The Anglican Church of Canada has supported the UN’s Millennium Development Goals for some time; the cynical among us suspect that in the ACoC the MDGs have replaced the much more personally demanding Gospel of Jesus.
Soon the MDGs may include “universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights”; that includes “access” to abortions. If it continues to support the MDGs, the Anglican Church of Canada could find itself forced to make its position on abortion – one of the few social justice issues about which it is obstinately silent – public: the ACoC will finally have to come out about abortion.
From here:
Fears that push for abortion to be included in next Millennium Development Goals
Concern is growing that access to abortion may be included in the 15-year UN development programme that will replace the Millennium Development Goals from the end of next year.Cafod has said it will be unable to giving 100 per cent backing to the new goals, currently in draft form, which already contain a commitment to grant universal access to sexual and reproductive health.