Former Chilean president and pro-choice activist Michelle Bachelet has been nominated to take the position of the U.N. high commissioner for human rights.
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres appointed her to replace Jordanian Prince Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein after his announcement in December that he would not seek to extend his term in the position, The New York Times reported.
Unsurprisingly, former U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power, President Barack Obama’s representative before the international organization, lauded the choice, claiming that “has a lifelong commitment to the cause of human rights.”
Apparently, Power does not consider the right of a preborn child to take its first breath a “human right.”
Strong choice. In addition to being a successful two-term president and experienced w/in @UN, Bachelet has a lifelong commitment to the cause of human rights. Her father was tortured under Pinochet & died in custody. She and her mom were also arrested and beaten. She’s a fighter https://t.co/aWhCtWmpgF
— Samantha Power (@SamanthaJPower) August 8, 2018
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Others, however, had “serious concerns” about Bachelet’s suitability for her new role.
During Bachelet’s time as president of Chile, she campaigned for abortion to be decriminalized.
GENEVA, August 8, 2018 — In reaction to the news of @MBachelet‘s nomination as the next @UNHumanRights chief, UN Watch said it had “serious concerns” over her spotty record on supporting human rights in #Cuba, #Nicaragua, and #Venezuelahttps://t.co/g8QU4UgTi2
— UN Watch (@UNWatch) August 8, 2018
HRF shares @UNWatch‘s concern over @mBachelet‘s fitness to hold the highest office @UNHumanRights, due to her track record cozying up to Latin American dictators. Her rhetoric would need to change dramatically for her not make a mockery of the office. https://t.co/oPOqL0E3St pic.twitter.com/km7AiuvXI7
— HRF (@HRF) August 9, 2018
Should someone who is pro-choice be the U.N. High Commissioner of Human Rights?
Her choice probably seems logical to most of the left, including most of the U.N., which has for some time argued that unfettered access to abortion is a “right to life.”
That would make a pretty good punch line if there anything at all funny about murdered infants.
During her second term as president of Chile, Bachelet faced accusations of government corruption and responsibility for a failing economy.
In between terms she utilized her time as the first Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women.
In August of 2017, “Chile’s highest court approved a law that decriminalized abortion in cases of rape, fatal disability, and when a mother’s life is at risk,” reported the Center for Family and Human Rights.
However, Ambassador Michael Kozak told reporters that “abortion is not a human right.”
Bachelet has done a lot of work in her life to support the pro-choice argument, as well as advocate for other social issues, such as women’s empowerment and social protection programs.
Now, she will continue her work in office as the U.N. high commissioner for human rights. That means, that she will have more influence to share her pro-choice views and continue to encourage the U.N. in efforts of making abortion a right to life.
Abortion cannot be a right to life because it is literally taking a life, therefore acting in controversy because it is violating another individual’s basic human right to live.
Bachelet is a strong leader in the world of politics, but she may not be fit to be a leader in the world of human rights.
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