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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 74 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 24, 2023 

Mr. BANKS (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. 

HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. CLYDE, Mr. BUCSHON, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. POSEY, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. GUEST, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. 

FLEISCHMANN, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mr. WEBER of Texas, 

Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. MANN, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. CLINE, and Mr. 

ADERHOLT) submitted the following concurrent resolution 

OCTOBER 25, 2023 

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

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 Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and 

Strengthening the Family (in this preamble referred to as 


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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, protect the 

family as foundational to any healthy society, affirm the 

value of life in all stages of development, and uphold 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 36 countries are now 

part of this coalition; 

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 inherent ‘‘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 

to prevent any country from being intimidated, isolated, 

or muted on the core values expressed in the Declaration: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That Congress— 

3 (1) affirms the commitments to protect life and 

4 the family made in the Geneva Consensus Declara5 tion on Promoting Women’s Health and Strength6 ening the Family (in this resolution referred to as 

7 the ‘‘Geneva Consensus Declaration’’) and applauds 

8 the signatory countries for their dedication to ad9 vancing women’s health, protecting life at every 

10 stage while affirming that there is no international 

11 right to abortion, and upholding the importance of 

12 the family as foundational to society; 

13 (2) declares that the principles affirming life 

14 and the family recognized by the Geneva Consensus 

15 Declaration remain universally valid; 

16 (3) welcomes opportunities to strengthen sup17 port for the Geneva Consensus Declaration; 


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1 (4) will defend the sovereignty of every country 

2 to adopt national policies that promote women’s 

3 health, protect the right to life, and strengthen the 

4 family, as enshrined in the Geneva Consensus Dec5 laration; 

6 (5) will conduct oversight of the United States 

7 executive branch to ensure that the United States 

8 does not conduct or fund abortions, abortion lob9 bying, or coercive family planning in foreign coun10 tries, consistent with longstanding Federal law; 

11 (6) urges the signatory countries to the Geneva 

12 Consensus Declaration to defend the universal prin13 ciples affirming life and the family expressed in the 

14 Declaration; 

15 (7) calls on President Joseph R. Biden to once 

16 again add the United States as a signatory to the 

17 Geneva Consensus Declaration; and 

18 (8) calls on all subsequent Presidents to con19 tinue support of the Geneva Consensus Declaration. 

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