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The United States signed an anti-abortion declaration on Thursday, along with a group of 30 illiberal and authoritarian governments. The “Geneva Consensus Declaration” calls on states to promote the rights of women without access to abortion, and is part of a Trump administration campaign led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to change US foreign policy. by a conservative. the risk of expelling the western allies.
Among the signatories to the declaration, along with the United States, are Brazil, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, Uganda, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Sudan, South Sudan, Libya, writes The Guardian.
Most of the signatory countries are included in the Georgetown University index as the worst for the lives of women. Among European countries, Belarus, Hungary and Poland, whose constitutional court banned abortion on Tuesday, have joined the document in a controversial decision.
In 2019, some 25 countries have signed one or more joint declarations on this issue. We want more countries to join the declaration in 2020 so that our common multilateral priorities can be realized, ”says a State Department memorandum circulating among governments that support the abortion ban.
On Thursday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hosted an online document signing ceremony, which he described as a historic moment in the movement to ban abortion. Pompeo recognized Donald Trump as the initiator of the movement.
“Under the leadership of Donald Trump, the United States has defended the dignity of human life. It did it better than any other president in history,” Pompeo said.
The declaration establishes that “there is no international right to abortion, nor the obligation of states to finance and facilitate access to abortion.”
The document uses “pro-family” language, supporting the role of the family as the foundation of society, a concept associated until now with anti-gay rights movements.
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