CNA Staff, Aug 31, 2020 / 12:00 pm
The United States sent a strongly-worded letter to several UN committees in early August rejecting any implication that there is a right to abortion as "bizarre."
The letter was sent on August 11, 2020, to several United Nations offices including: the Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls; the Special Rapporteur on the Right of Everyone to the Enjoyment of the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical and Mental Health; and the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Its Causes and Consequences. It was published online on Aug. 25.
The letter was issued by the United States Mission to the United Nations in Geneva. Andrew Bremberg is the U.S. Ambassador to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva.
"We received your bizarre and inexplicable letter of May 22, 2020, regarding alleged undue 'restrictions taken in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic impeding access to abortion services' in the United States," said Bremberg, referring to criticism the United States received after some states moved to restrict non-essential medical procedures to stop the spread of the coronavirus.