US left with few allies as it tries to change wording on topic of reproductive healthcare

Julian Borger in Washington
Thu 19 Nov 2020

The US permanent representative, Kelly Craft, said the US objected to wording in the UN resolutions designed to ‘promote the global abortion industry’. Photograph: Mike Segar/AFP/Getty Images

The outgoing Trump administration’s final
days at the United Nations have resulted in a deepening of US isolation on
social and health issues, with only a handful of allies including Russia, Belarus
and Syria.

In one vote this week, the US was entirely alone in backing its own amendment
to a seemingly uncontroversial resolution about efforts to treat medical
complications from childbirth. It called for the removal of references to the
World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Population Fund.

Continued: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/19/trump-administration-in-staggering-isolation-at-un-on-health-issues