US Joins Uganda to Co-sponsor a Non-binding International Declaration Opposing Abortion
The United States joined
Brazil, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia and Uganda on Thursday to co-sponsor a
nonbinding international declaration opposing abortion, in a rebuke of the UN
Human Rights Council, which has enshrined abortion access as a universal right.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Health and Human Services Secretary
Alex Azar participated in the virtual signing ceremony. The Geneva Consensus
Declaration aims to promote women's health, "defends the unborn and
reiterates the vital importance of the family," Pompeo said at the
ceremony.
Access to abortion is widely restricted in the other countries to
co-sponsor the declaration. "There is no international right to
abortion," Pompeo said.
Though the document does not directly
address same-sex marriage, the only co-spon...
