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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. CON. RES. 30 

Expressing support for the recognition of March 10, 2024, as ‘‘Abortion 

Provider Appreciation Day’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 7, 2024 

Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. PETERS, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. DUCKWORTH, 

Mr. FETTERMAN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WARREN, Ms. BUTLER, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. WYDEN, Ms. SMITH, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. MURPHY, and Mr. HEINRICH) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the recognition of March 10, 2024, 

as ‘‘Abortion Provider Appreciation Day’’. 

Whereas March 10 has been established as a day to show appreciation for the essential, high-quality care that abortion providers and staff provide to their communities and 

those traveling to their communities, and to celebrate 

their courage, compassion, and dedication to their work; 

Whereas March 10 was selected for ‘‘Abortion Provider Appreciation Day’’ in honor of Dr. David Gunn, who was 

killed on March 10, 1993, outside his abortion clinic in 

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abortion extremist in the first known instance of the 

murder of an abortion provider; 

Whereas abortions are provided in-person and through telehealth by facilities such as independent clinics, Planned 

Parenthood health care centers, hospitals, and private offices of doctors, and all of the staff working for those facilities are essential to ensuring patients receive needed 

care; 

Whereas, on June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the 

United States erroneously overturned Roe v. Wade, 410 

U.S. 113 (1973), in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health 

Organization, 597 U.S. 215 (2022) (referred to in this 

preamble as ‘‘the Dobbs decision’’), reversing decades of 

legal precedent affirming the right to an abortion and 

unleashing devastation on an already precarious abortion 

access landscape; 

Whereas, following the Dobbs decision, States across the 

United States moved to further restrict access to abortion 

care and 21 States have banned some or all access to an 

abortion; 

Whereas, because of State abortion bans and restrictions, 

scores of clinics and health care centers in already underserved areas have closed, forcing more patients to travel 

out-of-State for abortion care, increasing wait times, 

straining already thin resources, and pushing people farther and farther away from their homes; 

Whereas abortion providers and all staff play a critical role 

in a world where it has become increasingly difficult for 

individuals to receive essential and time-sensitive care 

once those individuals have made decisions that are right 

for their bodies, lives, and futures; 


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Whereas abortion providers and all staff help to ensure that 

all individuals who can become pregnant can make their 

own decisions about their bodies and their pregnancies, 

and support the decisions of their patients by treating 

them with dignity, empathy, compassion, and respect, despite numerous challenges due to abortion bans and restrictions; 

Whereas abortion providers and all staff play an essential 

role within the reproductive justice framework, which was 

created by 12 Black women in 1994, who formulated a 

human rights framework that demands every person has 

the human right to bodily autonomy, which includes the 

right to choose if, when, and how to have children and 

the right to parent children in safe and sustainable communities; 

Whereas individuals seeking abortion care across the United 

States also rely on the work of abortion funds and practical support organizations to access abortion care for 

themselves and their families; 

Whereas abortion funds and practical support organizations 

that rely on donations face increasing demand following 

the Dobbs decision as individuals are forced to travel 

longer distances, find childcare or lodging, and raise 

money to obtain an abortion and cover associated costs; 

Whereas restrictions on abortion care have far-reaching consequences that deepen existing inequities and worsen 

health outcomes for pregnant people and people giving 

birth; 

Whereas people who are denied abortion care are more likely 

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lationships where interpersonal violence is present, and 

experience poverty; 

Whereas research shows that States that have more abortion 

restrictions are also States that have poorer maternal 

health outcomes; 

Whereas the effects of the Dobbs decision were immediate 

and disastrous, with abortion being entirely banned in 14 

States as of March 2024; 

Whereas 1 in 3 women of reproductive age, plus more trans 

and nonbinary people, are blocked from accessing an 

abortion in their home State; 

Whereas restricting and banning access to abortion care— 

(1) limits the ability of current and future providers 

to obtain necessary education and training in abortion 

care; 

(2) exposes the remaining abortion providers and 

clinic staff to increased levels of harassment and politically motivated restrictions; and 

(3) creates and increases the out-of-pocket costs and 

logistical burdens that patients face to get care to a level 

that is sometimes insurmountable, forcing patients to remain pregnant; 

Whereas the 2022 Violence and Disruption Report of the National Abortion Federation found an alarming escalation 

in incidents of obstruction, vandalism, and trespassing at 

abortion clinics, with abortion providers reporting an 

alarming rate of death threats and threats of harm, and 

documented 218 incidents in 2022; 

Whereas Black, indigenous, and other providers and patients 

of color face heightened levels of threats, harassment, 

and violence as compared to their White counterparts; 


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Whereas the Dobbs decision has emboldened antiabortion individuals and groups to continue to harass providers and 

the patients they care for; 

Whereas the Dobbs decision threatens the ability of abortion 

providers and staff to serve their patients; and 

Whereas, in the face of multifaceted attacks on their work, 

abortion providers remain an essential and valued part of 

their communities, providing high-quality, compassionate, 

and necessary health care, and courageously delivering 

that care despite pressures, restrictions, political interference, and violent threats to their personal safety: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), That Congress— 

3 (1) recognizes ‘‘Abortion Provider Appreciation 

4 Day’’ on March 10, 2024, to celebrate the courage, 

5 compassion, and high-quality care that abortion pro6 viders and staff offer to patients and their families 

7 across the United States; 

8 (2) lauds communities across the United States 

9 who are proud to be home to abortion providers and 

10 staff; 

11 (3) affirms the commitment of Congress to en12 suring the safety of abortion providers, the ability of 

13 abortion providers to continue providing the essen14 tial care their patients need, and the right of pa15 tients to access abortion care no matter where they 


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1 live, free from fear of violence, criminalization, or 

2 stigma; 

3 (4) condemns the decisions of the Supreme 

4 Court of the United States to limit abortion care, 

5 which has had a devastating impact on abortion pro6 viders and the communities they care for, threat7 ening the work and livelihoods of providers and 

8 staff, and worsening the strain on providers who 

9 work in States where abortion is still available; and 

10 (5) declares a vision for a future liberated from 

11 all abortion restrictions and bans, and affirms the 

12 commitment of Congress to working toward that 

13 goal in partnership with providers, patients, advo14 cates, and their communities. 

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