In 2020, under President Trump's leadership, about three dozen countries representing 1.6 billion people, including the United States, signed the Geneva Consensus Declaration (GCD) on promoting women's health and strengthening families. Among other things, it declares there is no international right to abortion.
But within days of taking office, President Biden withdrew the nation from it.
"This coalition is more important than ever, because countries are under such tremendous pressure to abandon their traditional values and exchange it for ideological priorities, which is just plain wrong," contends Valerie Huber of The Institute for Women's Health.
Most recently, the Biden administration has been pressuring pro-life Guatemala to legalize abortion. Its former president, Alejandro Giammattei, established the nation as the "pro-life capital of Latin America," but Joe Biden has been trying to sway the new president, Bernardo Arévalo, away from that.
"I have no idea how the influence of our country, how our taxpayer dollars are being used for purely ideological purposes that run counter to my values," Huber laments. "Not only that, but taxpayer dollars shouldn't be used to pressure these countries."
Biden also wants Guatemala to withdraw from the GCD, as he has pressured other countries who signed off on it.
In response, U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Montana), James Lankford (R-Oklahoma), and Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) have signed and sent a letter encouraging Guatemala to remain a signatory.
