The U.S. Senate is set to vote on the ratification of a deeply
controversial United Nations treaty on disabled people, dubbed the UN
“Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” (UN CRPD), which
critics say represents a serious threat to American sovereignty and
certain unalienable rights. After voting to consider the agreement in
late November during the lame-duck session despite furious protests, a
vote on whether or not to formally ratify the planetary disability
scheme has been scheduled for Tuesday, December 4.
The Obama administration, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.),
and an array of UN-supporting Democrat senators have expressed strong
backing for the widely criticized treaty, which claims the definition of
disability is “evolving.” So far, however, Republicans have largely
refused to support the controversial agreement, with some 36 GOP
Senators signing a letter in September blasting the consideration of any
treaties at all during the post-election session.
Those Republican opponents have immense support from a broad and
diverse coalition of liberty-minded organizations. More than a dozen
heavyweight non-profit groups have blasted the latest UN treaty,
expressing concerns about everything from the continued erosion of
national sovereignty and the ongoing usurpation of illegitimate power by
the scandal-plagued UN, to the implications of the global agreement for
home education, the right to life, and more.
Analysts point out that the United States already has among the most
robust protections for handicapped citizens anywhere in the world. They
say the idea that Americans need orders from the UN on this issue or any
other matter is preposterous, to say the least. Instead, more than a
few critics have complained, the UN CRPD, like other global treaties, is
simply another power grab by planetary bureaucrats hoping to gradually
increase their control over domestic law and policy in as many fields
and nations as possible.
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