Debasing women's rights at the UN with the same old mantra

The use of rape as a method of war is one of the most egregious acts of domination and debasement of women that the world has ever seen. Supporting a United Nations resolution to stand against this cruel crime is something that all international organizations can get behind to honor and elevate women.

Insisting that abortion language is included in these resolutions is not. It is a worn-out political agenda masquerading as the promotion of women’s rights — just because you repeat something over and over doesn’t make it true.

Last Tuesday, a UN Security Council resolution introduced by Germany on sexual violence in armed conflict passed without including abortion or abortion-related terms. This happened because the United States threatened to veto the resolution if these terms were included. Although news outlets interested in bringing down the Trump administration have tried hard to manipulate and convince the world otherwise, this administration is not soft on ending sexual violence in war zones, nor is it “watering down” women’s rights.

In removing abortion-related language in this resolution, the U.S. is not even taking a position on legalized abortion for rape victims — an issue that even pro-life Republicans are divided on, many of whom have stood for exceptions in anti-abortion law where it concerns victims of rape. The U.S.'s stance is addressing a much broader problem: the fact that abortion activists are obsessed with pushing the legalization of abortion into all UN documents and developing countries by tying it to women’s rights and women’s health.

Last Tuesday, a UN Security Council resolution introduced by Germany on sexual violence in armed conflict passed without including abortion or abortion-related terms.

Let’s just ignore the fact that pretty much every act of the UN dealing with war is pointless because every country at war ignores them and just deal with the pointlessness of this one.

Rape (of men, women and children) has happened during war as far back as history is recorded.

To quote William Tecumseh Sherman: “War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it.”

The nations at war are unlikely to prosecute their soldiers accused of the crime (other than the United States who are well practiced at hating their men in uniform and ever ready to think the worst of them).

And then you have the Muslim countries that cling to the words of the Korhaan that set in Sharia Law that the rape of captive women is the right of a soldier. How could they prosecute a man for doing what Allah has ordained?

This resolution, like so much of what the UN does is pointless and counterproductive.

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