World Health Organization Preps for Assault on Pro-Life Laws

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : "[I]n no case should abortion be promoted as a method of family planning," the declaration stressed, adding that "the family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State."
48% : As Oas wrote, the new method serves to link "abortion laws and policies with health outcomes in order to help policymakers 'produce stronger guidance related to abortion.'
47% : This trend in WHO guidance has only increased in recent years, from delegating the provision of abortion to lower-tier health workers to promoting abortion as a "self-care" intervention without involving health professionals at all.
47% : In August 2019, Pompeo and Azar sent a joint letter inviting other world leaders to stand with the United States in defending life against the efforts within the U.N. to create an international right to abortion on demand.
44% : The paper was commissioned as part of WHO's process of updating its 2012 guidance on "safe abortion," which was notable for promoting as "safe" methods of abortion in developing regions that would be unacceptable in more developed countries.
40% : International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region (IPPFWHR), the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), and the International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) are working to advance "an international right to abortion, as well as controversial social issues like LGBTQ rights and "comprehensive sexuality education" around the world," Oas wrote.
27% : In October 2020, the Trump administration led a 32-nation signing ceremony of a declaration that affirmed there is no international right to abortion - an assertion W.H.O. vocally opposes.

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