America rejoins pro-life Geneva Consensus Declaration

The United States rejoined a pro-life coalition that believes abortion is not a human right.

The Trump administration announced that the United States is back in the Geneva Consensus Declaration…

The United States rejoined a pro-life coalition that believes abortion is not a human right.

The Trump administration announced that the United States is back in the Geneva Consensus Declaration (GCD), a coalition of countries supporting pro-life and pro-women policies.

The U.S. was a founding member of the declaration in 2020, near the end of Trump’s first term. Other original signatories included Brazil, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia and Uganda, according to Catholic News Agency (CNA). 

Former President Joe Biden’s administration, which promoted abortion, withdrew from the GCD. 

Now, 40 countries have signed the declaration. 

The coalition formed to “protect the health and thriving of women throughout every stage of life, assert that there is no international right to abortion, defend the family as foundational to every healthy society, and protect the sovereign right of nations to support these core values through national policy and legislation,” according to the Institute for Women’s Health (IWH). 

Valerie Huber, president of the institute, came up with the idea for the GCD and is happy to see the U.S. rejoin it. 

“We knew that countries were standing for these values prior to the GCD, but when countries stand together, that multiplies the impact,” she told CNA. “Now 40 countries have declared that when we are talking about human rights, abortion is not one of them. 

“The GCD, of course, poses a threat to progressive global hegemony because it’s both politically effective and entirely voluntary,” she added. 

Huber served in Trump’s first administration as the first special representative for global women’s health. 

She thinks the U.S. rejoining the declaration is only the start and that the country will continue to deliver wins for the pro-life movement over the next four years. 

“By rejoining, President Trump sends a bold message that the United States stands with sovereign nations to defend the real health needs of women against coercive tactics by global power players,” she said. 

“The Biden administration’s withdrawal from the GCD misrepresented and undermined the coalition’s commitment to advance health and thriving for women at every stage of life,” she added. “Despite relentless efforts by critics to dismantle and discredit it, IWH celebrates that the GCD has not only survived but thrived over the past four years – expanding its membership and influence.” 

Additionally, Huber said the move embodies the goodness of America and its people – something she feels never left, even when the Biden administration was in power. 

“I hope that we have the opportunity to show more countries and more people that the good of America is back, and it never really left because so many Americans share the same altruistic, compassionate, and good heart,” she said.