Wed Mar 22, 2023 – 5:28 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — During the United Nations (UN) Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) conference this month, pro-life experts from around the world expressed support for a declaration rejecting an “international right to abortion.”
The event, which consisted of a panel discussing “how embracing the Geneva Consensus Declaration advances the well-being of women and girls,” took place on March 10 as a CSW side event. The Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) organized the gathering, which was sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Guatemala to the United Nations.
C-Fam vice president for legal studies Stefano Gennarini began the session by expressing the importance of the Geneva Consensus Declaration (GCD). Although signed by more than 30 countries upon its release in 2020, there has been international pressure to reject the declaration.
“Some powerful governments are putting pressure on countries to renounce the Geneva Consensus Declaration,” Gennarini said. “Ask yourselves: Why would the most powerful countries on earth — including the U.S. government — put pressure on governments to renege a commitment to promote optimal women’s health, the family, respect for sovereignty? Why is this document so important? Because
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