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US SCR4
Concurrent Resolution
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 the U.S. co-sponsored under President Trump in October 2020 but withdrew from under President Biden
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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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Declares the family as "the natural and fundamental group unit of society" entitled to protection by society and the state
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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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Notes the Declaration now has 39 signatory countries representing over 1.6 billion people worldwide
Legislative Description
A 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.
International affairs
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
1/13/2025