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Vatican urges end to Amnesty aid
The Vatican has urged all Catholics to stop donating money to Amnesty International, accusing the human rights group of promoting abortion.
The Vatican also said it was suspending all financial aid to Amnesty over what it said was the group's recent change of policy on the issue.
Amnesty said it was not promoting abortion as a universal right.
But the group said that women had a right to choose, particularly in cases of rape or incest.
"No more financing of Amnesty International after the organisation's pro-abortion about-turn," said a statement from the Roman Catholic Church's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
'Misrepresented account'
The council's president, Cardinal Renato Martino, described abortion as "murder".
"And to justify it selectively, in the event of rape, that is to define an innocent child in the belly of its mother as an enemy, as 'something one can destroy'," the cardinal said.
Amnesty says it does not take any position on whether abortion is right or wrong.
But it defended its new position in support of abortion for women when their health is in danger or human rights are violated, especially in cases of rape or incest.
"We are saying broadly that to criminalise women's management of their sexual reproductive right is the wrong answer," Amnesty's deputy Secretary General Kate Gilmore told Reuters news agency.
"The Catholic Church, through a misrepresented account of our position on selective aspects of abortion, is placing in peril work on human rights," Ms Gilmore said.
Some 45 million unintended pregnancies are terminated around the world every year, the World Health Organisation says.
Nearly 70,000 women die annually from unsafe abortions, it says.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6750887.stm
So Willravel won't be donating to the Catholic church anymore. It's one thing to say "we don't approve". I don't particularly care for abortion myself. It's another thing to try to slow funding to procedures that prevent young women from having to resort to more dangerous methods out of desperation.
Not only that, but Amnesty International is one of the most important organizations in the world, IMHO. They aren't just involved in abortion. They are involved in human rights all over the planet.
The Vatican is fucking up, and if they don't shape up, I'm calling Benedict and letting him know that god doesn't exist. Let's see what he says to that.
Edit: better yet, I'm throwing my hat in the ring. Vote Atheist Pope 2012!!