There is no international right to abortion, US and 31 other nations affirm
October 26, 2020
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Posted by: Randal Mandock -
Oct. 26, 2020 6:47 PM ET USA
The only American countries to sign the declaration are Brazil, Haiti, and the U.S. What? Are we limited to only one from each continent: North, South, Middle? But this is not the case. Fifteen countries are in Africa, a modern source of stability for the Christian world. Where is Canada? Where is "Catholic" Mexico? Maybe the COVID-19 crisis is interfering with their lines of international communication. And perhaps the day is still young. Hope springs eternal (Alexander Pope's An Essay on Man).
