UN's Twisted Logic: Free Speech Equals “Torture”
It is happening again. Free speech is under attack at the United Nations. And, once again religious liberty is in the crosshairs.
Earlier this month, a prominent NGO (nongovernmental organization), the Center for Reproductive Rights, made a formal argument to the United Nations Committee Against Torture that the Catholic Church’s pro-life speech actually tortures women and girls.
Yes, that was their argument: that efforts to save children’s lives – to spare them from the horror of abortion – constituted “torture” within the meaning of the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. . . .