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WASHINGTON, D.C., January 31 (C-Fam) Last November at a summit in Nairobi, the UN Population Fund announced that it would take $264 billion to reduce global maternal deaths and protect women and girls from violence. The agency just released a publication outlining the details of how the billions would be spent—and the fine print includes abortion. One of the enduring legacies of ICPD in 1994 is the compromise that was struck among nations: that the legal status of abortion was for national governments to determine, and that where legal, it should be “safe.” In the past quarter century, the same...

At the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, the United States used the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo to call upon all nations to avoid using the controversial ICPD document to promote abortion. US Ambassador Sichan Siv, who delivered the statement, also highlighted America's financial commitment to "advancing the well-being of women and their families" around the world. The US is "the single largest donor of maternal health assistance," allocating "[more than] $475 million annually over the last 4 years" to this cause. The US has spent over $1.4 billion...