| 562 |
Paul Rees |
I support this petition. Although I am staunchly opposed to elective
abortion, unlike some signatories I do accept that abortion may be the
lesser of the two evils in exceptional circumstances (i.e. in cases of rape
or of serious danger to the mother's health). But it can never be meaningly
framed as being a 'right', as this would constitute a 'right to kill'.
The lack of any recognition of the rights of the unborn child, combined
with AI's policy in favour of decriminalisation per se, indicates that
Amnesty have decieded that the unborn child is a 'non-person' and merits no
legal protection. This is quite clearly contrary to the UN Declaration of
the Rights of the Child, a declaration Amnesty claim to endorse. I am also
concerned about the process by which this change has been imposed: a
consultation with the British membership resulted in a majority against the
change whilst at the most recent AGM, the British Chapter approved a policy
in favour of maintaining a neutral stance. Yet these inconvenient facts
have been disregarded and the democratically expressed will of the British
membership has been ignored. |
| 561 |
Greg Calhoun |
I have been active at the University of Dayton chapter of Amnesty
International until it was disbanded following this policy change. I
disagree with the switch, as you all do such good work. I have seen
various takes on how to interpret the change, but I fail to see how
allowing a wrong like abortion can ever right another wrong, even one as
serious as rape in Darfur. |
| 560 |
Hilary Miller |
I have given money to AI in the past and support the work you do - but I am
hesitant to continue to ally myself with an organization that thinks
violence can be overcome using the continued violence of abortion. We
should be protecting women all over the world against violence and poverty
- not helping them kill their unborn children. |
| 559 |
Evalee Mickey |
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| 558 |
Ed Gaffney |
For decades I have admired and supported and participated in the important
work of Amnesty to protect the unprotected and to defend the most
vulnerable. I count prisoners of conscience, prisoners on death row,
victims of war, and unborn children and their mothers among the least
protected and the most vulnerable in the culture of violence and death. I
hope that Amnesty does not abandon any of these nnedy ones. |
| 557 |
Fr. Daniel Berrigan |
My moral conviction on abortion and the rights of the unborn are more
serious than "a point of view" as stated in this
petition.
It is as close to my conscience as opposition to war or the death penalty. |
| 556 |
E Maughan |
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| 555 |
L. Pallos |
I have been a supporter of AI for many years.
When I was a young child, my family had to flee from ruthless military
repression of religious and civil liberties in Eastern Europe. My uncle
was sentenced to death at a communist show trial. Thank God, he was
ultimately released from prison.
The science is clear: the fetus is not just 'tissue'. The
fetus is a living human being, DISTINCT from her mother. DNA, fingerprints,
blood type, brain-waves, heartbeat, etc ... the proofs of the
fetus' humanity and that she is a unique being are scientifically
incontrovertible.
Amnesty should insist on amnesty for the baby girls and boys in the womb.
At the very least AI must not promote abortions, lest it becomes just
another politically biased entity.
AI: protect women’s rights, outside and INside the womb. |
| 554 |
Julie Kulick |
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| 553 |
Rebecca Hamilton |
I know very well tht there are horrible situations which make abortion seem
a humane solution, but that thinking fails when you realize that what you
are talking about is killing a child. The answer, and it is much harder
than the easy "solution" of abortion, is to give women,
even, or rather especially, women in war-torn countries, extreme poverty or
who have been subjected to heinous crimes against their person, the help
they need to stand on their feet as whole people again, along with their
child.
Women are the life-bearers of our race. They should be honored for this;
not punished.
I know this sounds utopian, but it is the only answer consistent with
respect for human life and dignity. It asks much of us, but in the end, it
assures the ultimate worth of all people, everywhere.
Sincerely,
Rebecca Hamilton |
| 552 |
Betsy Spiering |
I recently joined AI, and am dismayed to learn that you are considering
changing your position of neutrality on the abortion issue. |
| 551 |
Paige |
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| 550 |
Steven P. Millies |
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| 549 |
Ed Lyons |
Abortion hurts everyone involved. I pray that AI will in no way endorse the
procedure. |
| 548 |
Mary Grace |
I have been a Freedom Writer for AI for decades. I trust AI to do careful
and thorough research into all aspects of the situations of individual
political prisoners and countrywide crises. I, and all those who count on
you to do this work as well as the countries and organizations to which we
write, need to view you as non-partisan and apolitical. Taking a stance on
abortion, as an organization, will throw AI into both a partisan and
political arena, which would diminish both your reach and your
effectiveness.
I am a Consistent Life christian. I see war, abortion, capital
punishment, homicide, torture, euthanasia, poverty and oppression as
sinful. I am a Freedom Writer because I value the work you do and can
further my reach for justice and peace by this simple method you have
developed. I am the one (hopefully there are others) who asks you to never
send out a plea for money without also sending a card to sign or an alert
to do. I push for this so that we always feel the concern you have for
those in crisis and so that we feel empowered to make even a small
difference.
The work you do pulls much more heavily on the hearts of those who are
already active in anti-torture or pro-democracy work. To broaden your
reach, one of the things I do is that I make multiple copies of some of the
letters you send, such as the one about the imprisoned Christian singer in
Eritrea or the woman who was forced to have an abortion in China, and use
them to reach out to “conservative Christians.” As a conservative
Christian signs and sends a letter off to the far reaches of the planet, it
gives them a sense of their own power to heal and help, and gives AI a bit
more credibility in that particularly powerful community. My hope is to
pull these isolated but sincere people toward a more active involvement in
worldwide justice efforts.
Because abortion is such a polarizing issue, if AI takes a stance on
abortion, either way, many will discount you as an organization |
| 547 |
Marika Kaksonen |
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| 546 |
Sheila Naughton |
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| 545 |
Pauline St. Pierre |
AI just cannot approve abortions. It would be contrary to what AI stands
for. |
| 544 |
Catherine Grayson |
Violence is violence, the unlawful, unjustified use of force, whether
against large, strong human beings or tiny, dependent ones. I have
supported AI's stand against the death penalty and torture and
genocide and oppression for years. Please rethink it and return to
consistency. Thank you. |
| 543 |
Denise LaMarra |
Women deserve better than abortion. It is not the solution. Thank you.
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| 542 |
Tharpa Roberts |
I previously thought that Amnesty International was a reputable
organization. |
| 541 |
William Coffey |
Taking a life is never right. Violence is not right. |
| 540 |
Mary Lu Coffey |
I have been involved with Amnesty International for at least 30 years,
beginning as part of a letter-writing group on behalf of prisoners of
conscience. If AI adopts decriminalization of abortion as a world-wide goal
I will have to sever this long-term relationship. |
| 539 |
Pieter Dykhorst |
AI is a remarkable organization that consistently champions human rights
and keeps the comfortable and affluent public aware of things we may be too
busy to pay full attention to. Thanks AI! The balance between the rights of
women to control their lives and destinies and the rights of the unborn
oftem poses a terrible dilemma, and I do not judge those who struggle
honestly. But, the weakest and most vulnerable must always get firt care,
and when tough choices must be made that cannot satisfy everyone's
needs, children must always in all cases come first. AI, please do not
support the killing of children as a way to protect women. Instead,
let's find ways to do both. |
| 538 |
Peggy Gerovac |
As a supporter and educator of Consistent Ethic of Life, Amnesty
International has been an organization that has been a topic of
conversation about the works to assist people whose God given dignity is
denied or repressed. This same dignity applies to the unborn who are also
God's creation. Any support of the destruction of human life
invalidates a position of human rights. Human rights are for all people,
not just the some people designated by others as worthwhile. All life is
worthy of rights. |
| 537 |
Eva Baumann |
Abortion.
Euthanasia.
Infanticide.
Three controversial issues of our day.
But the right to life or choice really isn't the issue.
It's only a symptom of the problem. Our deliberate and total
disregard for
God's law, as individuals and as a nation.
It is truly sad that Amnesty International has been taken over by those
who no longer value the life of the Unborn.
"Fear God and keep HIS commandments."
It's the only permanent solution to our personal and national
problems. |
| 536 |
Stephan Isaac |
Amnesty International is becoming a tragedy...it calls itself a
"human rights" organization yet it is increasingly
showing support for the most horrific human rights violation known to man,
abortion. No human right is greater than the right to life and
it's time Amnesty International affirms that. |
| 535 |
Ron Schneider |
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| 534 |
Mara McCord |
How can you say you are for human rights if you cannot support the most
basic right, the right to be born? |
| 533 |
H. William Borg |
Abortion kills a human being, what else can be said? |
| 532 |
Adam Campbell |
AI has always stood for human rights.Due to AI's stance on abortion
rights(or the right for someone to kill a baby) AI now stands for evil,
murder, torture, pain and death. |
| 531 |
Mike O'Brien |
What about the rights of the unborn child |
| 530 |
Donald Weinstein |
I appreciate your work to bring about fairness and in many cases save
lives. Please do not not take this stand of supporting abortion, the taking
of a human life, conceived and has a right to life accoring to our
Constitution. |
| 529 |
Paul O'Hara |
I have always admired AI, and its fight for human rights. I am now puzzled
as to why Amnesty wants to give up that fight by refusing to fight for the
most basic of all rights, the right to life. |
| 528 |
Brian Norton |
I serve as executive director of the Rape Victims Support Network and the
Burnaby Safe House (for abused women). I am opposed to AI making policy
affirming the unborn are devoid of value, therefore supporting violence in
the womb. |
| 527 |
Stephen A. Thompson |
In the interest of protecting Human Rights, AI has been instrumental in
fighting several battles on behalf of the human person. If this changes to
support a cause that dehumanizes and kills the unborn, AI stands with
others who have abandoned basic human rights in order to side with enemy
constituents to human life and equality. |
| 526 |
Susan Williams |
I'm pro-life all the way! |
| 525 |
Dr Malcolm Stumer |
I am a member of Amnesty International. If A.I. becomes pro-choice I will
have to resign my membership. |
| 524 |
nannette Wicks |
I am very pro-life and volunteer at a Crisis Pregnancy center. |
| 523 |
T. Richmond |
AI needs to endure as a model for consistency in order to accomplish good.
Please spread the word to get more signatures. |
| 522 |
Henry Betancourt |
If the concept of human rights is to exist in humanity's
consciousness then its precepts must hold true regardless of
subject's physical confines - whether it be race or gender; a
prison cell or a womb. |
| 521 |
Pat Meraz |
Support Life |
| 520 |
Dolores |
Abortion is the killing of children in the womb. Mothers suffer afterwards,
as well as others. |
| 519 |
Hilda Krieg |
Support of abortion rights is totally inconsistent with your promotion of
human rights. The unborn is just as much a person as anyone else in
deserving of protection. |
| 518 |
JoAnn |
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| 517 |
Linda Penn |
It is essential that you remain unequivocally Pro-Life! |
| 516 |
Sheila Rassman |
Please support ALL pro-life issues. There should be 0 tolerance for the
pro-abotion mentality. |
| 515 |
T Pettini |
Please don't do this, AI- it undermines all you claim to stand for
and all that people look to your organization for guidance and leadership
about. A commitment to human rights CANNOT include the so-called
"human right to an abortion," it's a lie and is a
detriment to the entire human body. |
| 514 |
gerard woodring |
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paul s meyer |
All life is sacred to God. |
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