Senate GOP Kills Controversial UN Disability Treaty

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Responding to a tsunami of organized opposition against a highly controversial United Nations disability treaty known as the "UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" (CRPD), on December 4, 38 GOP senators voted against a coalition of 61 Democrats and so-called "RINO" Republicans to kill the agreement by denying a two-thirds majority for ratification. The broad alliance of critics that came together to ultimately defeat the UN CRPD scheme had slammed it as everything from a serious threat to national sovereignty and parental rights to an underhanded power grab by global bureaucrats and pro-abortion forces.

webmaster@thenewamerican.com (Alex Newman) 05 Dec, 2012


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Source: http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/congress/item/13823-senate-gop-kills-controversial-un-disability-treaty
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