Canada stalls on another insidious treaty.Ottawa -- The Toronto Star The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within Ontario. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., a division of Star Media Group, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation. reports with regret that under the new Harper government, Canada will not be ready to sign the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the United Nations ceremony on March 30 (Feb. 2, 3007). The treaty, which was adopted December 13, 2006, guarantees the right to life of disabled persons--and forbids their killing by dehydration dehydration Method of food preservation in which moisture (primarily water) is removed. Dehydration inhibits the growth of microorganisms and often reduces the bulk of food. through the denying of food and fluids, as happened to Terri Schiavo Theresa Marie "Terri" Schiavo (December 3, 1963 – March 31, 2005), from St. Petersburg, Florida, United States was a woman who suffered brain damage and became dependent on a feeding tube. in Florida (LifeSiteNews, Dec. 15, 2006). However, the document as a whole is unacceptable, because it contains the first-ever recognition of "sexual and reproductive rights Reproductive rights or procreative liberty is what supporters view as human rights in areas of sexual reproduction. Advocates of reproductive rights support the right to control one's reproductive functions, such as the rights to reproduce (such as opposition to forced "--language which could be used to guarantee abortion and the services of prostitutes for disabled persons (C-FAM, Dec. 14, 2006). For that mason, the Vatican refused to sign it. (LiFeSiteNews, Dec. 14, 2006). |
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