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BY LifeSiteNews.com by Hilary White  OTTAWA, May 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In late April, LifesiteNews.com revealed that Amnesty International was canvassing their members on a proposal to move into abortion advocacy. Now the human rights group claims that their proposed foray into abortion stems from their support for women’s and homosexual rights.  LifeSiteNews.com has obtained copies of a form letter Amnesty sent to supporters who contacted them objecting that abortion violates the rights of the unborn. Amnesty wrote, that their proposal to support “sexual and reproductive rights,” (SRR) stems from their “global campaign to Stop Violence against Women, as well as its work on HIV/AIDS; on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights, economic, social and cultural rights and on related issues.”  Toronto’s Amnesty spokesman told LifeSiteNews.com that the Amnesty Canada annual general meeting is this weekend at which they will be deliberating on whether to support the abortion proposal. An international meeting is planned for 2007 at which time the international organization will deliberate the abortion proposal with the input of its regional branches. Thus far, at least Britain, and New Zealand branches of the organization have approved making abortion advocacy part of Amnesty’s mandate.  Amnesty risks losing much of its support among abortion opponents for whom human rights are a high priority in their charitable donations. To contact Amnesty International with concerns:  International Secretariat  1 Easton Street  London  WC1X 0DW, UK  Phone: 44-20-74135500  Fax: 44-20-79561157  Read previous LifeSiteNews.com coverage:Bishop: “I, for one, will cease my financial support for Amnesty International”http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/may/06050805.html  Amnesty International Considers Pushing Enforcement of Abortion as Human Righthttp://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/apr/06042511.html  President of India Bishops Conference Slams Amnesty’s Proposed Abortion Pushhttp://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/may/06051806.html  Amnesty International UK Branch Approves Abortion Advocacyhttp://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/may/06050504.htmlÂNew Zealand Branch of Amnesty International Approves Abortion Pushttp://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/may/06051604.html http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/amnesty-international-were-supporting-abortion-because-of-gay-rights/

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