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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.

S. Con. Res. 4 · 119th Congress · Jan 13, 2025 · Lineage

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

That Congress—
(1)
affirms the commitments to improving health for women and protecting life and the family made in the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and Strengthening the Family (in this resolution referred to as the “Geneva Consensus Declaration”) and applauds the signatory countries for their dedication to advancing women’s health, protecting life at every stage while affirming that there is no international right to abortion, and upholding the importance of the family as foundational to society;
(2)
declares that the principles affirming women’s health, the dignity of every life, and the family recognized by the Geneva Consensus Declaration remain universally valid;
(3)
welcomes opportunities to strengthen support for the Geneva Consensus Declaration;
(4)
will defend the sovereignty of every country to adopt national policies that promote women’s health, protect the right to life, and strengthen the family, as enshrined in the Geneva Consensus Declaration;
(5)
will work with the executive branch to ensure that the United States does not conduct or fund abortions, abortion lobbying, or coercive family planning in foreign countries, consistent with longstanding Federal law; and
(6)
urges the signatory countries to the Geneva Consensus Declaration to defend the universal principles affirming the value of every life and the family expressed in the Declaration.