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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. CON. RES. 49 

Expressing support for the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting 

Women’s Health and Strengthening the Family and urging that the 

United States be added as a signatory. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 17, 2022 

Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. SCOTT of 

Florida, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. 

WICKER, Mr. HAWLEY, and Mrs. BLACKBURN) submitted the following 

concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 

Relations 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the Geneva Consensus Declaration 

on Promoting Women’s Health and Strengthening the 

Family and urging that the United States be added 

as a signatory. 

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 

the ‘‘Geneva Consensus Declaration’’) was formed by a 

diverse group of countries committed to charting a more 


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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 35 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 3 countries have subsequently signed; 

Whereas, although President Joseph R. Biden removed the 

United States as a signatory to the Geneva Consensus 

Declaration, at least temporarily, 36 countries remain 

signatories, and 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’’; 

Whereas the Geneva Consensus Declaration reaffirms that 

‘‘the family is the natural and fundamental group unit of 


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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 Senate (the House of Representatives 

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; 

18 (4) will defend the sovereignty of every country 

19 to adopt national policies that promote women’s 

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


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1 family, as enshrined in the Geneva Consensus Dec2 laration; 

3 (5) will conduct oversight of the United States 

4 executive branch to ensure that the United States 

5 does not conduct or fund abortions, abortion lob6 bying, or coercive family planning in foreign coun7 tries, consistent with longstanding Federal law; 

8 (6) urges the signatory countries to the Geneva 

9 Consensus Declaration to defend the universal prin10 ciples affirming life and the family expressed in the 

11 Declaration; and 

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

13 again add the United States as a signatory to the 

14 Geneva Consensus Declaration. 

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