UN says access to contraception a human right

[Bill Wiltrack]

GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations says access to contraception is a universal human right that could dramatically improve the lives of women and children in poor countries.

It is the first time the U.N. Population Fund's annual report explicitly describes family planning as a human right.

It effectively declares that legal, cultural and financial barriers to accessing contraception and other family planning measures are an infringement of women's rights.

The report released Wednesday isn't binding and has no legal effect on national laws.

The global body also says increasing funding for family planning by a further $4.1 billion could save $11.3 billion annually in health bills for mothers and newborns in poor countries.

The U.N. doesn't count abortion among the measures.

I tried to fix the formatting issue - Admin DrPizza

 

[monovillage]

All the charm of techs with the added bonus of big font.

 

[sixone]

Is this the same UN that ran Oil-for-Food?

They have no credibility.

 

[Jadow]

it's not a right if someone else is forced to pay for it.

 

[Phokus]

Is this the same UN that ran Oil-for-Food?

They have no credibility.

Aren't you a Republican? That's a hilarious thing to say if you say it with no sense of irony.

 

[halik]

This guy isn't banned yet? Seriously?

 

[sixone]

Aren't you a Republican? That's a hilarious thing to say if you say it with no sense of irony.

No, I'm not. Thanks for asking.

The UN does a piss poor job of just about everything they are involved in.

 

[Bill Wiltrack]

Welcome to the United Nations - It's Your World!

I really like what the UN does and what the UN stands for.

Sorry you are having problems reducing the font size. I took care of that for you.
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[Spungo]

Does it matter what the UN says? They could say that not being a slave is a human right but that doesn't change the fact that slaves exist.

 

[SagaLore]

it's not a right if someone else is forced to pay for it.

All individual human rights are at a cost of collective human rights. A society must pay for itself.

 

[DucatiMonster696]

All individual human rights are at a cost of collective human rights. A society must pay for itself.

This view is fundamentally at odds with the core ideals and principals on personal individual freedoms which this nation was founded on.

 

[zinfamous]

This view is fundamentally at odds with the core ideals and principals on personal individual freedoms which this nation was founded on.

so then don't call it a nation if you don't want to live in a nation?

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Could you post one single thing where you type out a post like an actual human being? No messing with fonts, no injecting meaningless images everywhere. Just one post, with normal spacing, sentence and paragraph structure. One single post that makes you seem like a human being with an interest in actually maintaining a dialogue with the other people who post here and not just a pay-per-post spammer. It is impossible to take you seriously when your posting style consists of posting drive-by e-mail forwards in a giant font. If you can't be bothered to do that, why should any of us be bothered to attempt to converse with you?

 

[Nintendesert]

Considering how his formatting is fucked up on EVERY SINGLE POST. It's pretty damn obvious this guy is a copy and paste spammer. Not sure why he's even allowed to post here.

 

[finglobes]

More progress - just when I thought putting Syria on Human Rights Commission was the peak the UN outdoes itself

 

[theevilsharpie]

Considering how his formatting is fucked up on EVERY SINGLE POST. It's pretty damn obvious this guy is a copy and paste spammer. Not sure why he's even allowed to post here.

This.

All the charm of techs with the added bonus of big font.

Say what you will about techs; at least he/she/it posts original content.

 

[momeNt]

I agree with this. Access to anything should never be denied by authority. As long as it does not harm others then there is nothing wrong with it.

 

[sonicdrummer20]

You want contraception in poor countries? Put down the dick! There's your family planning.

 

[nehalem256]

I agree with this. Access to anything should never be denied by authority. As long as it does not harm others then there is nothing wrong with it.

It effectively declares that legal, cultural and financial barriers to accessing contraception and other family planning measures are an infringement of women's rights.

The UN has a significantly different definition of access that you do.

Basically this is a blatant left-wing attempt to force their values on other cultures and to make me people pay to support it.

 

[SagaLore]

This view is fundamentally at odds with the core ideals and principals on personal individual freedoms which this nation was founded on.

How so?

 

[nehalem256]

How so?

Rights do not confer burdens on others.

For example the right to freedom of the press does not mean other people are required to provide me with a printing press(or laser printer or website if you want to update it to be more modern).

 

[SagaLore]

Rights do not confer burdens on others.

For example the right to freedom of the press does not mean other people are required to provide me with a printing press(or laser printer or website if you want to update it to be more modern).

The Bill of Rights does not establish any precedent that people are protected from burden. However, since the early start of our government, we DO have:

- taxes
- military draft
- eminent domain

When we look at the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we then have Article 25:

(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. (2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.


In order for all people to enjoy this right of an adequate standard of living, the burden will have to be distributed and not everyone is going to put in as much as they get out.

 

[Nintendesert]

Please, like it matters. Women in America living an easy life and easy access to birth control still can't figure out how to use it. This isn't going to do shit in countries where people can't even get clean drinking water.

The UN wants to condemn the laws preventing it, fine, good for them. It's just going to be more empty words that do nothing to improve the life of poor people in poor countries.

 

[diesbudt]

Please, like it matters. Women in America living an easy life and easy access to birth control still can't figure out how to use it. This isn't going to do shit in countries where people can't even get clean drinking water.

The UN wants to condemn the laws preventing it, fine, good for them. It's just going to be more empty words that do nothing to improve the life of poor people in poor countries.

Doesn't help that the UN is not a governing body. Just a specialized meeting body between most countries of the world, to discuss what changes they would like to see/do.

 

[nehalem256]

The Bill of Rights does not establish any precedent that people are protected from burden. However, since the early start of our government, we DO have:

- taxes
- military draft
- eminent domain

Please explain what right in the Bill of Rights establishes

When we look at the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we then have Article 25:

(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. (2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.

Note how it says that motherhood deserves special care and assistance, but not fatherhood.

I don't give a crap about your blatantly sexist Declaration of Human Rights.

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In order for all people to enjoy this right of an adequate standard of living, the burden will have to be distributed and not everyone is going to put in as much as they get out.

There is not right to an adequate standard of living.

And why don't you at least be honest. The burden will fall on men. As is pretty much explicitly stated by the inclusion of motherhood, but not fatherhood.