What Nation Leads the World in Protecting Life and the Family Unit?

Families are stronger when governments are pro-life and pro-family. Strong families strengthen communities, states, and nations. The Geneva Consensus Declaration supports life and family. According to an article by Virginia Grace McKinnon, the main objectives of the declaration “are to secure meaningful health and development gains for women; to protect life at all stages; to defend the family as the fundamental unit of society; and to work together across the U.N. system to realize these values.” 

In 2020, 32 nations signed the Geneva Consensus Declaration….

In 2021, President Joe Biden removed the United States from the declaration, encouraging others to do the same. Rejoining the declaration was one of Trump’s first moves when he came back to office in 2025.

Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., retiring from Congress in January, announced he is passing the torch to Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., to lead the Geneva Consensus Declaration in Congress….

Daines told the Daily Signal it’s important for the United States to be back in the Geneva Consensus Declaration because “the world looks to the U.S.” Daines, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he sees this when he travels the world.

“Everywhere I go, the U.S. is looked up to as the leader in so many areas, economically, militarily, but in this case, fighting and leading on behalf of the pro-life and pro-family movement. So, we are the world’s leader. It’s important that we continue to project that leadership, beyond just the economy, beyond just the military, but on behalf of the pro-life and pro-family unit.”

The nations signing the “Geneva Consensus Declaration gathered on Capitol Hill this week to sign the sixth annual declaration on the sanctity of life and the importance of putting families first.” Because the United States is “this year’s secretariat, Congress and the Institute for Women’s Health hosted 43 member countries standing for the right to life, family, women’s health, and national sovereignty.”

Vince Haley, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council read a letter from President Donald Trump that included the following information:

As the Secretariat, the United States will work closely with our allies and partners to advance the Declaration’s vital mission….

My Administration will always stand for the dignity of human life, the health and well-being of women, the strength of the family, and the right to defend these values and traditions. I commend the work of the Institute for Women’s Health to strengthen this growing coalition. Together, we will carry these principles forward and build a stronger, healthier, and more prosperous future for generations to come.