Guardian: US Signs anti-gay declaration along with world’s most brutal regimes

..joins Hungary, Brazil, Uganda and Egypt…

Guardian: The US has today signed an anti-abortion declaration with a group of about 30 largely illiberal or authoritarian governments, after the failure of an effort to expand the conservative coalition.

NEW: The Trump administration created the Geneva Consensus Declaration which breaks from UN consensus by seeking to restrict abortion access and undermine same-sex marriage.

There's a lot going on but take a minute to read this because it's terrifying. https://t.co/JMt6a83B6V

— Alanna Vagianos (@AlannaVagianos) October 22, 2020

The “Geneva Consensus Declaration” calls on states to promote women’s rights and health – but without access to abortion – and is part of a campaign by Trump administration, led by secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, to reorient US foreign policy in a more socially conservative direction, even at the expense of alienating traditional western allies.

The “core supporters” of the declaration are Brazil, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia and Uganda, and the 27 other signatories include Belarus (where security forces are currently trying to suppress a women-led protest movement), Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Sudan, South Sudan, Libya.

None of the top twenty countries on that list, with the exception of the US (ranked 19th) has signed the declaration.

The only other European signatory (apart from Belarus and Hungary) is Poland, where the constitutional court approved a near total ban on abortion on Thursday.

The list of Geneva Consensus supporters has grown little over the past year, despite a campaign by the Trump administration to find new recruits.

The declaration reaffirms "that there is no international right to abortion, nor any international obligation on the part of states to finance or facilitate abortion” uses language associated with opposition to gay marriage and LGBT rights.https://t.co/aefihSJnb4

— Masaya Llavaneras Blanco (@Masayalb) October 22, 2020

“In 2019, around 25 countries signed one or more joint statements regarding these issues of mutual concern,” a US memorandum circulated among supportive governments said earlier this year. “We would like many more countries to join this Declaration in 2020 so that our mutual priorities in the multilateral space can succeed.”