I am writing to urge
you to work hardily against the ratification of the United Nations Convention
on the Rights of People with Disabilities. There are many reasons why the
acceptance of this treaty is not only wrong, but dangerous to the wellbeing of
America and the rights of all families, parents, and children in the country.
Specifically, there is a clause in the UNCRPD that
states, “In all actions concerning children with disabilities, the best
interests of the child shall be a primary consideration.”[1] This
statement rings true to those interested in helping disabled children but it is
dangerous because the right to decide the best interest of the child would lie
in the hands of government bureaucrats, stolen from the parents or guardians of
the children.
Any infringement on parental and child rights will affect
homeschoolers as well. I won’t go into the ins and outs for those who are not
homeschooled, but feel free to read about it here.
We can sympathize with people such as Jim Patterson in
his article who hopes for the disabled
children he knows to get help. But in America we have the best system of taking
care of disabled people, and it is one that does not involve governmental
control and decision making. Patterson only talks about ratifying the CRPD to
help children in OTHER countries. “While working abroad I witnessed cruel cases
of discrimination against disabled children in many countries… Life
could be different for these children if the Senate ratifies the Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).” Nowhere does it mention our
needing to adopt this treaty to help our own children. How will this help those
foreign children for us to allow our parental and individual rights to be
oversighted with UN ideas of what should be? The short answer is that it will
not.
Thomas Paine said, “Society in every state is a blessing,
but government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst
state an intolerable one.” We cannot allow our government a single iota of
power more than is necessary for its function and purpose. The purpose of good government
does not involve taking the responsibility to care for disabled children out of
parents’ hands. Such a practice was common in Communist U.S.S.R. and China as a
means of subjugating the free people by breaking up the families. The despotic
governments of those countries took the children at an early age to brainwash
them away from their parents under the guise of better education and care. This
is where we are headed with this treaty.
Please protect the
interests and freedoms of the families in America to oversee the wellbeing of
their own children. This treaty claims to help the disabled children, but does
no such thing, and in facts hurts the children, their parents and families, and
the country at large.
Sign a petition to vote down the UN CRPD here!
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