[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1311 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1311

Celebrating the historic anniversary of the June 24, 2022, decision of 
  the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's 
                          Health Organization.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2024

 Mr. Smith of New Jersey submitted the following resolution; which was 
  referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Celebrating the historic anniversary of the June 24, 2022, decision of 
  the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's 
                          Health Organization.

Whereas the Declaration of Independence announces the self-evident truth that 
        ``all men are created equal'' and ``are endowed by their Creator with 
        certain unalienable Rights'';
Whereas the first of those unalienable rights is the right to life;
Whereas modern science has illuminated our understanding of the humanity of 
        unborn life;
Whereas the Supreme Court of the United States committed a grave injustice in 
        Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) (referred to in this preamble as 
        ``Roe''), by inventing a constitutional right to abortion, thereby 
        denying a class of innocent people their right to life;
Whereas more than 63,000,000 unborn lives were lost to abortion under Roe;
Whereas, on June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States, in Dobbs v. 
        Jackson Women's Health Organization, 142 S. Ct. 2228 (2022) (referred to 
        in this preamble as ``Dobbs''), corrected the grave injustice committed 
        in Roe, by holding that ``the Constitution does not confer a right to 
        abortion'' and that ``Roe and Casey must be overruled, and the authority 
        to regulate abortion must be returned to the people and their elected 
        representatives'';
Whereas many States have taken historic steps to protect unborn life since the 
        ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs; and
Whereas many millions of people in the United States continue to press to 
        protect unborn life and strengthen support for families charged with 
        protecting that life: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) commemorates 2 years since the ruling of the Supreme 
        Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health 
        Organization, 142 S. Ct. 2228 (2022) (referred to in this 
        resolution as ``Dobbs'');
            (2) celebrates the millions of lives that will be saved as 
        a result of the ruling in Dobbs;
            (3) commits to protecting the unalienable right to life and 
        guarding unborn lives against lethal violence;
            (4) commits to strengthening the support of the Federal 
        Government for families, including for new and expectant 
        mothers and their children; and
            (5) commits to proclaiming the humanity of the unborn, 
        consistent with the findings of modern science and the 
        unswerving demands of justice.
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