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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. 

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 

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 selfevident 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; 


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•HRES 1311 IH 

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 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) commemorates 2 years since the ruling of 

3 the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. 

4 Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 142 S. Ct. 

5 2228 (2022) (referred to in this resolution as 

6 ‘‘Dobbs’’); 


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•HRES 1311 IH 

1 (2) celebrates the millions of lives that will be 

2 saved as a result of the ruling in Dobbs; 

3 (3) commits to protecting the unalienable right 

4 to life and guarding unborn lives against lethal vio5 lence; 

6 (4) commits to strengthening the support of the 

7 Federal Government for families, including for new 

8 and expectant mothers and their children; and 

9 (5) commits to proclaiming the humanity of the 

10 unborn, consistent with the findings of modern 

11 science and the unswerving demands of justice. 

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