HYDE-SMITH BACKS RESOLUTION AFFIRMING GLOBAL SUPPORT FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH, PRESERVING HUMAN LIFE
Measure Declares U.S. Support for Geneva Consensus Declaration that Refutes Notion of International Right to Abortion
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has joined U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.) in introducing a resolution that confirms United States support for the Geneva Consensus Declaration (GCD), a landmark international agreement that promotes women’s health and life-affirming policies.
The GCD affirms there is no international right to abortion and reinforces support of life, the family, and international sovereignty. The GCD was originally signed by more than 30 countries, including the United States, in 2020. President Biden, however, withdrew the United States from the agreement in 2021.
“After four dark years of ardent pro-abortion policies, we honor the chance to reassert that the United States will again embrace policies that promote women’s health, protect the right to life, and strengthen the families,” said Senator Hyde-Smith, chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus. “I fully support our nation rejoining the Geneva Consensus Declaration and standing against all efforts to impose an international right to abortion.”
“The Geneva Consensus Declaration affirms basic principles that all life is sacred and there is no international right to abortion,” said Senator 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.”
S.Con.Res.4 is also cosponsored by U.S. Senators Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Jim Banks (R-Ind.). A copy of the resolution is available here.
Hyde-Smith also cosponsored a 2023 resolution that called on Biden to rejoin the GCD.
During the first Trump administration, the United States was a lead cosponsor of the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and Strengthening the Family. It represented 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, demonstrates that the GCD began and remains a joint defense of the sovereignty of nations.
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