US and 18 Other Nations Tell the UN: 'There Is No International Right to an Abortion'

Lianne Laurence : Sep 24, 2019
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The "diverse nations here today are united on a positive, constructive goal: focusing the international discourse around healthcare on better health and on the preservation of human life..." -HHS Secretary Alex Azar

(New York) — [LifeSiteNews.com] The United States delivered a joint statement at the United Nations General Assembly today asserting "there is no international right to an abortion" and repudiating the use of ambiguous terms signaling abortion "rights" in UN documents. (Image: US Secretary for Health and Human Services Alex Azar (center) delivered a joint statement from 19 countries on Monday, September 23, at the United Nations /via LifeSiteNews)

The statement also declared that the family is "the foundational institution of society and thus should be supported and strengthened" and affirmed the "protective role of the family" when it comes to sex education of children.

US Secretary for Health and Human Services Alex Azar delivered the statement Monday before the High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage on behalf of "19 countries representing more than 1.3 billion people."

Those countries are: the United States, Bahrain, Belarus, Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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