UNITED NATIONS, Jan 18, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has begun meeting again to monitor implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The exercise has proven over the years of its existence to be an opportunity for radical UN feminists to demand that countries which are party to the Convention promote abortion, among other radical feminist goals (despite the fact that abortion is not mandated by the Convention).
Yesterday, the Committee, comprised of 23 UN “experts” from various countries, took up the report of Burundi. After hearing the country’s report presented by Burundi’s Minister of Social Affairs and Advancement of Women, Romaine Ndorimana, the committee “experts” used classic pro-abortion argumentation to urge the “decriminalization of abortion.” The UN report on the proceedings notes: “Several speakers said that prohibition of abortions led to illegal abortions, and the statistics showed that many women died from secret abortions.” Another “expert” said “that a striking 45 percent of those admitted to hospitals as a result of abortions were young girls.”
See the UN report at: https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2001/wom1247.htm