Campaigners urge global action on reproductive rights as US comments embolden anti-choice groups at Nairobi summitThe US would not support abortion when a woman or girl has been raped and family planning programmes should offer alternatives to terminations, a senior policy adviser has told a conference in Nairobi.In a statement that has emboldened anti-choice groups in the city, Valerie Huber, the US special representative for global women’s health, told a summit on population and development that her country sought to combat gender-based violence by investing in programmes that respected the rights of women and girls, but didn’t compromise “the inherent value of every human life – born and unborn”. Continue reading…
Via: US will not support abortion even in cases of rape, says senior official
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