European nations withdraw resolution as pro-life amendments gain steam
(UNITED NATIONS, C-Fam) The Ambassador of Sweden withdrew a UN resolution on humanitarian assistance [on December 10] in order to prevent a vote on pro-life amendments proposed by the Trump administration, a vote pro-abortion Europeans seemed slated to lose.
The strategic withdrawal at the eleventh hour shows just how much Europeans fear Trump’s pro-life policies. Just before she pulled the resolution from consideration, the Swedish ambassador said voting on these amendments would be “unfair” to the mostly European delegations that had negotiated the resolution behind closed doors.
This calculous suggests that ending UN promotion of abortion and LGBT rights is a popular cause and that the Trump administration has a clear path to a historic pro-life victory in the General Assembly.
The amendments presented by the U.S. government expressly ruled out abortion as a right and required the UN system to provide the best possible maternal health in humanitarian emergencies to “eliminate the need for abortion.” They hearkened back to past agreements that defined parameters for UN cooperation on “sexual and reproductive health” issues in ways that exclude gender ideology, sexual rights for minors, or LGBT issues.
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The Swedish Ambassador said she was worried that if the U.S. amendments passed, it would result in a vote on the resolution as a whole. “We are convinced that a resolution with the tabled amendments is not supported by all and that a better outcome can be achieved,” she said.
She also urged UN humanitarian operations to continue undisturbed by U.S. concerns. “Sweden will protect the existing guidance of last year’s resolution that was adopted by consensus and will continue to guide humanitarian organizations.”
The European Union and several Western nations aggressively promote abortion in UN programming, but they rarely do it openly in the General Assembly. The U.S. amendment forced the issue into the open....
Editor's Note: Stefano Gennarini, J.D. writes for C-Fam. This article 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/). This article appears with permission.
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