USAID urges UN to remove abortion access as part of global COVID-19 response

The U.S. agency providing humanitarian assistance abroad is slamming the United Nations for highlighting access to abortion as an essential health service part of the global response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.John Barsa, acting administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), sent a letter Tuesday to U.N. Secretary General António Guterres accusing the global forum of “cynically” advancing sexual and…