Commentary
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that babies should be killed up until the moment they emerge from the birth canal, without delay, whenever a pregnant woman requests it. Through its updated abortion care guideline released in 2022, the WHO expects all Member States to implement this policy.
This article is not about whether the WHO’s policy is right or wrong, but the process used to reach its conclusions, and what this tells us about it as a legitimate global health advisory body.
Dealing With a Difficult Topic
It is important to say awkward things sometimes, when these things are true. When we become polarized, we can start to believe that stating something consistent with ‘the other party’ can be worse than telling lies to support our preferred stance. This demeans us and does not help anyone. There are few issues that polarize (Western) society more than abortion….