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(C-Fam, New York<\/a>)\u00a0The European Union is stealthily backing a UN resolution to declare a human right to \u201csafe abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Countries are negotiating a resolution that has language calling on states to promote \u201cthe human rights of all women\u201d including through \u201csafe abortion where such services are permitted by national law.\u201d While the language is ambiguous on the exact legal status of abortion in international law, it would squarely put abortion under the category of international human rights in a General Assembly resolution for the first time.<\/p>\n

Japan has been coordinating negotiations of the resolution for over a month, but insiders have told the Friday Fax that the European Union delegation is behind the initiative and is not taking a leading role to be free to negotiate more aggressively and let Japan play the role of moderator.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0United Nations experts intrude into Supreme Court abortion decision<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Until now no UN resolution has ever considered abortion a human rights issue. The only times abortion has been mentioned in non-binding UN resolutions is with a caveat giving due regard to national legislation or referring to the International Conference on Population and Development. These caveats ensured that abortion could not be considered a human rights issue, and that every country should adopt its own abortion laws without international agencies meddling in their internal affairs, but they are increasingly being challenged by new ambiguities introduced in UN resolutions by Western delegations.<\/p>\n

Diplomats of the European Union do not have a mandate to promote abortion in international organizations like the United Nations….<\/p>\n

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Editor\u2019s Note:\u00a0Stefano Gennarini, J.D. writes for C-Fam. This article<\/a> first appeared in the Friday Fax, an internet report published weekly by C-Fam (Center for Family & Human Rights), a New York and Washington DC-based research institute (https:\/\/c-fam.org\/<\/a>). This article appears with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

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(C-Fam, New York)\u00a0The European Union is stealthily backing a UN resolution to declare a human right to \u201csafe abortion.\u201d Countries are negotiating a resolution that has language calling on states to promote \u201cthe human rights of all women\u201d including through \u201csafe abortion where such services are permitted by national law.\u201d While the language is ambiguous […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":211413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[7077,7],"tags":[19,1500,1116,738,450],"yoast_head":"\nEuropean Union backs UN resolution to make abortion a human right<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While the language is ambiguous, it would put abortion under the category of international human rights in a General Assembly resolution for the first time.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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