US refuses to back UN on abortion access in human rights resolution

Washington supports ‘the spirit’ of a UN resolution calling for women’s access to reproductive healthcare but ‘does not recognize abortion’ as a methodThe UN Human Rights Council has unanimously adopted a resolution condemning abuse and discrimination of women, but Washington refused to back one paragraph mentioning access to safe abortions.The strongly worded resolution, tabled by Canada, expressed “outrage at the persistence and pervasiveness of all forms of