Dec 9, 2008 / 19:13 pm
A coalition of pro-life and pro-marriage groups on Wednesday will present to the United Nations a petition containing at least 350,000 signatures asking that U.N. member states interpret the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as protecting unborn children from abortion and protecting the traditional family.
The petition’s sponsors will present the signatures at U.N.’s New York headquarters and in private meetings with ambassadors.
The Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM) was the primary organizer of the petition drive, called “U.N. Petition for the Unborn Child and the Family.” It was joined by the Pro-Life Federation of Poland, the Institute of Family Policy of Spain, United Families International of the US, and U.S.-based Concerned Women for America.
The coalition sponsoring the petition formed in response to petition efforts by the pro-abortion groups International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and Marie Stopes International which are calling for a right to abortion to be recognized on the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.