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Coalition Can Defend Life, Family, and Sovereignty at the UN

As world leaders gather in New York City this week for the opening of the U.N. General Assembly, over forty countries—representing some 2 billion people worldwide—have pledged their support to the Geneva Consensus Declaration in defense of life, family, and national sovereignty. 

Launched in 2020 under U.S. leadership, the Geneva Consensus Declaration brought together nations committed to supporting women’s health, protecting the family, affirming the dignity of every human life, and preserving the sovereign right of countries to make their own laws regulating abortion.

Today, that mission is more important than ever.

Contrary to the claims of activists and bureaucrats, abortion is not a human right under international law. Abortion advocates have spent decades attempting to create such a right through increasingly expansive interpretations of existing treaties, nonbinding U.N. resolutions, and the recommendations of U.N. experts and treaty-monitoring bodies. Yet repetition does not create law, especially in the absence of consensus.

Nevertheless, efforts to normalize and institutionalize abortion as an international right continue across the U.N. system.

Debates routinely center on the phrase “sexual and reproductive health and rights,” a term that U.N. agencies and advocacy groups use to advance abortion policy while avoiding direct reference to abortion itself. These negotiations are often presented as discussions about women’s equality, but too often they become vehicles for promoting ideological agendas that many nations........

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