Trump Administration Asks United Nations to Stop Promoting Abortion

Health and Human Services secretary Alex Azar says there is “no international right to abortion” in a statement at the U.N. General Assembly.

At the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, the United States presented a joint statement declaring that there is no “international right” to abortion and calling on the governing body to stop using euphemistic terms to describe abortion in its official documents.

“We do not support references to ambiguous terms and expressions, such as sexual and reproductive health and rights in U.N. documents, because they can undermine...