U.S. rejects WHO coronavirus resolution's language on abortion, IP

[Eugene]

Also: Trump threatens to halt WHO funding, review U.S. membership (Reuters)
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Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS MAY 19, 2020 / 9:37 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

U.S. rejects WHO coronavirus resolution's language on abortion, IP

Stephanie Nebehay
4 MIN READ

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States rejected language about reproductive healthcare and intellectual property rights in a World Health Organization resolution on the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump threatened to quit the body.

Washington did not block the consensus adoption of the text, which calls for a review into the global response to the crisis and which diplomats had striven to pass without a vote.

But in a statement it said it “dissociates” from paragraphs guaranteeing the rights of poor countries to waive intellectual property rules to obtain medicines in an emergency, and guaranteeing reproductive and sexual healthcare in the pandemic.

“The United States believes in legal protections for the unborn, and rejects any interpretation of international human rights ... to require any State Party to provide access to abortion,” it said in an “explanation of position”.

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[SamKnause]

1. The United States worships fetuses.

There I fixed it for you.

Tell the truth.

You don't give a damn about people.

You are against everything that supports people in this country and the world over.

You are a sick religious cult that worships fetuses above all others.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Memo to WHO:

Keep the language and let U.S. leave.

They're gonna leave no matter what and you'll be stuck with the "no abortion" clause.

[abqtommy]

3. tRUMP does not speak for The U.S. He speaks only for himself, reTHUGS and their cultists.

The fact that they're in the minority underscores the arrogance they bring to all things public or
private.

[Vogon_Glory]

4. America a new pariah state. MAGA!

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[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Kick