According to one conservative advocate, abortion is a prominent issue on the agenda for the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD).
Samantha Singson of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM) says the battle at this year's commission -- the theme of which is "Fertility, Reproductive Health and Development" -- is once again over what is described as a woman's "right" to abortion.
"The agenda of this meeting is more about reducing fertility...than focusing on some of the other demographic problems [that] attributed to low fertility, which a lot of countries, especially in Europe, are experiencing at the moment," she explains.
So rather than dealing with the end result of a population shortage, she argues delegates seem to be more concerned with promoting an agenda worldwide.
"They seem more interested in promoting condom distribution or legalizing abortion...than putting in development policies for countries [that] are not experiencing high fertility," Singson laments.
Low fertility rates in European countries means a graying population and fewer workers, which she says obligates those countries to permit a higher level of immigration. For example, China's one-child policy, which includes forced abortion and sterilization, has led to those problems as well as a shortage of women in that country.
Contact: Charlie Butts
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