Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Abortion Prominent in Agenda for UN Population Commission

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Abortion, family planning, and sexual education will be vigorously debated in the upcoming UN Commission on Population and Development.

The theme of this year’s commission is “Fertility, Reproductive Health and Development.” The initial draft of this year’s outcome document was released last week and as expected, the text is rife with references to sexual and reproductive health, family planning and contraceptives. Sadly, despite mounting evidence of the problems of demographic decline, there is only one scant reference to countries experiencing below-replacement fertility.
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