The stated objective is to 'advance women’s economic empowerment, strengthen health and family planning, and accelerate women in leadership as women suffer disproportionately from the pandemic.'
According to the UNFPA, the solution to sex-selective abortions is not to protect female babies from intentional violence, but to 'tackl[e] the preference for sons through changes in social norms.'
No right to abortion exists in international human rights or humanitarian law, but a new U.N. report seems to call for abortion everywhere — even where it is illegal.