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US HCR3
Concurrent Resolution
Status
1/13/2025
Primary Sponsor
Ronny Jackson
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AI Summary
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Urges the United States to rejoin the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women's Health and Strengthening the Family, which was originally signed on October 22, 2020, by 32 countries representing over 1.6 billion people and now includes 39 signatory nations.
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The U.S. was the lead cosponsor of the Declaration under President Trump, but President Biden withdrew U.S. participation.
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Affirms the Declaration's position that there is no international right to abortion and no obligation for states to finance or facilitate abortion.
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Commits Congress to work with the executive branch to ensure the U.S. does not conduct or fund abortions, abortion lobbying, or coercive family planning in foreign countries.
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Declares support for the sovereignty of countries to adopt their own national policies promoting women's health, protecting the right to life, and strengthening the family as the foundational unit of society.
Legislative Description
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.
International affairs
Last Action
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
1/13/2025