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NEW
YORK - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) supports
a South African organization that encourages children
to engage in sexual and homosexual behaviour and to have
abortions, without their parents' knowledge or consent.
The organization, called loveLife (sic), says on its website
that UNICEF provides "major funding" for its
programs.
LoveLife
seems eager to shepherd children towards abortion and
provides the toll-free phone number for Marie Stopes International
(MSI) abortion clinics. LoveLife reminds children "it
is your right to get counselling. It is your right to
get an abortion. If people are unhelpful, don't get discouraged.
Keep trying. You don't need permission from anybody to
have an abortion." Lovelife also mentions that a
girl can have an abortion - a procedure it describes as
"a gentle suction" - without telling her parents.
Instead, a girl should "Talk to someone - a health
worker, a counsellor, or someone you can trust."
After the abortion, loveLife recommends that boyfriend
and girlfriend should "celebrate together,"
and have sex "gently." According to loveLife,
a girl will "feel a sense of relief" after the
abortion.
With
regard to homosexuality, loveLife says "Some people
prefer not to limit their horny feelings to only half
the population. They'll fall in love with whoever feels
right - male or female. Why let body parts limit the power
of love?!" LoveLife also says "Most people fall
in love with someone of the same sex at least once in
their lives."
LoveLife's
descriptions of sexual acts are especially graphic and
will offend most parents and will be considered pornographic
to many. Instead of warning children that condoms do not
provide protection from many sexually transmitted diseases,
loveLife asserts that condoms "are the best thing
for sex! No side-effects and no worries about babies,
HIV/AIDS or disgusting sores on your private parts!"
Lovelife
seems to be held in high regard by the United Nations,
and by UNICEF in particular. In a press release, loveLife
reports that in 2000 it was "selected by the United
Nations - (including) UNICEF, UNAIDS and UNDP - as the
only organization to be profiled at the official UN World
Aids events at the UN Headquarters in New York."
The
Vatican withdrew its annual contribution to UNICEF four
years ago because of its fears UNICEF supports abortion.
In recent months, UNICEF has reached out to the Vatican
and pro-life leaders to allay this suspicion. Chiefly,
UNICEF fears problems from the US Congress, which contributes
$110 million annually to UNICEF coffers.
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