United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet drew backlash for downplaying China’s human rights abuses while criticizing the United States for the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision, overturning Roe versus Wade. Director of research at the Center for Family and Human Rights, Rebecca Oas, said Bachelet overstepped her bounds because there are no internationally agreed-upon human rights to abortion.
“And to the extent that there is consensus among nations, it’s that the laws on abortion and the protection of the unborn, is for countries to determine for themselves, and not a matter for an international human rights mechanism,” Oas said during an interview with NTD Capitol Report. “The fact that she’s weighing in on this issue at all, is an expression of her stepping outside of her mandate here.”
