Since the end of the Second World War a strong human rights movement has developed, starting with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948, following the horrors of World War II. This declaration was succeeded by the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in 1950 and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFR) of 2000. Though none of the mentioned above are binding laws, supporting countries accepted them as agreed-upon guidelines that must not be contradicted by a country’s effective laws.
Every single one of them defines the right to life as a basic individual right: “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and the security of person.” (UDHR, Art. 3)
“Everyone’s right to life shall be protected by law.” (ECHR, Art. 2)
“Human dignity is inviolable. It must be respected and protected. Everyone has the right to life. […] Everyone has the right to respect for his or her physical and mental integrity. ” (CFR, Art. 1-3)
Nowhere in any of these documents is a reason given, why an unborn human person is denied this basic human right – for without the right to life no other rights need to be given. Fighting for human rights and simultaneously robbing a very large group of humans (estimated 73 Million per year) of their most fundamental human right, their right to life, is an absurdity in itself. Abortion can only be classified as a human rights violation and should be condemned by everybody fighting for human rights.