European Union wants abortion to be 'central' to UN global security policy
(C-Fam - United Nations) Liberal Western governments pledged to make abortion and feminism a central component of global security policy at the UN Security Council on Monday.
A representative of the European Union said the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda is “central” to the EU Gender Action Plan, which includes the promotion of “sexual and reproductive health and rights.”
Nordic Countries praised the UN system for promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights in humanitarian programming.
Denmark emphasized that sexual and reproductive health and rights were “non-negotiable.” Ireland called for transgender-specific programming in peace operations through “intersectional” approaches and recognition of women “in all their diversity.”
The U.S. delegation gave its support to the Women, Peace, and Security agenda in broad terms, without addressing its controversial aspects, despite parts of the Trump administration being known to oppose it.
Earlier this year, Pete Hegseth, the U.S. Secretary of War, pared down all U.S. Women, Peace and Security programming in the U.S. War Department to a minimum, calling it a “woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative that overburdens our commanders and troops.” When he announced the decision, he said it was a UN program “pushed by feminists and left-wing activists. Politicians fawn over it; troops hate it.”
Hegseth’s concerns seem to be validated by how UN officials define the UN programs. This week, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Sima Bahous, the head of UN Women, called for “gender parity” in all UN peace and security processes, including through “binding targets and quotas” and funding for feminist groups worldwide.
The Trump administration is expected to oppose this kind of UN programming backed by the Europeans and Nordics. This would be consistent with how the first Trump administration took a strong position against abortion in UN peace initiatives in 2019.
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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