U.S. Abortion Policy Is None of the U.N.’s Business

Over 200 abortion-activist groups are attempting to leverage the United Nations to punish the United States for pro-life protections following the reversal of Roe v. Wade. “The US must be castigated on the world stage for its treatment of women, girls and others who can become pregnant” — so reads the letter, which criticizes the U.S. for violating so-called abortion rights.

Signed by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and Ipas, among other major abortion-promotion groups and individuals, the letter falsely asserts that the U.S. is in violation of its international human-rights obligations since the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization last June. The signatories identify as “a coalition . . . promoting civil rights, human rights, women’s rights, children’s rights, gender equality, racial justice, religious freedom, economic justice, and the right to access to healthcare.” The letter goes so far as to make the egregious claim that as a result of recent pro-life achievements, “people residing in the US who can become pregnant are facing a human rights crisis.”