UN agencies fail to protect the unborn
by Denise Mountenay, Endeavour Forum's NGO representative at the UN
The United Nations organisation was established in the
aftermath of World War II in the hope that it might help prevent
a repetition of the terrible global conflict and suffering the world
had just experienced.In Europe, Nazi ideology had resulted in the extermination of millions of Jews and others in an attempt by Hitler to totally annihilate "unwanted" people groups in the areas his armies occupied. At the end of the war, supporters of the United Nations were determined that, together, nations should never forget these atrocities and should endeavour to immediately stop such brutal acts of violence on human beings in the future.
However, UN agencies and bodies have in fact failed. Some UN leaders have ideologies contrary to the initial purpose of the United Nations mandate, and have been doing the opposite - that is, promoting the killing of children before birth through the vicious practice of induced abortions. This method of birth control involves the toxic poisoning and cruel and barbaric dismemberment, or crushing, of children alive before birth.
'Inclusive' social development?
Science-based evidence affirms that human life begins at
conception. It reveals that all of a human's DNA is present from
conception, with the inherent knowledge on how to grow eyes
to see, ears to hear, a mouth to speak, brain, kidneys, lungs,
pancreas, liver, stomach and sexual organs, etc. By a mere three
weeks' gestation, we all had a beating heart. By eight weeks, we
had recognisable arms, legs, fingers and toes.
Therefore, pro-life advocates are deeply concerned and want to sound the alarm about this vulnerable people group who have been vastly disregarded and discriminated against these past 40 years. They have become both socially excluded and violently killed without any social protection or defence. They are the weakest and most vulnerable members of our society and families. Yet science affirms the reality of their humanity and personhood.
Every day hundreds of thousands of unborn children are unjustly sentenced to death, and their lives extinguished by paid executioners in abortion mills and some hospitals for profit.
Social inclusion must begin in the womb. It is particularly tragic that many children with disabilities are singled out for particular discrimination and are assassinated in the womb. It is reported that 90 per cent of children diagnosed with Down's Syndrome will be killed before birth. This injustice is outrageous and deserves to come to the public's attention in order to halt the violence and injustice against such children who are being systematically and heartlessly exterminated before birth.
The same spirit of killing the "unwanted", which characterised the Nazis's crimes against humanity, is today being perpetuated in developed countries against hundreds of thousands of helpless victims - and with no-one to rescue them.
The right to have one's baby unjustly killed before birth should be unthinkable, and never a form of birth control. Children should never have to suffer discrimination, whatever their sex or race, wherever they temporarily reside, or however small they are.
Furthermore, induced abortions not only destroy the lives of children before birth; they also cause much harm and damage to women having the abortions. I am a former abortion patient and an expert on this issue. Like most women, I was pressured into an abortion by others, and was lied to about the foetal development and humanity of my children in the womb. Not only that, I subsequently suffered with an infection, a damaged cervix and a badly scarred uterus and later had two lumps removed from my left breast.
To date there have been over 60 published studies worldwide showing a clear link between abortion and the increased likelihood of suffering breast cancer. Thirty-six of these studies show a statistically significant result. In 2013, China published a huge meta-analysis where they found that a single abortion increases the risk of breast cancer by a whopping 44 per cent.
Moreover, over 100 published studies reveal that induced abortion also increases the risk of premature births in subsequent "wanted" children. Pre-term births can result in children having cerebral palsy, autism, blindness, deafness, respiratory problems and mental disabilities. In 2007, the U.S. Institute of Medicine stated, "Prior first-trimester induced abortion [is an] immutable medical risk factor associated with preterm birth." One abortion can increase the risk by 36 per cent.
Tragically, young pregnant women are not informed about the risks and possible consequences of having an abortion. This is due to a major conflict of interests among abortion-providers. That is, if they allowed women to know the truth about abortion, many potential mothers-to-be would be far more willing to keep their babies; but his would reduce abortion-providers' profits!
Furthermore, another systematic review meta-analysis, published in the prestigious British Journal of Psychiatry in 2011, reported that 81 per cent of women who choose abortion will suffer mental health issues in the aftermath, compared to pregnant women who let their unplanned babies live. This also costs taxpayers millions of dollars in mental and physical healthcare for women and children affected.
It is crucial for UN agencies to recognise and acknowledge the importance of the child in the womb as a significant member of the human family who should have the inherent right to life, value and protection as every other person.
This issue is embedded in several of the UN's sustainable development goals (SDGs) and ought to be addressed for true relevance and sustainability in the ever increasing ageing/dying developed nations. If poverty is the enemy, then let us eliminate poverty, but never children.
Remember, as Nobel Peace Prize winner, the late Mother (now Saint) Teresa of Calcutta proclaimed, world peace must begin in the womb.
Denise Mountenay, from Alberta, Canada, is founder and
president of Canada Silent No More, and a key figure in
Together for Life Ministries, a Christian outreach to women
suffering post-abortion grief. 