Fri Nov 5, 2021 – 6:48 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate late last month issued concurrent resolutions that reaffirm the right to life for all human beings and emphasize that there is no international right to abortion.
The Senate resolution, sponsored by Senators Steve Daines of Montana and James Lankford of Oklahoma was issued Oct. 28 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and Strengthening the Family.
The United States and 31 other nations signed this agreement under the Trump administration in 2020. The accord expresses a commitment by member nations to reject the spread of anti-life policies and support for abortion anywhere on the globe.
Shortly after taking office, however, the Biden administration declared the withdrawal of U.S. participation and co-sponsorship from the Declaration, stating that it “had the honor” to do so.
“Honoring the most basic right of an individual to live should not be controversial,” Lankford said, “but, unfortunately, President Biden is determined to be the most pro-abortion president in our nation’s history, as demonstrated by his decision to remove the United States from the declaration and promote abortion in other countries.”
“This resolution celebrates the historic nature
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