Let’s talk about UNFPA- a UN agency that works to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) around the word. UNFPA sees abortion as necessary health care and a human right to which all women are entitled to.
In one of their most recent publication, Taking stock: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Climate, UNFPA made it clear that one of their goals is to encourage the inclusion of abortion as part of climate change policies and funding.
“Include SRHR… issues in domains such as gender and health, as these represent entry points for the inclusion of SRHR in national climate policies.”
Many pro-abortion organizations try to argue that SRHR is closely linked to climate change. Essentially, their argument goes like this: it is harder to get an abortion in areas affected by natural disasters or harsh climate. Natural disasters or harsh climate are always the result of climate change. Thus, a fraction of the climate change funding ought to be allocated to abortion access.
Climate finance is tied to a huge poll of money. We are talking billions. In November of last year, the Biden administration announced more than $6 Billion to strengthen climate resilience in the U.S. That is only the U.S.
UNFPA also works to convince religious leaders that abortion is a human right. They released a toolkit on “human rights-based approach” to family planning that is supposed to be used as a "support tool" to change social and gender norms at the community-level. See some the goals listed in the toolkit below:
“Rights literacy is widespread.” By this they mean that people are told and made to believe that abortion is a human right;
“Marginalized individuals and communities, in particular women, adolescents and youth, are empowered to realize their sexual and reproductive health and rights;”
“Gender norms support women, adolescents and youth in making and acting upon their own informed family planning decisions;”
“The use of family planning by all population groups, including unmarried youth, is culturally acceptable and supported by community and religious leaders.”
The push to normalize and promote abortion as a human right with the help of religious leaders is a wicked scheme that has been going on for years. Think about it- most people oppose abortion on religious grounds. Convincing progressive religious leaders to take on the message that abortion is actually good for women and that babies in the womb do not have a right to life, could help with the narrative that abortion is at least ambiguous from a religious perspective.
Of course, at least in Christianity that is not, in fact, the case. The Catholic Chruch is clear on this. The Orthodox is clear on this. Protestant denominations that follow the teachings of the Early Christian Church are clear on this. The fringe religious leaders that accept the alteration of the Human Rights Declaration to include abortion also tend to support the alteration or reinterpretation of the Bible to better adapt to “today’s” world.
CSocD- Year of the Family
The 62nd Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD) held its first meetings at the UN Headquarters this week. On Wednesday, CSocD held two sessions dedicated to the 30th Anniversary of the Year of the Family.
The two meetings could be reduced to a confusing back and forth on the benefits and drawbacks of low fertility. The information shared in the exchange also coincided with data from António Guterres’report on the same topic. Essentially, the report argues that having fewer children is a sign of social and economic progress and also helps women achieve their education and professional goals.
"The lower fertility rate can be attributed to several factors normally associated with social progress and effective social policy, such as the expansion of primary and secondary education and the increased availability of family planning services."
While the report also shares potential drawbacks of low fertility, especially when it comes family’s role as a social safety net, those provisions are peripheral to the overall content of the report.
Still, the UN recognizes that elders who do not have kids to look after them during their old age will now need more institutionalized support, also referred to as “long-term care.”
Ultimately, the report says that abortion access is necessary for the development and well-being of families.
“As noted in the Sustainable Development Goals Report 2023, safeguarding access to quality sexual and reproductive health for all and instituting family-friendly policies are the best ways to ensure that people can achieve their individual reproductive goals and optimize their contribution to society.”
