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UN Passes Anti-War Rape Resolution Despite US Opposition
On Tuesday, the United Nations amended resolution aimed at ending sexual violence in war passed 13-0, with Russia and China abstaining. This was after the United States threatened to use their veto power to demand that all references to sexual and reproductive health be cut out. The Trump administration called for this change because they claim the resolution implies support for abortion.
The Security Council expressed their concern over slow progress in addressing sexual violence through their new resolution, which denounces the use of rape as a weapon of war. The original form has garnered the support of activists around the world. Because of the U.S.s restrictive demands, activists have displayed outrage.
French U.N. Ambassador Francois Delattre told the 15 members of the council: It is intolerable and incomprehensible that the Security Council is incapable of acknowledging that women and girls who suffered from sexual violence in conflict and who obviously didnt choose to become pregnant should have the right to terminate their pregnancy.
Jessica Neuwirth of the Sisterhood Is Global Institute addressed the resolution in a statement: It is unthinkable and bizarre to see the US lining up with Russia and China to block efforts to strengthen the UNs ability to effectively address rape in conflict and to provide sexual violence survivors with sexual and reproductive health services.
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UN Passes Anti-War Rape Resolution Despite US Opposition (Original Post)
niyad
Apr 2019
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northoftheborder
(7,574 posts)1. Embarrassed to be an American
niyad
(113,573 posts)2. agree!
donkeypoofed
(2,187 posts)3. It passed anyways!! Yay.
Just shows how Cheatolini has weakened the country on the world stage. It can be fixed, though, if everyone who can votes next year.
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I was so disgusted when I heard earlier reports of an edit to the resolution because of the drumph regimes interpretation, that it went against their fake pro-life stance.