Amnesty International’s abortion policy draws criticism, response

Amnesty International’s new policy calling for the elimination of penalties for anyone who provides an abortion or obtains one is still being debated in the pages of the Catholic press. The National Catholic Register editoralizes that Amnesty is “baldly misrepresenting facts in a desperate attempt to escape the consequences of its own actions.” In Canada, meanwhile, the Toronto-based Catholic Register’s recent editorial decrying the move brought a rejoinder from a Canadian representative of the organization who tried to explain the rationale behind the decision.