In September of 2023 the World Health Organization (WHO), along with the pro-abortion European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (EPF) and the United Nations Special Research Programme (HRP), announced the completion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The stated purpose of this pro-abortion MoU is to bring a united stance on sexual and reproductive health and rights, with special emphasis to ensure “universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights.”
Pro-life individuals and organizations need to be aware of the recommendations presented in this MoU: that abortion be available on the request of the woman, girl, or other pregnant person without the authorization of any other individual, body, or institution; that access to and continuity of comprehensive abortion care be protected against barriers created by conscientious objection; and that abortion be fully decriminalized. The WHO is taking this one step further with its attempts to ensure that Universal Health Coverage (UHC) includes abortion. WHO’s Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “Sexual and reproductive health and rights are a cornerstone for better health and must be an integral part of policies, laws, and budgets governing universal health coverage.”
On September 21, 2023, the United Nations hosted a General Assembly High-Level Meeting that, in part, approved a new Political Declaration on Universal Health Coverage. The declaration, aimed at identifying “gaps and solutions to accelerate progress towards the achievement of universal health coverage,” states first that the WHO reaffirms “the right of every human being, without distinction of any kind, to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.” Only a few pages later, between stating that they will ensure gender equality and reduce maternal, neonatal, and infant mortality, the WHO expressed its desire to “ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services…and ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights.”
The WHO is notorious for using its global platform to spread pro-abortion ideologies, and the MoU and Political Declaration are only two of the weapons in the WHO’s arsenal. By camouflaging the advancement and encouragement to kill unborn children as healthcare, the WHO is easily convincing nations around the world to accept these recommendations as law. However, the discrepancies shown in the Political Declaration prove that the WHO, EPF, and HRP do not have humanity’s best interest in mind. If these organizations had held to their determination to ensure the highest attainable standard of physical health to every human being without distinction, no pro-abortion recommendations would follow.
Both the Cleveland Clinic and the Mayo Clinic state that a baby’s heartbeat begins by the six-week gestation mark, only three weeks after implantation occurs and before many mothers realize that they are pregnant. Arms, legs, and other organs begin to develop one week later. In every healthcare setting, all efforts are used to keep a heart beating, and denying medical care to an individual who does not have all four appendages is nothing short of heinous. By using these developmental stages to decide whether or not a human can be murdered contradicts what society already knows and accepts as good healthcare. Additionally, if murdering a pregnant woman is legally recognized as a double homicide, how is ending that child’s life not murder?
Alex Clark, an outspoken pro-life and conservative commentator, stated at Turning Point USA’s 2024 Young Women’s Leadership Summit, “If we are going to change the world, we must begin at home.” This includes teaching ourselves the truth of when a human life begins, advocating for true equality for humans without discrimination, and living our personal lives showing genuine care for every person. Only when this foundation is established in ourselves can we begin to change society’s beliefs about healthcare on a local, federal, and even global, level.
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Wendy Moses is an author and disability advocate from Milton, Florida. She has a passion for reading, dogs, and writing at the local coffee shop.
