HRES 1482
110th Congress
House
International Affairs
Abortion
Europe
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Ireland
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
United Nations
To condemn the efforts of the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations and the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to pressure and coerce the democratically elected government of the Republic of Ireland to reduce or eliminate its constitutionally established abortion restrictions.
Introduced: September 23, 2008
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Sep 23, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sep 23, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Condemns the efforts of the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations and the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to coerce the government of the Republic of Ireland to reduce or eliminate its constitutionally established abortion restrictions.
Questions the merit of using U.S. taxpayer-generated revenues to support such Committees in light of their work to promote the practice of abortion.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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