On December 10, 2008 a Pro-Life coalition including United Families International gathered at the UN to present a Pro-Life petition. The reason for the petition was two fold:
- To celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- In response to a Pro-Abortion petition presented by Planned Parenthood and Marie Stopes International
The Pro-Life petition contained over 340,000 names gathered over a 60 day period, while the opposition petition claimed 651 names in nearly a year of work. Due to the relatively short amount of time that the Pro-Life petition was available, United Families International and the Pro-Life coalition have decided to keep the petition open until September 2009 when it will be re-presented to the UN. We invite all who believe in the sanctity of life to add their names to the International Petition to Protect Life.
The petition requests that all member nations and states interpret the UNDHR to mean that:
The right to life, liberty and security is for every person; that each child born or unborn, has the right to birth and a full, natural life. That a child has the right to a mother and a father, of full age, within the bonds of marriage defined as between a man and a woman. And, that the parents have the right to raise and educate their children without any limitation due to race, religion, culture or nationality.
CLICK HERE to add your name to the petition and join Pro-Lifers around the globe in protecting life.
Thank you so much for doing this!
Karen
I am for pro-life. We have to defend the innocents who cannot speak for themself. They can’t even cry out but it doesn’t mean they don’t want to live.
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