[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 272 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 272

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 2023

  Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Vance, Mr. 
   Wicker, Mr. Lankford, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Lee, Mr. 
 Barrasso, Mr. Young, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Budd, Mr. 
  Daines, Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Braun, and Mrs. 
Fischer) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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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 error 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 error 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 Senate--
            (1) commemorates 1 year 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 supporting families, including 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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