[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 145 (Wednesday, September 18, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6149-S6150]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 SENATE RESOLUTION 828--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT EVERY 
PERSON HAS THE BASIC RIGHT TO EMERGENCY HEALTH CARE, INCLUDING ABORTION 
                                  CARE

  Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
Schumer, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Ms. Butler, Ms. 
Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Coons, Ms. Cortez 
Masto, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Fetterman, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. 
Hassan, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Helmy, Ms. Hirono, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, 
Mr.

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Merkley, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Reed, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mrs. Shaheen, 
Ms. Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warnock, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
Welch, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Peters) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:

                              S. Res. 828

       Whereas bans and restrictions on reproductive health care, 
     including abortion care, put the health and lives of women at 
     risk;
       Whereas State laws that purport to ban and restrict 
     abortion in emergency circumstances force medical providers 
     to decide between withholding necessary, stabilizing medical 
     care from a patient experiencing a medical emergency or 
     facing criminal prosecution, and put the lives, health, and 
     futures of patients at risk;
       Whereas the harms of criminalizing medical providers 
     providing emergency health care or women receiving emergency 
     health care are far-reaching, and providers and patients who 
     are Black, Indigenous, people of color, immigrants, people 
     with low incomes, and LGBTQI+ individuals are more likely to 
     be put under the scrutiny of the legal system;
       Whereas the harms associated with abortion bans and other 
     restrictions on reproductive health care have a 
     disproportionate impact on women of color, specifically Black 
     and Indigenous pregnant patients, who are more likely to 
     experience life-threatening pregnancy complications; and
       Whereas the chaos and confusion caused by abortion bans and 
     restrictions can dissuade providers from providing 
     appropriate medical care to patients, including in emergency 
     care situations such as heart failure or high blood pressure, 
     premature rupture of membranes, severe obstetric hemorrhage 
     or infection, sepsis, placenta previa (where the placenta 
     attaches to the cervix), and in some cases missed 
     miscarriages, among many other emergency medical conditions: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that every 
     person has the basic right to emergency health care, 
     including abortion care.

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