Resolution Affirms Global Support for Women’s Health, Preserving Human Life and Strengthening Families
U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines led a resolution today supporting the Geneva Consensus Declaration (GCD), which declares support for women’s health, preserving human life and strengthening families. The GCD was originally signed by more than 30 countries, including the United States before the Biden administration withdrew in 2021.
“The Geneva Consensus Declaration affirms basic principles that all life is sacred and there is no international right to abortion,” said Daines. “It also declares that families must be protected and defends the sovereign right of nations to enact laws that advance these truths. Despite the Biden administration’s opposition, the Geneva Consensus Declaration coalition continues to grow, which thankfully shows other countries know that life, the family and women’s health must be protected.”
Senators James Lankford (R-Okla.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) joined Daines in introducing the resolution.
Background
In 2020, Brazil, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, Uganda and the U.S. negotiated and created the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and Strengthening the Family (GCD), a first-ever strategic international coalition of countries representing every major region of the world for the mutual defense and furtherance of optimal women’s health, life, family and national sovereignty. The diversity of both the founding nations (and current Member States) highlights that the GCD began and remains a joint defense of the sovereignty of nations.
As stated in its title, the GCD has a clear focus on promoting women’s health and building strong families. In order achieve these goals, it sets four interrelated priorities: (1) better health for women, (2) preserving human life, (3) strengthening the family as the foundational unit of society, and (4) protecting every nation’s national sovereignty in global politics. The GCD unites nations around these priorities to accelerate progress toward real and meaningful solutions. The GCD is vital to strengthening the collective voice of nations and to prevent any country from being intimidated, isolated or muted on these priorities that are often core to their national identity.
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