U.N. Disabilities Treaty Would’ve Had Bureaucrats Unseat Parents - by Rick Santorum

[DonViejo]

Santorum: U.N. Disabilities Treaty Would’ve Had Bureaucrats Unseat Parents

by Rick Santorum Dec 5, 2012 4:45 AM EST

The Senate made the right choice Wednesday in rejecting the CRPD, writes former senator and Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum.

Who should make the critical health-care decisions for a child with a disability? A well-meaning, but faceless and distant United Nations bureaucrat, or a parent who has known, loved, and cared for the child since before birth?

The answer should be obvious, and today the Senate made the right decision by rejecting the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

The reason I have so strongly opposed CRPD is also simple. Karen and I have experienced first-hand as we care for our little blessing, Bella, that parents and caregivers care most deeply and are best equipped to care for the disabled. Not international bureaucrats.

CRPD—whatever its intentions—has many troubling aspects.

There is not a clear definition of “disability” in the treaty, which means some committee at the U.N. will decide after ratification who is covered—an example of what is at the heart of the problem. CRPD gives too much power to the U.N., and the unelected, unaccountable committee tasked with overseeing its implementation, while taking power and responsibility away from our elected representatives and, more important, from parents and caregivers of disabled persons.

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more:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/12/05/santorum-un-disabilities-treaty-would-ve-had-bureaucrats-unseat-parents.html

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. Uh-huh

Riiiiiiiiiight

I can't wait for him to run for POTUS again in 2016 and be forced to explain all this to people who don't watch Fox News and/or read WND.

[Aristus]

2. He obviously loves Bella a great deal.

No doubt he would be devastated if he ever lost such a useful political tool...