Pro-life groups are commending the Trump administration after it kept abortion-related language out of a United Nations resolution on “Women, Peace and Security” and urged members to stop using phrases such as “sexual and reproductive health” in U.N. documents
The U.S. Security Council passed the resolution last week, but the U.S. split from the United Kingdom, France, South Africa and other nations over the issue of abortion.
Unlike multiple past resolutions on women’s issues, the new resolution does not reference abortion or reproductive health.
Susan Yoshihara of the Center for Human and Family Rights called it a “victory for the Trump administration” and a “blow to Europeans who insist that abortion be funded as humanitarian aid.”
It isn’t the first time the U.S. has taken such a stance under Trump. In April, the U.S. threatened a veto if language affirming “sexual and reproductive health” wasn’t deleted from a resolution on sexual violence. Eventually, it was removed.
Although the new resolution does not reference abortion, it does mention previous documents that included such language. For example, it mentions resolution “1889 (2009)” – a document that affirmed “sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights.”
U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft spoke out against the resolution’s support of past…
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