“She is an unsuitable candidate, and the United States … should veto Dr. Bachelet’s selection,” they said regarding candidate Michelle Bachelet, the former president of Chile.
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The former President of Chile and the current nominee to serve as United Nations Secretary General is a pro-abortion extremist who is ineligible to serve in the role, Republicans told Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a letter first obtained by The Daily Wire.
Led by Republican Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey, the lawmakers told Rubio on Thursday that Michelle Bachelet, “does not match the qualifications” President Donald Trump’s administration is seeking in the next secretary general, due to her record of pro-abortion advocacy and the backing she has from abortion proponents around the world.
“Dr. Bachelet’s resume reveals a pro-abortion zealot intent on using political authority to override state sovereignty in favor of extreme agendas,” the lawmakers write. “She has both overtly attacked pro-life laws — including those of the United States — and sought to weaken them through intimidation and coercion.”
The United States is one of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and has the power to veto Bachelet’s selection to be the next Secretary General. Rubio was pressed by the lawmakers to instruct U.N. Ambassador Michael Waltz to exercise that veto.
Besides being the former President of Chile, Bachelet served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and as Executive Director of United Nations Women. The Republicans underlined that in each of these roles, she has pushed for abortions of unborn babies as a woman’s right. President Donald Trump actually pulled the United States out of U.N. Women in January 2026, saying that participation in U.N. Women is contrary to U.S. interests.
“Dr. Bachelet has repeatedly prioritized an extreme abortion agenda at the expense of state sovereignty,” the lawmakers told Rubio. “She is an unsuitable candidate, and the United States, as a permanent member of the Security Council, should veto Dr. Bachelet’s selection.”
The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment for this story.
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