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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 3 
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 
JANUARY 13, 2025 
Mr. JACKSON of Texas (for himself, Ms. FOXX, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, 
Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. WEBER 
of Texas, Mr. MANN, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. GUEST, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mr. 
MOOLENAAR, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. PALMER, Mr. 
BIGGS of Arizona, Mr. MURPHY, and Ms. VAN DUYNE) submitted the fol-
lowing concurrent resolution; which was 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 Con-
sensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and 
Strengthening the Family (in this preamble referred to as 
the ‘‘Geneva Consensus Declaration’’) was formed by a 
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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 39 countries are now 
part of this coalition; 
Whereas the United States was the lead cosponsor of the Ge-
neva Consensus Declaration during the Presidency of 
Donald J. Trump; 
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 in-
herent ‘‘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 
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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 
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 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) affirms the commitments to improve health 
for women and protect 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 up-
holding the importance of the family as foundational 
to society; 
(2) declares that the principles affirming wom-
en’s health and the dignity of every life and the fam-
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ily recognized by the Geneva Consensus Declaration 
remain universally valid; 
(3) welcomes opportunities to strengthen sup-
port 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 Dec-
laration; 
(5) will work with the United States executive 
branch to ensure that the United States does not 
conduct or fund abortions, abortion lobbying, or co-
ercive family planning in foreign countries, con-
sistent with longstanding Federal law; and 
(6) urges the signatory countries to the Geneva 
Consensus Declaration to defend the universal prin-
ciples affirming the value of every life and the family 
expressed in the Declaration. 
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