Trump administration set to sign declaration aimed at restricting abortion
by Matt Mathers, Independent:
Other member states signing declaration include Brazil, Uganda, Hungary and Egypt.
The Trump administration will this week join five other countries signing a declaration which seeks to prohibit abortion.
Secretary of state Mike Pompeo and joint health and human services secretary Alex Azar are scheduled to attend a virtual ceremonial singing of the Geneva Consensus on Thursday.
The Geneva Consensus is a coalition of states who oppose the United Nations’s (UN) Declaration of Human Rights, which are enshrined in international law.
In particular, Geneva Consensus members disagree with the UN’s stance on abortion.
The UN Human Rights Commission says that abortion is a human right, and many of the US’s key Western allies – such as France and the UK – agree with that stance.
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