US rejects UN motion: abortion is not “family planning”
from SPUC:
The US has rejected a United Nations resolution aimed at preventing violence against women because it included language on access to “safe abortions”.
A statement read out by US First Secretary to the UN Jason Mack said that the US agreed with the “spirit” of the resolution introduced by the Canadian government, which has made the “elimination of violence against women” a foreign policy priority. He said that the US joined other the members of the Human Rights Council “in condemning all acts of violence against women and girls and in calling for the elimination of all forms of sexual and other forms of gender-based violence, including sex trafficking of women and girls.”
Dissenting from pro-abortion consensus
However, he said the US “must dissociate from the consensus, specifically on access to safe abortions.”
The US opposed section 9 (d) which included “safe abortion where such services are permitted by national law” in the list of “health care services” that are needed to ensure “the promotion and protection of the human rights of all women and their sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights”.
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