INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT: SUMMARIZING THE AREAS OF CONCERN

ROME, July 16 (LSN) 1. Pro-life national delegations and NGOs are trying to   have the term enforced pregnancy completely eliminated from the final charter for the ICC. As a compromise position, they had draft wording added to the document defining “enforced pregnancy” as “the unlawful confinement or detention of a woman   forcibly made pregnant for the purpose of changing the ethnic composition of any population . . .” Also, included was a clause stating that the inclusion of enforced   pregnancy “shall not in any way be interpreted as affecting national laws relating to   pregnancy.”  2. Radical delegations were also pushing the homosexual agenda through the   inclusion of the ambiguous term gender. Again as a compromise measure,  pro-family delegations had a statement included in the draft document specifically defining “gender” as refering to “the two sexes, male and female, within the context of society. Radical feminists have identified as many as five “genders” in their social   theories, broadening the term to include male and female homosexuals as distinct genders.  3. America continues to raise concerns about the threat the ICC poses to national   sovereignty. America, along with a number of other nations, opposes the notion of   “inherent jurisdiction,” which makes the court independent rather than being subject   to the authority of the UN Security Council.  4. The US delegation also contests the principle of “universal jurisdiction” whereby the   court claims the right to initiate judicial proceedings against people from nations which have not signed onto the ICC treaty. “It is absolutely essential that this document not   purport to extend this jurisdiction of the court to the nationals of non-State parties,” said the chief negotiator for the United States, David Sheffer. Mr. Sheffer said prosecution should only be allowed with “either the consent of those Governments, or as a   consequence of a decision by the Security Council to refer a matter to the court.”  According to pro-life sources, the feminist lobby has all but conceded defeat, yet they   continue to lobby hard to salvage what little they can of their extremist anti-natal,  anti-family agenda. Even without American support, it is possible that they could muster   the necessary votes to approve the establishment of the ICC, so your prayers are   coveted right down to the last minute of deliberations which are scheduled to end   tomorrow.