[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14590-14591]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS UNDER ATTACK AT UNITED NATIONS' CAIRO PLUS 5 PREP 
                               CONFERENCE

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, today as the United Nations Cairo Plus 5 Prep 
Conference on Population and Development is going on in New York, our 
young women around the world are

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under attack. At Cairo Plus 5, it is the U.S. delegation which is 
suggesting that any future document should delete virtually all 
references to parental rights when it comes to a girl's adolescent 
sexuality; that is right, the U.S. delegation.
  It is interesting that this is the same week during which we in 
Congress will address parental rights domestically as we consider the 
important Child Custody Protection Act.
  As we speak, young women and their parents around the world face the 
threat of yet another another government-knows-best strategy that has 
more potential to destroy families.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope that the countries of the world who still hold to 
the importance of parents in critical decisions will reject this 
propaganda and exploitation of paternity from the U.S. representatives 
by ensuring and protecting their care-giving parents with the rights 
inherent in that role.

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