# Plain Language Summary: Geneva Consensus Declaration Resolution

This is a resolution expressing Congress's support for the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women's Health and Strengthening the Family, and it's asking the United States to rejoin this international agreement. A concurrent resolution is essentially a statement of support from Congress—it doesn't create new laws or have the force of law, but it represents what Congress wants the government to do.

The Geneva Consensus Declaration is an international agreement that focuses on women's health and family issues. The United States previously signed onto this declaration but later withdrew from it. This resolution is asking the country to sign back on. The declaration emphasizes promoting women's health and strengthening families as its core goals, though the specific details of what policies it promotes aren't included in this summary.

For most Americans, this resolution wouldn't directly change anything in their daily lives since it's not creating new legislation or funding programs. However, it does signal what Congress thinks the U.S. government should prioritize in international agreements and diplomacy. If the U.S. does rejoin the declaration based on this resolution, it could influence how America approaches women's health and family policy issues in international discussions and negotiations with other countries. This is primarily a symbolic action that expresses Congress's values and preferences regarding international cooperation on these topics.

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.

Daines, Steve

<p>This concurrent resolution affirms the commitments in the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women's Health and Strengthening the Family 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 upholding the importance of the family as foundational to society.</p><p>The resolution also states that Congress will work with the executive branch to ensure that the United States does not conduct or fund abortions, abortion lobbying, or coercive family planning in foreign countries.</p>