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NEW YORK, March 19, 2021 (C-Fam) — Vice President Kamala Harris steered clear of abortion and LGBT rights in her UN debut, even though the hot-button topics were priorities for U.S diplomats in UN negotiations this week.
Harris delivered the U.S. national statement at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, an annual women’s conference every March. She avoided speaking about abortion and sexual rights issues which routinely come up at the commission, and which the U.S. has been actively promoting in current commission negotiations. Harris’ comments focused on linking democracy and women’s issues.
“The status of women is the status of Democracy,” Harris said in her pre-recorded address.
“At its best, democracy protects human rights, promotes human dignity, and upholds the rule of law. It is a means to establish peace and shared prosperity. It should ensure every citizen—regardless of gender—has an equal voice,” she emphasized, repeating familiar and uncontroversial talking points used by the U.S. State Department.
Behind the scenes, however, the U.S. was aggressively pushing the current administration’s pro-abortion agenda in the commission’s agreement, known as
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