As expected, the U.S. Senate rejected ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
The Washington Times is reporting that a vote of 61-38 in favor of the treaty was five votes short of passage in the U.S. Senate today.
Despite the appealing name of the treaty, it attracted a variety of opponents as it was rushed through the U.S. Senate, mostly because it would have interfered with parental rights, would have ushered in abortion on demand at taxpayer expense, and undermined U.S. sovereignty.
The treaty was adopted by the UN in 2006. President Obama signed it in 2009, but until this year, it failed to move through the Senate for a vote. Thus far it has been signed by 154 nations and ratified by 126.
The Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM), an organization focused on international social policy, briefed congressional staff on the legal and historical facts that make the Disability treaty unworthy of U.S. ratification, and unnecessary for the U.S. to continue being an effective advocate on behalf of persons with disabilities worldwide.
“The United States is the global leader in human rights promotion and practice,” said C-FAM president Austin Ruse. “This fact does not change with the defeat in the U.S. Senate of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The U.S. will remain the global leader on human rights for persons with disabilities. Today’s vote was a victory for human rights and for American sovereignty.”
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