United Nations officials appeared before Nicaragua’s Supreme Court recently to argue that the law prohibiting abortion should be overturned.  Why does the UN think it has the authority to intervene in policy controversies of democratic member states?

A leading pro-life activist in Nicaragua has denounced two UN officials for appearing before the country's Supreme Court in order to argue in favor of the restoration of therapeutic abortion in the country, using false information that "has all the ingredients for confusing and deceiving."

According to Dr. Rafael Cabrera, president of ANPROVIDA, on April 18 officials from the UN in Nicaragua appeared before the Supreme Court to argue in favor of a constitutional challenge to a new law that prohibits “therapeutic abortion.”

The case is intended to make Nicaragua “conform to the pro-death UN conventions of Cairo and Beijing, in which Nicaragua always expressed reservations about abortion and gender control.”

Dr Cabrera alleged that the UN officials threatened that aid to Nicaragua would be cut if the law is allowed to stand.

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