Urgent Action –
Stop the CRPD!
The Convention for the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) treaty is back on the agenda of the United
States Senate. This United Nations
initiative was beaten back in 2012 by supporters of parental rights and national
sovereignty, but it is rearing its ugly head again, and once more there is a
need for citizen action.
The CRPD is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It sounds quite harmless, and like something
that Catholics would happily support.
Which of us would oppose the best treatment for people with
disabilities? But a deeper examination,
especially when one is familiar with the agenda of the United Nations, uncovers
dangerous potential.
If the United States adopts this
treaty, the United Nations, rather than our country, state or community, will
have the ultimate say in disability law, turning the social justice principle
of subsidiarity on its head.
Worse than that is the threat the
treaty poses to parental rights. The use
of terms like “best interests of the child” have become very problematic in the
United Nations. This international body,
which has determined that “reproductive rights” and “women’s health” mean
unrestricted abortion, can not possibly know what is better for a child than
his or her parents.
Under this treaty, parents of children
with disabilities run the risk of having their choices about what is best for
their child – choices made out of a parent’s incomparable love – overruled by
an international bureaucracy too often motivated by politics and ideology.
No sane parent could want this, which
is why Rick Santorum, the father of a disabled daughter, is among those leading
the charge against the treaty.
Liberals have made it all too clear
recently what they think of parents’ rights.
As Catholics, who see the parental role as sacred and primary for a
child, we must stand up and be counted.
A quick perusal of Web sites
supporting CRPD shows the usual political tactics. Opponents are personally derided and accused
of spreading “misinformation.” One thing
you won’t see is an honest presentation of opponents’ concerns or answers to
any of those concerns.
Visit Patriot Voices
or Parental Rights.org for more information on the dangers of CRPD. And contact your senators and encourage them
to oppose it. Follow this link to send a letter of opposition to
your senators. It takes about one
minute.
