New guidelines established by the World Health Organisation (WHO) claim laws stopping abortion at any point throughout pregnancy risk breaking the rights of "women, girls or other pregnant persons."
Last night, Tory MP Fiona Bruce, co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group, described any proposal to legalize abortion up to birth as "completely unacceptable" and "truly shocking."
She continued: "A viable human being could have his or her life ended up to the point of birth. Yet a day, an hour, even moments later, similar action against a child could constitute murder."
The WHO’s "Abortion Care Guideline" published this month – six years after the MoS revealed the Royal College of Midwives was pushing for the same policy – further suggests that governments:
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| • | Permit abortion under all circumstances – ruling out laws banning terminations because the fetus is the "wrong" sex; |
| • | Stop women asking for approval from a doctor or nurse to have a termination. |
| • | Roll out "pills by post" schemes so that women can be sent abortion medication after a phone call; |
| • | Curtail medical professionals’ rights to refuse to partake in abortions on conscience grounds. |
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The United Nations, which oversees the WHO, has embraced the suggested removal of what it called "unnecessary policy barriers to safe abortion," including "limits on when an abortion can take place."
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Though nowhere in the 210-page document is there a mention of the ethical debate regarding the rights of the unborn child, nor if abortions are morally acceptable when after 22-24 weeks the fetus has good odds of surviving if born prematurely.
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It is further silent on sex-selective abortion, despite the termination of female fetuses being common in nations like India, Pakistan and China.
Before publication, the WHO consulted a panel of 12 ‘external experts’ including Dr. Dhammika Perera, global medical director of UK-based Marie Stopes International, whose British arm carries out over 60,000 NHS abortions a year, and Dr. Laura Castleman, of Planned Parenthood Michigan, a branch of the largest abortion provider in the United States.
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Dr. Perera has beforehand described terms like late-term abortion and fetal heartbeat as "anti-choice rhetoric."
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He further objects to the word "womb" because it "assigns emotional and symbolic value to an organ."
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A different member of the panel was Karthik Srinivasan from the International Planned Parenthood Federation, which lobbies to expand abortion rights.
Christina Zampas, of the global Center for Reproductive Rights, which uses donations to ‘build, enforce, [and] defend’ abortion, advised on human rights law.
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