Mexico City, Mexico, Aug 13, 2007 / 12:31 pm
As Amnesty International convened a high-level meeting in Mexico City this past Saturday, its new policy on abortion has taken center stage again.
Some of the organization's supporters have said that they hope the gathering will result in the overturning of a recent controversial decision by the human rights group to adopt a pro-abortion policy.
The Vatican and Catholic bishops in several countries have warned that if Amnesty International sticks with the change, Catholics will be urged to withdraw support for the organization.
AI on Saturday opened the annual meeting of its 400-strong international council, the organization's "supreme governing body." The meeting is closed to the press and public, and the agenda has not been made public, reports CNS News. Queries sent to the organizers' spokesman about the program and the abortion issue drew no response.