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The International Planned Parenthood Federation has just released a
document that espouses a right to sexual pleasure. I have asked Jim
Sedlak, vice president of American Life League, who has been fighting
Planned Parenthood for over 25 years, to comment on this document as
today’s guest commentator. Here is what Jim had to say:
In talks around the world over the last 25 years, I have always
emphasized that Margaret Sanger founded Planned Parenthood based on
three underlying philosophies: uninhibited sexual activity to achieve
unlimited sexual pleasure; birth control, including abortion, to
achieve universal small family size; and eugenics to achieve a human
race devoid of any dysgenic stock.
In recent weeks, there has been an event clearly calculated to advance
the first of these above-listed philosophies and thus revealing that it
is very much alive and well in Planned Parenthood today.
That event is the release, by the International Planned Parenthood
Federation, of a document which the news media is referring to as “the
world's first declaration of sexual rights.”
Specifically, the Inter Press Service reported the following on June
10, 2009:
LATIN AMERICA: "Sexuality Is an Essential Part of
Humanity"
Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES, Jun 10 (IPS) - In an effort to promote
the free
enjoyment of human sexuality, separate from reproduction, the
International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) launched the world's
first declaration of sexual rights in the Argentine capital on
Wednesday.
"We want states to commit themselves to protecting
these rights,
and for the United Nations to adopt them in future meetings," Carmen
Barroso, IPPF regional director for the Western hemisphere, told IPS.
"Sexual Rights: An IPPF Declaration," the result of
two years' work
by a multi-disciplinary team, proposes that "sexuality is an essential
part of our humanity," and that its free expression "is a component of
human rights." The Declaration espouses "the entitlement to experience
and enjoy sexuality independent of reproduction."
So, here you have Planned Parenthood clearly stating what we have known
to be its intent since its beginning. That the act of sex, in and of
itself, with no regard for its procreative powers, should be recognized
as a “right to pleasure.” IPPF elaborates on this in its 29-page
document, Sexual rights: an IPPF declaration, when it states in
Principle 4,
Sexuality is not merely a vehicle for individuals to
satisfy their
reproductive interests. The entitlement to experience and enjoy
sexuality independent of reproduction, and reproduction independent of
sexuality should be safeguarded, paying particular attention to those
who, historically and in the present, are denied such an entitlement.
All persons are entitled to the conditions that
enable the pursuit
of a pleasurable sexuality. Pleasure is based on individual and
relational autonomy, for which the existence of public policies on
sexuality education, health services, freedom from coercion and
violence, as well as the development of a field of ethics on issues of
justice, equality and liberty must be ensured. Given that pleasure is
an intrinsic aspect of sexuality, the right to seek, express and
determine when to experience it must not be denied to anyone.
It is clear, then, that Planned Parenthood believe it has reached the
right time in its development and the world’s moral condition to
brazenly proclaim this “right” to sexual pleasure as a goal for
everyone. Of course, in typical fashion, Planned Parenthood doesn’t see
these rights as being just for mature adults. The IPS article quoted
above also contains the following:
[IPPF’s] Barroso, an expert on sexual and
reproductive health, said
human rights in general gained ground in the mid-20th century, and
expanded in the 1990s with the recognition of children's rights. In the
mid-1990s, the U.N. affirmed reproductive rights, "but sexuality was
tagged on as an afterthought," she said.
"People talked about sexual and reproductive rights,
but in fact
they meant reproductive rights only," she said. In 1995 at the World
Conference on Women in Beijing, sexual rights were introduced in the
negative, as "women's right not to suffer harm, violence or coercion"
in sexual intercourse, she said.
"It was a step forward, but no one talked about the
positive right
to sexual pleasure, which is only now beginning to be discussed," she
said. "That's why the IPPF is offering this Declaration as a tool for
progress toward a specific concept of sexual rights."
The Declaration also recognises the sexual rights of
persons under
18, who need individual protection based on the idea of their "evolving
capacity to exercise rights on their own behalf." According to this
idea, parental authority eases off as young people progressively gain
in decision-making autonomy.
In addition, the Declaration says that "all persons
are entitled to the pursuit of a pleasurable sexuality."
Planned Parenthood takes the position that young children have the
so-called right to sexual pleasure in its 29-page document when it says
this:
IPPF understands that the rights and protections
guaranteed to
people under age eighteen, as a matter of international and national
law, sometimes differ from the rights of adults. These differences
relate to all aspects of human rights but require particular approaches
in regard to sexual rights. IPPF begins from the premise that persons
under eighteen are rights holders, and that at different points within
the spectrum of infancy, childhood, and adolescence, certain rights and
protections will have greater or lesser relevance.
Under Article 5 of the Convention on the Rights of
the Child, it is
stated that the direction and guidance provided by parents or others
with responsibility for the child must take into account the capacities
of the child to exercise rights on his or her own behalf. The concept
of evolving capacity of children requires a balance between recognizing
children as active agents in their own lives entitled to be respected
as citizens, as people and as rights-bearers with increasing autonomy,
while also being entitled to protection in accordance with their
vulnerability.
The concept recognizes that the levels of protection
from
participation in activities likely to cause children harm will diminish
in accordance with their evolving capacity. In addition, the principle
of evolving capacity combines respect for children, their dignity and
entitlement to protection from all forms of harm, while also
acknowledging the value of their own contribution towards their
protection. Societies must create environments in which children can
achieve their optimal capacities and where greater respect is given to
their potential for participation in, and responsibility for,
decision-making in their own lives.
Several key principles govern the interrelationship
between
children’s rights and other interests. Among these are: the view of
persons under 18 as rights holders; the best interests of the child;
the evolving capacities of the child; non-discrimination; and the
responsibility for ensuring conditions for thriving. In the context of
sexual rights, these principles require an individualized approach,
informed by demonstration of maturity and consideration of particular
circumstances, such as the specific child or adolescent’s
understanding, activities, physical or mental health status,
relationship with parents or other interested parties, the power
relations among those involved, and the nature of the issue at hand.
The key to understanding all this bureaucratic-speak is the last
sentence. Let’s restate that line and add some emphasis in the form of
underlining:
In the context of sexual rights, these principles
require an
individualized approach, informed by demonstration of maturity and
consideration of particular circumstances, such as the specific child
or adolescent’s understanding, activities, physical or mental health
status, relationship with parents or other interested parties, the
power relations among those involved, and the nature of the issue at
hand.
What this means is that your child will not be safe from this ideology.
If Planned Parenthood can convince, for example, a judge that your
child is mature and that the child is being stifled because of the
Christian morality you are attempting to bring to bear on his or her
life, then the judge can declare your child to be emancipated in the
area of attaining sexual pleasure. It means that that once the
attainment of sexual pleasure is declared a right, you will be helpless
to enforce any rules restricting your minor child’s sexual activity.
Perhaps a final quote from the main IPPF document will drive this point
home. Planned Parenthood says,
All persons have the right to be recognized before
the law and to
sexual freedom, which encompasses the opportunity for individuals to
have control and decide freely on matters related to sexuality, to
choose their sexual partners, to seek to experience their full sexual
potential and pleasure, within a framework of nondiscrimination and
with due regard to the rights of others and to the evolving capacity of
children.
With this latest document, Planned Parenthood has declared war on our
children and on traditional God-given morality. It is doing everything
it can to get government approval for leading our children into lives
of sexual sin. We must recognize this for what it is: an all-out effort
to steal the souls of our children and lead them into lifestyles that
will end with an eternity in hell.
We dare not be silent.
Contact: Jim Sedlak
Source: American Life League
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