IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 27 

Condemning attacks on health care facilities, health care personnel, and 

patients. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 11, 2023 

Ms. DEGETTE (for herself, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. 

MCCOLLUM, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. CHU, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. PETERS, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. TONKO, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Ms. NORTON, Ms. SCHRIER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. BROWNLEY, 

Mr. HOYER, Ms. ROSS, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. PETTERSEN, 

Ms. SCANLON, Mr. CASAR, Mr. NADLER, Mr. RYAN, Ms. PEREZ, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Mr. POCAN, Mr. RASKIN, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. 

GOMEZ, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. 

ADAMS, Mr. SWALWELL, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. HIMES, Ms. SALINAS, Mr. MCGARVEY, Mr. LIEU, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. 

SA ́NCHEZ, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. ROBERT

GARCIA of California, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. EVANS, Ms. WILSON

of Florida, Mr. CROW, Mr. KILMER, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. 

KAPTUR, Mrs. FLETCHER, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. KUSTER, Ms. 

BONAMICI, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. WILD, Mr. CARSON, Mr. 

MORELLE, Mrs. PELTOLA, Ms. CARAVEO, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. 

STANSBURY, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. OMAR, Mr. STANTON, Ms. MANNING, 

Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. IVEY, Mr. TORRES of New York, 

Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. TOKUDA, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, 

Mr. BERA, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 

MEEKS, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. 

TITUS, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. BALINT, Ms. 

PORTER, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. RUIZ, Mrs. TRAHAN, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. 

SCHIFF, Mr. SORENSEN, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. 

DESAULNIER, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas, 

Ms. BROWN, Ms. BUSH, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. TRONE, 

Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. 

GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. BEYER, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. 

SCHNEIDER, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. MAGAZINER, 

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of New York, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Mr. SOTO, Ms. MENG, Ms. 

STRICKLAND, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. NICKEL, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. COSTA, 

Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. SCHOLTEN, 

Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. ESHOO, 

Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. ALLRED, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. 

CASTEN, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. CORREA, Mr. 

KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PAYNE, and 

Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) submitted the following resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning attacks on health care facilities, health care 

personnel, and patients. 

Whereas workplace violence ranges from threats and verbal 

abuse to physical assaults and homicide; 

Whereas, for decades, health care personnel for women and 

people who access reproductive health care services have 

been subjected to intimidation, threats, and violence; 

Whereas, between 1977 and 2015— 

(1) nearly 7,000 violent acts were reported against 

providers at health centers for women, including bombings, arsons, death threats, kidnappings, and assaults; 

and 

(2) more than 190,000 acts of disruption, including 

bomb threats and harassing calls, were reported; 

Whereas, between 1993 and 2015, there were 11 murders, 

numerous attempted murders, 42 bombings, and 186 arsons targeted at individuals and facilities associated with 

care provided at health centers for women; 

Whereas, between 1993 and 2015, the 11 victims of antichoice violence include Dr. David Gunn of Pensacola, 


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Florida, in 1993; Dr. John Bayard Britton and a volunteer, James Barrett, both of Pensacola, Florida, in 1994; 

clinic receptionists Shannon Lowney and Leanne Nichols, 

both of Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1994; Dr. Barnett 

Slepian of Buffalo, New York, in 1998; clinic security 

guard Robert Sanderson of Birmingham, Alabama, in 

1998; Dr. George Tiller of Wichita, Kansas, in 2009; and 

police officer Garrett Swasey, Ke’Arre Stewart, and Jennifer Markovsky, all of whom were lost during a violent 

attack at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado 

Springs, Colorado, in 2015; 

Whereas, in 2016, two defendants vandalized a Baltimore, 

Maryland, area abortion clinic on two separate occasions, 

with one defendant pleading guilty and the other convicted at trial of Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances 

(FACE) Act violations; 

Whereas, in 2017, a defendant sent several threatening 

emails to abortion clinics located in Chicago, Illinois, and 

Hammond, Indiana, and the defendant pled guilty to 

FACE Act and other Federal offenses; 

Whereas, in 2018, a defendant directed a threatening social 

media post to Planned Parenthood facilities and staff and 

defendant pled guilty to Federal offenses, including a 

FACE Act charge; 

Whereas, in 2019, a defendant was indicted for FACE Act 

violations and other Federal offenses related to a 2015 

shooting at a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado 

Springs, Colorado, where he shot at several civilians and 

police officers, killing two civilians and one officer, while 

injuring several others; 


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Whereas, in 2020, a defendant pled guilty to FACE Act related offenses in connection with a bomb threat call the 

defendant made to a Jacksonville, Florida, abortion clinic; 

Whereas, in 2021, a defendant pled guilty to a FACE Act 

violation and other State felony offenses for throwing a 

Molotov cocktail at a Fort Myers, Florida, abortion clinic; 

Whereas, in 2022, a defendant was indicted for FACE Act 

violations after he assaulted a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area Planned Parenthood clinic escort twice on the 

same date, with one assault resulting in bodily injury; 

and 

Whereas extreme rhetoric continues to fuel a hate-filled climate that is dangerous for individuals who provide or access comprehensive health care services: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns all acts of political violence; 

3 (2) condemns attacks on health care facilities, 

4 health care personnel, and patients; 

5 (3) affirms that all people have the freedom to 

6 access reproductive health care services and medical 

7 advice without fear of violence, intimidation, or har8 assment; and 

9 (4) calls upon the Biden administration to use 

10 all appropriate authorities to uphold public safety, to 


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1 protect health care facilities, and safeguard health 

2 care personnel and patients. 

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