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4	4	STSESSION S. CON. RES. 4
5	5	Expressing support for the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting
6	6	Women’s Health and Strengthening the Family and urging that the
7	7	United States rejoin this historic declaration.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	JANUARY13, 2025
10	10	Mr. D
11	11	AINES(for himself, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. BANKS, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH,
12	12	Mrs. B
13	13	LACKBURN, and Mr. SHEEHY) submitted the following concurrent
14	14	resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
15	15	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
16	16	Expressing support for the Geneva Consensus Declaration
17	17	on Promoting Women’s Health and Strengthening the
18	18	Family and urging that the United States rejoin this
19	19	historic declaration.
20	20	Whereas the United States strongly supports women reaching
21	21	the highest attainable outcomes for health, life, dignity,
22	22	and well-being throughout their lives;
23	23	Whereas the historic coalition that issued the Geneva Con-
24	24	sensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and
25	25	Strengthening the Family (in this preamble referred to as
26	26	the ‘‘Geneva Consensus Declaration’’) was formed by a
27	27	diverse group of countries committed to charting a more
28	28	positive path to advance the health of women, protecting
29	29	the family as foundational to any healthy society, affirm-
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33	33	ing the value of life in all stages of development, and up-
34	34	holding the sovereign right of countries to make their
35	35	own laws to advance those core values, without external
36	36	pressure;
37	37	Whereas the Geneva Consensus Declaration was signed on
38	38	October 22, 2020, by 32 countries from every region of
39	39	the world, representing more than 1,600,000,000 people,
40	40	which committed to working together on the core pillars
41	41	enshrined in the Declaration, and 39 countries are now
42	42	part of this coalition;
43	43	Whereas the United States was the lead cosponsor of the Ge-
44	44	neva Consensus Declaration during the presidency of
45	45	Donald J. Trump;
46	46	Whereas, although President Joseph R. Biden removed the
47	47	United States as a signatory to the Geneva Consensus
48	48	Declaration, at least temporarily, longstanding Federal
49	49	laws that prohibit the United States from conducting or
50	50	funding abortions, abortion lobbying, or coercive family
51	51	planning in foreign countries remain in effect;
52	52	Whereas the Geneva Consensus Declaration reaffirms that
53	53	‘‘all are equal before the law’’ and ‘‘human rights of
54	54	women are an inalienable, integral, and indivisible part of
55	55	all human rights and fundamental freedoms’’;
56	56	Whereas the Geneva Consensus Declaration reaffirms the in-
57	57	herent ‘‘dignity and worth of the human person’’ and
58	58	that ‘‘every human being has the inherent right to life’’;
59	59	Whereas the Geneva Consensus Declaration reaffirms that
60	60	‘‘there is no international right to abortion, nor any
61	61	international obligation on the part of States to finance
62	62	or facilitate abortion’’;
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66	66	Whereas the Geneva Consensus Declaration reaffirms that
67	67	‘‘the family is the natural and fundamental group unit of
68	68	society and is entitled to protection by society and the
69	69	State’’; and
70	70	Whereas the Geneva Consensus Declaration coalition
71	71	strengthens the collective voice of the signatory countries
72	72	and prevents any country from being intimidated, iso-
73	73	lated, or muted on the core values expressed in the Dec-
74	74	laration: Now, therefore, be it
75	75	Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 1
76	76	concurring), That Congress— 2
77	77	(1) affirms the commitments to improving 3
78	78	health for women and protecting life and the family 4
79	79	made in the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Pro-5
80	80	moting Women’s Health and Strengthening the 6
81	81	Family (in this resolution referred to as the ‘‘Geneva 7
82	82	Consensus Declaration’’) and applauds the signatory 8
83	83	countries for their dedication to advancing women’s 9
84	84	health, protecting life at every stage while affirming 10
85	85	that there is no international right to abortion, and 11
86	86	upholding the importance of the family as 12
87	87	foundational to society; 13
88	88	(2) declares that the principles affirming wom-14
89	89	en’s health, the dignity of every life, and the family 15
90	90	recognized by the Geneva Consensus Declaration re-16
91	91	main universally valid; 17
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95	95	(3) welcomes opportunities to strengthen sup-1
96	96	port for the Geneva Consensus Declaration; 2
97	97	(4) will defend the sovereignty of every country 3
98	98	to adopt national policies that promote women’s 4
99	99	health, protect the right to life, and strengthen the 5
100	100	family, as enshrined in the Geneva Consensus Dec-6
101	101	laration; 7
102	102	(5) will work with the executive branch to en-8
103	103	sure that the United States does not conduct or 9
104	104	fund abortions, abortion lobbying, or coercive family 10
105	105	planning in foreign countries, consistent with long-11
106	106	standing Federal law; and 12
107	107	(6) urges the signatory countries to the Geneva 13
108	108	Consensus Declaration to defend the universal prin-14
109	109	ciples affirming the value of every life and the family 15
110	110	expressed in the Declaration. 16
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