IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1448 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that every person 

has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion care. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 

Mrs. SYKES (for herself, Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. CROCKETT, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. 

WILD, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RYAN, Mr. 

TRONE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. TONKO, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. DELUZIO, Ms. PORTER, Mr. 

MOULTON, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. BUSH, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. MAGAZINER, Mr. 

ROBERT GARCIA of California, Ms. TLAIB, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. JACKSON

of North Carolina, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, 

Mr. PETERS, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. EVANS, Ms. BROWN, Mrs. HAYES, 

Mr. CARSON, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Ms. BALINT, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. CARAVEO, Ms. TITUS, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. 

BROWNLEY, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. 

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. 

STRICKLAND, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. COHEN, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. FLETCHER, 

Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. PETTERSEN, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. 

GARAMENDI, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Ms. DEAN of 

Pennsylvania, Mr. VARGAS, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. AMO, Mr. 

MCGARVEY, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mrs. TORRES

of California, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. 

MULLIN, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. ALLRED, 

Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. HOYER, Ms. OMAR, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Mr. SORENSEN, Ms. 

SLOTKIN, Mr. STANTON, Mr. NICKEL, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. BONAMICI, 

Ms. JACOBS, Ms. STEVENS, Ms. MENG, Ms. HOYLE of Oregon, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. LANDSMAN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

KENNEDY, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. CROW, Ms. LEE of Nevada, Ms. CASTOR

of Florida, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. KUSTER, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. SOTO, Mr. NADLER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. STANSBURY, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. ADAMS, and Mr. BEYER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 


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•HRES 1448 IH 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

every person has the basic right to emergency health 

care, including abortion care. 

Whereas bans and restrictions on reproductive health care, 

including abortion care, put the health and lives of pregnant people 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 

face criminal prosecution put the life, health, and future 

of pregnant people at risk; 

Whereas the harms of criminalizing medical providers providing emergency health care or patients 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 patients of color, specifically Black and 

Indigenous pregnant patients, who are more likely to experience life-threatening pregnancy complications; 

Whereas the chaos and confusion caused by abortion bans 

and restrictions can dissuade providers from providing 

appropriate medical care to patients when they need it 

the most, including in emergency care situations such as 

heart failure or high blood pressure which can be caused 

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branes, severe obstetric hemorrhage or infection, placenta 

previa where the placenta attaches to the cervix, and in 

some cases missed miscarriages, among many other 

emergency medical conditions; and 

Whereas every person has the basic right to the emergency 

care they need to protect their health and lives, including 

abortion care: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that every person has the basic right to emer3 gency health care, including abortion care. 

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