Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Treaty Loses

The Senate rejected the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities treaty.  LifeNews heralds this as an important protection against a threat to lives of the unborn (click here to read the whole article):

The inclusion of the phrase “reproductive health” affords an opportunity for abortion advocates to interpret the terms as a euphemism for “abortion rights” and push for nations to legalize abortion based on the treaty. Indeed, this interpretation of “reproductive health” is the position of the Obama Administration. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to this effect, stating “We happen to think that family planning is an important part of women’s health, and reproductive health includes access to abortion.”…

Human dignity is not something to be “awarded” on the basis of one’s capacities and abilities. Rather it is inherent and inviolable, part of the very nature of the human person, whatever his or her state of physical and mental development. The dignity of the person is universal, and must be upheld, equally, for all. It is sadly ironic that a treaty aimed at securing recognition of the dignity of some (the disabled) would be written so as to put at jeopardy the dignity of others (the unborn).

Nice to see that Senators played this one safe.  The last thing we need is an ambiguous treaty that could reinforce abortion as the law of the land.