SCOOP: New Country Joins US-Led Coalition Declaring No International Right to Abortion

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Argentina has signed the Geneva Consensus Declaration, joining a U.S.-led coalition of 40 countries that declare there is no international right to abortion.

Led by Javier Milei, Argentina is the first country to join the coalition while the United States is serving as secretariat. The U.S. assumed the position of secretariat in June, replacing Hungary.

“The United States is so grateful for the friendship we share with Argentina, and we are thrilled to welcome your nation as a signatory to the Geneva Consensus Declaration,” Bethany Kozma, director of Global Affairs at HHS, said at the signing ceremony in Argentina.

The Geneva Consensus Declaration “seeks to expand health and thriving for women, and protect the sovereign right of nations to support health, life, and family through national policy and legislation.” 

The declaration was established under the first Trump administration with the U.S. as secretariat, but the Biden administration left the coalition of pro-life countries. The U.S. rejoined after President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2025, and the Departments of Health and Human Services and State jointly lead the administration’s effort with the HHS Office of Global Affairs housing the secretariat.

Kozma told the Daily Signal it’s “amazing” for the U.S. to once again lead the coalition and to celebrate Argentina’s membership.

“It will help families become stronger, safer, and more prosperous,” she said, “and we need to focus on families as a fundamental unit of society, and that is what’s going to help economies and countries thrive and succeed.”

While Kozma says many countries have pushed anti-family ideology, the Geneva Consensus Declaration seeks to acknowledge families as the building blocks of society.

“Other countries have been pushing, including the United States under the Biden administration, a far-left woke ideology that is anti-family, anti-religion,” she said. “Because of this woke, globalist idea of trying to invoke other countries’ ideologies on other countries, the GCD is a tool that we can use to bring countries together to stand up.”

She said the document would help increase declining birth rates and rid society of the demand for abortion.

“If you support the family, there’s no need for abortion,” she said, “and then you will have thriving societies.”

Kozma is hopeful more countries will join the coalition.

“I expect that countries will see Argentina is a leader in the Western Hemisphere,” she said, “and I hopeful that other countries will race to see who will be the next country to sign on.”