{"id":154973,"date":"2026-09-02T22:33:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T02:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/eduardo-saint-hilaire-highlights-drs-sovereignty-over-abortion-and-geneva\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T22:33:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T02:33:26","slug":"eduardo-saint-hilaire-highlights-drs-sovereignty-over-abortion-and-geneva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/eduardo-saint-hilaire-highlights-drs-sovereignty-over-abortion-and-geneva\/","title":{"rendered":"Eduardo Saint-Hilaire highlights DR&#8217;s sovereignty over abortion and Geneva"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eduardo Saint-Hilaire highlights Dominican sovereignty following accession to the Geneva Consensus<\/h2>\n\n<p>Lawyer and communicator Eduardo Saint-Hilaire recently analyzed the Dominican Republic&#8217;s position on joining the Geneva Consensus, highlighting that this step reinforces the country&#8217;s ability to define its own policies on fundamental issues such as reproductive health and abortion, thus protecting its autonomy against external pressures.<\/p>\n\n<p>During his speech, Saint-Hilaire emphasized that adherence to this international initiative should be interpreted as a mechanism for strengthening national sovereignty. According to the jurist, far from limiting the State&#8217;s powers, the agreement allows the nation to maintain control over its most sensitive legislative and social decisions.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I believe that the signing of this agreement gives sovereign freedom to the people to decide regarding their health, women&#8217;s reproductive health, and, above all, a very sensitive issue which is the topic of abortion.<\/p><cite>Eduardo Saint-Hilaire<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Autonomy from international organizations<\/h3>\n\n<p>One of the central points of Saint-Hilaire&#8217;s analysis is the relationship between local regulations and the guidelines of multilateral organizations. The communicator maintains that participation in the Geneva Consensus is a key tool to prevent international entities from imposing agendas that do not necessarily reflect the values or the will of the Dominican people.<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Defense of state sovereignty in public health matters.<\/li><li>Ability to make autonomous decisions regarding abortion.<\/li><li>Resistance to the imposition of policies from multilateral organizations.<\/li><li>Reaffirmation of the national commitment to the protection of life.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p>For the analyst, joining the consensus represents a victory for self-determination. By consolidating this position, the country reaffirms its right to legislate according to its own principles, ensuring that public policies on reproductive health remain within the framework of national sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n<p>Finally, Saint-Hilaire positively valued this accession, underlining that the Dominican Republic sends a clear message regarding its stance in defense of life and its determination to manage its internal affairs without interference that contravenes the will of the citizens.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eduardo Saint-Hilaire highlights Dominican sovereignty following accession to the Geneva Consensus Lawyer and communicator Eduardo Saint-Hilaire recently analyzed the Dominican Republic&#8217;s position on joining the Geneva Consensus, highlighting that this step reinforces the country&#8217;s ability to define its own policies on fundamental issues such as reproductive health and abortion, thus protecting its autonomy against external [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":154974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[15005,1271,14993,12934],"class_list":{"0":"post-154973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-abortion","9":"tag-dominican-republic","10":"tag-geneva-consensus","11":"tag-sovereignty"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}