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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. CON. RES. 4
Expressing support for the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting
Women’s Health and Strengthening the Family and urging that the
United States rejoin this historic declaration.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY13, 2025
Mr. D
AINES(for himself, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. BANKS, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH,
Mrs. B
LACKBURN, and Mr. SHEEHY) submitted the following concurrent
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing support for the Geneva Consensus Declaration
on Promoting Women’s Health and Strengthening the
Family and urging that the United States rejoin this
historic declaration.
Whereas the United States strongly supports women reaching
the highest attainable outcomes for health, life, dignity,
and well-being throughout their lives;
Whereas the historic coalition that issued the Geneva Con-
sensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and
Strengthening the Family (in this preamble referred to as
the ‘‘Geneva Consensus Declaration’’) was formed by a
diverse group of countries committed to charting a more
positive path to advance the health of women, protecting
the family as foundational to any healthy society, affirm-
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ing the value of life in all stages of development, and up-
holding the sovereign right of countries to make their
own laws to advance those core values, without external
pressure;
Whereas the Geneva Consensus Declaration was signed on
October 22, 2020, by 32 countries from every region of
the world, representing more than 1,600,000,000 people,
which committed to working together on the core pillars
enshrined in the Declaration, and 39 countries are now
part of this coalition;
Whereas the United States was the lead cosponsor of the Ge-
neva Consensus Declaration during the presidency of
Donald J. Trump;
Whereas, although President Joseph R. Biden removed the
United States as a signatory to the Geneva Consensus
Declaration, at least temporarily, longstanding Federal
laws that prohibit the United States from conducting or
funding abortions, abortion lobbying, or coercive family
planning in foreign countries remain in effect;
Whereas the Geneva Consensus Declaration reaffirms that
‘‘all are equal before the law’’ and ‘‘human rights of
women are an inalienable, integral, and indivisible part of
all human rights and fundamental freedoms’’;
Whereas the Geneva Consensus Declaration reaffirms the in-
herent ‘‘dignity and worth of the human person’’ and
that ‘‘every human being has the inherent right to life’’;
Whereas the Geneva Consensus Declaration reaffirms that
‘‘there is no international right to abortion, nor any
international obligation on the part of States to finance
or facilitate abortion’’;
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Whereas the Geneva Consensus Declaration reaffirms that
‘‘the family is the natural and fundamental group unit of
society and is entitled to protection by society and the
State’’; and
Whereas the Geneva Consensus Declaration coalition
strengthens the collective voice of the signatory countries
and prevents any country from being intimidated, iso-
lated, or muted on the core values expressed in the Dec-
laration: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 1
concurring), That Congress— 2
(1) affirms the commitments to improving 3
health for women and protecting life and the family 4
made in the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Pro-5
moting Women’s Health and Strengthening the 6
Family (in this resolution referred to as the ‘‘Geneva 7
Consensus Declaration’’) and applauds the signatory 8
countries for their dedication to advancing women’s 9
health, protecting life at every stage while affirming 10
that there is no international right to abortion, and 11
upholding the importance of the family as 12
foundational to society; 13
(2) declares that the principles affirming wom-14
en’s health, the dignity of every life, and the family 15
recognized by the Geneva Consensus Declaration re-16
main universally valid; 17
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(3) welcomes opportunities to strengthen sup-1
port for the Geneva Consensus Declaration; 2
(4) will defend the sovereignty of every country 3
to adopt national policies that promote women’s 4
health, protect the right to life, and strengthen the 5
family, as enshrined in the Geneva Consensus Dec-6
laration; 7
(5) will work with the executive branch to en-8
sure that the United States does not conduct or 9
fund abortions, abortion lobbying, or coercive family 10
planning in foreign countries, consistent with long-11
standing Federal law; and 12
(6) urges the signatory countries to the Geneva 13
Consensus Declaration to defend the universal prin-14
ciples affirming the value of every life and the family 15
expressed in the Declaration. 16
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