"This convention sets a precedent for treaties that would actually allow an international body to define our own domestic law." - Senator Mike Lee (R-UT)
ALERT: Dangerous U.N. Disabilities Treaty must be rejected! Take Action and Blast Faxes to Senators!
American Conservative,
Senate globalists have been working hard this month to move the United Nations Disabilities Treaty forward.
Senators John McCain and Bob Menendez have already made it clear that they want to see a full Senate vote on the Treaty before the end of the year, and they are doing all they can to lobby their colleagues to support the global scheme.
P.S. Send a free message to each of your U.S. Senators and tell them to oppose the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities! Sign and send letters here.
They argue that the Treaty is necessary to protect U.S. Veterans abroad, yet there is no evidence at all that the agreement would accomplish such. In fact, AMVETS recently pulled their support from the U.N. Plan because it would not "have any measurable, positive effects on veterans with disabilities travelling or serving abroad."
Disability advocate and former Senator Rick Santorum recently told Fox News that "there is no point in the in the U.S. submitting itself to review by the United Nations for something where we already lead the world."
"We don't have to sign-off on a treaty to show the world that we treat people with disabilities with more respect than, frankly, almost any other country in the world," says Santorum. "There's no reason for us to do this, it is simply another way for us to shift responsibility out of the hands of individuals, families, communities, and local governments, and give it to international bodies..."
With the Treaty soon out of committee, it won't be long until the international agreement faces a full Senate vote. We need to contact Senators now!
Take Action! Blast faxes to U.S. Senators telling them to vote against the United Nations Disabilities Treaty!
** Send a free message to each of your U.S. Senators and tell them to oppose the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities! Sign and send letters here.
CRPD: An Attack on Sovereignty
Signed by former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice on July 30, 2009, the United Nations Disabilities Treaty - formally called "the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" or CRPD - is aimed at "protecting the rights of the disabled."
While this may nominally appear as noble effort, it's best the United States takes no part in it..
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) notes that "more than two dozen areas of national life including education, health, employment, accessibility, and independent living" would be affected by the U.N. Treaty.
"Ratifying nations must enact, modify, or abolish not only laws and regulations at all levels of government - federal, state, and local - but also social customs and cultural practices," says Sen. Hatch. "Ratifying nations must refrain from engaging in any acts or practices that are inconsistent with the treaty as well as ensure that all public authorities and institutions act in conformity with it."
According to Article 6, Section 2 of the United States Constitution, all treaties that receive the approval of the Senate become the "supreme law of the land."
Thus, if a Senate supermajority gives CRPD its consent, domestic courts would be bound to make decisions based upon international law in all cases involving individuals with disabilities.
Domestic abortion policy, for example, could easily be challenged under Article 25 which requires states to:
"Provide persons with disabilities with the same range, quality and standard of free or affordable health care and programmes as provided to other persons, including in the area of sexual and reproductive health and population-based public health programmes."
Liberals like Hillary Clinton have long been calling abortion a woman's "right," a vital component of "reproductive health," and this treaty could make that a reality.
The simple fact is this: The United Nations has no business determining domestic policy for the United States - a responsibility that resides with the American People alone.
Tell U.S. Senators to stand for the American Way and reject the U.N. Disabilities Treaty!
Take Action! Blast faxes to U.S. Senators telling them to vote against the United Nations Disabilities Treaty!
** Send a free message to each of your U.S. Senators and tell them to oppose the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities! Sign and send letters here.
CRPD: An Attack on Parents
First and foremost, let it be said that the federal government - our government - already has many laws in place that directly benefit the disabled among us. We have the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990, in addition to a number of others that benefit those with disabilities.
This said, we are already leading the world by example and without the aid of the United Nations.
But more than government, those responsible for the care of the less able are parents. Yes; parents - not government or outside institutions - are the primary caretakers, educators, providers, etc. for their children: those with disabilities and those without them.
The United Nation's Disabilities Treaty challenges this fact. Article 7, for example, states that "in all actions concerning children with disabilities, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration."
That clause "the best interests of the child" is determined not by individual parents but by a supranational U.N. board of eighteen. In other words, a far-off committee of "experts" - if this treaty is ratified by the Senate - would determine what our children need.
This is exactly why former Senator Rick Santorum rallied hard against this dangerous treaty in the final months of 2012. If a U.N. board is invited to determine what "best interests" are, they have the power to literally overhaul our entire way of life - particularly how we educate our kids. Under CRPD, homeschooling children with special needs could be prohibited.
We must urge our Senators to refuse to go along with this supranational agenda - we need to demand that they oppose this treaty when it is brought back into consideration!
We narrowly won before; we need to win again ...
Take Action! Blast faxes to U.S. Senators telling them to vote against the United Nations Disabilities Treaty!
** Send a free message to each of your U.S. Senators and tell them to oppose the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities! Sign and send letters here.
United Nations not the Remedy
Our founders purposely created a limited government - one protecting life, liberty, and property - so that society was organized not by a centralized force, but by the cooperation between individuals and families.
In our federalist system, the government in Washington is the furthest government from the people and thus is designed to influence our affairs at home the least. The health and welfare of the People is in the jurisdiction of each and every state along with local government. This is because governments closer to the people take care of needs best.
So, if Washington is the most "far off" power in our tiers of governance, where does the United Nations stand? Nowhere.
That's right, the United Nations has no business - naturally or legally - over us, and we ought not invite them and create a very dangerous precedent.
Right now, we need to contact every Senator and demand that they defend the sovereignty of our nation and the sovereignty of parents over their children.
Send faxes, sign our petition, and call Senate offices demanding that the U.N.'s CRPD fails.
Take Action! Blast faxes to U.S. Senators telling them to vote against the United Nations Disabilities Treaty!
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P.S. Send a free message to each of your U.S. Senators and tell them to oppose the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities! Sign and send letters here.
Marginalia: Did you know that the U.N. Disabilities Treaty fails to firmly define who "persons with disabilities" are? It's true; the U.N. claims that their definition is "an evolving concept."
With a definition so elastic, the globalists could change and expand its meaning at any time and without our consent.
We need to tell U.S. Senators to oppose this treaty right now.
Take Action! Blast faxes to U.S. Senators telling them to vote against the United Nations Disabilities Treaty!
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