Children’s “Right” to be Sexually Abused

Ever heard of Sexual Rights? Very possibly not. But don’t be embarrassed by your apparent
ignorance. They don’t actually exist!

“Sexual Rights” get talked about and talked about, repeated ad infinitum, implied by the
WHO, the UN and countless campaigning groups, including Amnesty International, who
have a special webpage on them 1 , but they don’t define what they are. At theGovernment’s behest, Scottish school children are taught about their “sexual rights” and the
message is basically that you have the right to have illegal underage sex!

So how have these ethereal sexual rights become embodied in international debate on
issues of sexuality? It’s partly that radical sexuality and gender activists have projected their
own values and priorities onto the rights that do actually exist (in theory) such as the United
Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the United Nations Declaration of Human
Rights. Of course, the UN is hardly kicking up a fuss at this misappropriation of their Rights
because the UN is more or less in tune with the radical activists. Again and again, sexual
rights are referred to as though they are founded in genuine international convention, but
what exactly are they? Well, no one quite knew, until the International Planned Parenthood
Federation stepped in and decided to make up a set of so-called sexual rights for
themselves.

Before we look at what they concocted, let’s just be clear what IPPF is. As an international
abortion business, US -based IPPF has been embroiled in allegations of fraud, covering up
child sex abuse, profiting from the sale of body parts and providing prostitutes for staff and
donors. 2 In addition to its core business, it campaigns forcefully for an extremely permissive
ideology of sexual relationships, targeting its message at young people in particular.

That’s the background. It’s now time to see exactly what IPPF has enshrined in its
homespun sexual rights. 3 Before we even get to the Rights themselves, alarm bells start
ringing when we read in the introduction:

“It is important for all young people around the world to be able to explore,
experience and express their sexualities in healthy, positive, pleasurable and safe
ways. This can only happen when young people’s sexual rights are guaranteed.”

“All” young people? Of any age? All people, regardless of age, are entitled to explore,
experience and express their sexualities in pleasurable ways? This seems like a repudiation
of the concept of age of consent laws, but let’s not jump to conclusions. Reading on:

“Young people’s sexual rights are different and more complex than adults’ sexual
rights. One reason for this is the widespread denial of young people’s sexuality.
There is a common misconception that young people are not, or should not be
sexual beings with the exception of certain groups, such as married young people or
young people above a certain age. Sexuality is a central aspect of being human
during all phases of each person’s life.”

That really is a smoking gun. IPPF objects to the idea that there should be any age limit on
sexual activity involving children.

“Since each young person develops at their own pace, there is no universal age at
which certain sexual rights and protections gain or lose importance. Therefore,
striking the balance between protection and autonomy should be based on the
evolving capacities of each individual young person.”

While they acknowledge that some children are too young to consent to sex, this should be
determined on a case-by-case basis through assessment of the individual child’s capability.
Therefore, instead of sex with a 6 year-old, say, being automatically wrong, it would depend
on the maturity of that particular 6 year-old.

We might respond that 6 year-olds are at a pre-sexual stage and so cannot understand or
experience sexuality in any meaningful sense. IPPF disagrees:

“Sexuality is a central part of being human for young people of all ages across the
world.”

So, babies, toddlers, children – sexuality is central to each of them. In fact,

“All young people are entitled to sexual well-being and pleasure”

Getting into the so-called “Rights” themselves, we read:

“All young people have the right to privacy and to make autonomous decisions about
their sexuality privately.”

So, children who decide to have sex, with whomever, have the right to keep that secret. So,
any adult having sex with a child can remind the child of their “right” to keep it secret from
everyone else. Any other adult reporting an adult/child sexual relationship could be
accused of infringing this right.

“Any limitation on sexual rights must be non-discriminatory, including on the
grounds of age.”

Just to hammer it home, children have a “right” to be free from age of consent laws,
because the rights grant:

“Empowerment to decide freely when, with whom and how to have sex.”

Apparently,

“Every young person has the right to enjoy the highest attainable standard of
physical and mental health and wellbeing”

Having told children that they can have sex with whomever they wish to, at whatever age
they think they are ready, it’s no use telling them that they have a right to good mental
health! It’s like giving children cigarettes and telling them they’ve got the right to healthy
lungs.

Needless to say, IPPF believes that children have a right to Comprehensive Sexuality
Education (CSE). This embodies exactly the values we have already encountered. To come
full circle, you can now see how it has come to pass that Scottish school children are taught
about their “right” to have illegal underage sex.

Let’s end by calling a spade a spade. According to these “Sexual Rights”, a paedophile,
having groomed a child, can say to them, “You’ve got the right to have sex with me if you’d
like to and you think you’re ready. You’ve also got the right to keep it as a secret just
between the two of us.”

Whenever you hear about “Sexual Rights”, immediately translate it in your mind to “the
right of children to be sexually abused.” That’s what it amounts to. While those seeking to
engage in sexual acts with children will welcome these co-called sexual rights, every decent
person with an interest in protecting children should be horrified.

Richard Lucas
Leader of the Scottish Family Party
December 2022

1 https://www.amnesty.org.uk/issues/Sexual-and-reproductive-rights
2 https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/10/report-international-planned-parenthood-allegedly-hired-prostitutes-for-staff-donors-guests-at-official-functions/
3 https://www.ippf.org/resource/exclaim-young-peoples-guide-sexual-rights-ippf-declaration