Contraception, a human right? - “The U.N. doesn’t have the authority to declare contraception a human right, but particularly an agency of the U.N. doesn’t have the right to declare something a human right; it debases the entire concept of human rights to declare a commodity or a product a human right,” Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/critics-find-un-contraception-push-harmful-to-women?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NCRegisterDailyBlog+National+Catholic+Register#When:2012-11-24#ixzz2DMX0qpqj

Critics Find U.N. Contraception Push Harmful to Women

BY CARL BUNDERSON/CNA/EWTN

A United Nations population report calling for global contraceptive access has drawn fire from doctors and pro-life advocates who say the funding would be better spent preventing maternal deaths.

“A push to increase spending on contraceptives in developing countries by the United Nations Population Fund is at best misguided and at worst harmful to women and families,” Dr. John Brehany, executive director of the Catholic Medical Association, told Catholic News Agency Nov. 15.

On Nov. 14, the United Nations Population Fund released its annual report on the “State of World Population.”

This year’s report — titled “By Choice, Not By Chance” (1) — links family planning to international development, declares it a global “right” for women and calls for the removal of any social and financial obstacles to it.

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(1) Summary inn spanish      here Summary in english here Sumary in french here