The U.S. joined the Geneva Consensus declaring ‘the essential priority of protecting the right to life’ during the first Trump administration but withdrew under Joe Biden.
(LifeSiteNews) President Donald Trump has signed a letter commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Geneva Consensus Declaration, reaffirming support for the right to life abroad.
Under the first Trump administration, the United States first signed the document in 2020, along with 31 other nations. It declares “the essential priority of protecting the right to life” and promoting “strength of the family and of a successful and flourishing society”; that “every human being has the inherent right to life”; and that “in no case should abortion be promoted as a method of family planning” and that “any measures or changes related to abortion within the health system can only be determined at the national or local level according to the national legislative process.”
On October 22, the White House released a letter celebrating the fifth anniversary of the declaration and signatories’ work for the shared values of life, women’s health, and preservation of the family, and formally rejoining the United States to the declaration after the Biden administration withdrew from it.
“I will never waiver in protecting the sanctity of every human life,” Trump said. “My administration is steadfastly devoted to restoring a culture that values the inherent dignity of every child and to upholding the eternal truth that every person is created in the holy image and likeness of God, with infinite worth and boundless potential.”
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The Geneva Consensus coalition stands as a stark contrast to the abortion activism of many international institutions. The United Nations has long been notorious for pushing a pro-abortion agenda from a pretext of “human rights,” from criticizing nations that ban abortions to attempting to establish an international “right” to abort, all while taking a selective approach to actual human rights violations from offending nations such as China, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela.
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Within weeks of returning to office, Trump began enforcing the Hyde Amendment against direct funding of most abortions domestically, reinstated the Mexico City Policy, which forbids non-governmental organizations from using taxpayer dollars for most abortions abroad, and cut millions in pro-abortion subsidies by freezing U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) spending.
However, Trump’s administration has also approved a new generic abortion drug, taken steps to make embryo-destructive in vitro fertilization more accessible, and failed to impose restrictions on abortion pills.
Editor's note: This article was published by LifeSiteNews and is reprinted with permission.
