Lima, Peru, Jun 16, 2011 / 12:02 pm
The Organization of American States rejected a treaty which would have pressured member countries to legalize abortion and same-sex unions.
“In other words, a legal pathway for approving what they have not been able to get passed in national congresses,” the Population Research Institute’s Office for Latin America explained in its latest bulletin.
The “Convention on Sexual and Reproductive Rights,” is a decade-long attempt to achieve an international treaty that includes the legalization of abortion, the legal protection of any type of sexual behavior or orientation and the recognition of reproductive and sexual rights as human rights.
The institute said delegates at the 41st Ordinary Session OAS meeting, held June 5-7, never even considered discussion of the convention. It included representatives from all member states and from 147 civil organizations.