This is a congressional alert from the National Right to Life Committee in Washington, D.C., issued July 23, 2002.

Before August 1, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote to recommend whether the U.S. should ratify a treaty called the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) ("SEE-daw").. The National Right to LIfe Committee (NRLC) strongly opposes ratification of CEDAW because it has been construed by U.N. agencies, by the European Parliament, and by pro-abortion activists in the United States to be inconsistent with any limitations on abortion. Please go to the "Legislative Action Center" at the NRLC website and send an e-mail to each of your U.S. senators, urging them to oppose the CEDAW. In addition, if your senator is a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, please telephone him or her immediately. Make it clear that you are a constituent, urge the senator to "Oppose the CEDAW treaty," and ask for a written response explaining the senator's position. For more information on the pro-abortion effects of CEDAW, see the NRLC letter to the Senate.

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VSHL is the Virginia affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee.