Trump Admin Calls Out UN Secretary General for Promoting Abortion during COVID: 'US ... Will Not Compromise Our Values, Laws, and Policies in the Face of a Crisis'

Stefano Gennarini, J.D. : Jun 22, 2020
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Specifically, on abortion, the US statement explained, "there is no international right to abortion, nor is there any duty on the part of States to finance or facilitate abortion."

[LifeSiteNews.com] The US government criticized the Secretary General of the UN for promoting abortion during the COVID-19 pandemic. This occurred during an annual UN summit that oversees the UN's work on humanitarian emergencies. (Image: via Wikispaces)

The US government called the Secretary General's promotion of abortion during the COVID-19 pandemic an "inexcusable use of a crisis to advance a policy agenda that does not enjoy Member State consensus, that is controversial, and which runs counter to US policies."

The US statement to the UN Economic and Social Council is the latest salvo in an ongoing exchange between the US government and the UN system about abortion since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

The Acting Administrator of the US Agency for International Development, John Barsa, began the exchange with a strongly-worded letter to the UN Secretary General criticizing the UN Secretary General's appeal for $7 billion in aid for the COVID-19 pandemic, known as "the UN Global Humanitarian Response Plan," for including abortion as an "essential service"...

...The US statement at the ECOSOC humanitarian segment explained, "while we support efforts to support and fund a unified international response, we remain concerned with elements of the Secretary-General's Global Humanitarian Response Plan."

Specifically, on abortion, the US statement explained, "there is no international right to abortion, nor is there any duty on the part of States to finance or facilitate abortion"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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