawed" and "prejudiced in favor of abortion," AI decided to turn abortion into a "human right."
From now on, AI will push for the legalization of abortion in the 97 countries which outlaw abortion.