US Draws Jeers for Abortion Comments at UN

well, it looks like the US finally came to their senses and backed off their inital draconian proposals to the UN!!
Of course it is after making fools of ourselves once again!!
Loved the headline.

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US Draws Jeers for Abortion Comments at UN

Fri Mar 4, 8:35 PM ET


By Deborah Zabarenko

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Jeers and catcalls greeted the top U.S. delegate to a global women's conference on Friday as she stressed Washington's opposition to abortion and support for sexual abstinence and fidelity.



After withdrawing an unpopular anti-abortion amendment from a key U.N. document, the United States joined in approving the declaration that reaffirmed a 150-page platform agreed 10 years ago at a landmark U.N. women's conference in Beijing.


The final approval prompted cheers, applause and a standing ovation by some participants.


However, top U.S. delegate Ellen Sauerbrey drew boos from the audience, which included some of the 6,000 activists who came from around the world, when she commented on Washington's interpretation of the document. .....................

Bravo to those women for shutting out Bush's zealot agenda! If only our senate, and our country could be so bold....

Amnesty International spokesman Alexandra Arriaga praised the US move.

"We welcome the US decision to join the international consensus and affirm that women’s rights are human rights, " Arriaga said. "What was clear was that the United States had a very specific agenda it brought to the UN and that the world unanimously rejected an effort to hijack the commission."

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Hey, President Bush! We Don't Control the World! And The World Doesn't WANT Us To!
Catch the Clue Train!