At U.N., Trump Administration Professes 'No International Right To An Abortion'
The administration called on other nations to oppose efforts to promote access to abortion. Dozens of other countries signed a competing statement supporting sexual and reproductive health care.
The Trump administration is calling on U.N. member nations to oppose efforts to promote access to abortion internationally, a move immediately criticized by reproductive rights groups seeking greater access to the services globally.
At a meeting of the United Nations in New York on Monday, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on behalf of the U.S. and more than a dozen other countries stating that abortion is not an international human right.
