IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 40 
Supporting reproductive health care in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2019 
Ms. PRESSLEY (for herself, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. JUDY 
CHU of California, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Ms. OMAR, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. SEAN PATRICK 
MALONEY of New York, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. LUJA´N, Ms. SPEIER, Miss 
RICE of New York, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. PORTER, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. 
ADAMS, Ms. SCHRIER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY 
of New York, Mrs. FLETCHER, Ms. FRANKEL, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis-
sissippi, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. 
PAPPAS, Mr. HIMES, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. MENG, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. LARSON of Con-
necticut, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. PETERS, Ms. BROWNLEY of Cali-
fornia, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. SMITH of Washington, 
Mr. PAYNE, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. KUSTER 
of New Hampshire, Ms. MOORE, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. MCCOL-
LUM, Mr. COHEN, Mr. DOGGETT, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. DELAURO, 
Mr. WELCH, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. NAD-
LER, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. COX of 
California, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. CLARK of Massachu-
setts, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. CROW, Ms. FINKENAUER, Mr. 
VEASEY, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. SIRES, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. 
HAALAND, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. HIGGINS of 
New York, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Ms. PINGREE, Mrs. 
LOWEY, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Ms. CASTOR 
of Florida, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. HILL of California, Mr. TED 
LIEU of California, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. STE-
VENS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. EVANS, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. 
GALLEGO, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. SOTO, Mr. 
DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. SCAN-
LON, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. CICILLINE, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. BASS, Ms. JACK-
SON LEE, and Mr. LAWSON of Florida) submitted the following concur-
rent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce 
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•HCON 40 IH 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Supporting reproductive health care in the United States. 
Whereas Roe v. Wade (410 U.S. 113 (1973)) upholds the 
constitutional right to privacy, including in health care 
decisions and the right to access abortion care; 
Whereas Roe v. Wade demonstrates quality legal reasoning 
and is consistent with related precedent since it was 
based on sound legal principles first established in Gris-
wold v. Connecticut (1965) and Eisenstadt v. Baird 
(1972), and repeatedly reaffirmed by the Supreme Court, 
including in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015); 
Whereas the facts that have developed since Roe v. Wade was 
decided reaffirm that people of the United States support 
the right to choose, that abortion is a medically safe pro-
cedure, and that access to reproductive health care pro-
vides women with greater economic opportunities; 
Whereas the rights established in Roe v. Wade have been re-
lied upon in this country for almost 50 years; 
Whereas a majority of people of the United States support 
access to abortion care; 
Whereas, while the State of Alabama, the State of Georgia, 
and other States passed laws in 2019 that clearly seek 
to overturn Roe v. Wade and are unconstitutional; mean-
while in 2018 there were over 60 bills introduced in more 
than 21 States to protect and expand access to reproduc-
tive care; 
Whereas low-income individuals and women of color are 
disproportionally impacted by restricting access to abor-
tion care; and 
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Whereas when States have enacted laws in violation of Roe 
v. Wade, health clinics close and health care services dis-
appear: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress supports efforts to— 
(1) ensure that all women can access com-
prehensive, unbiased information and make their 
own health care decisions; 
(2) promote preventive health care services for 
women; 
(3) ensure that all women have access to com-
prehensive, affordable health care that includes preg-
nancy-related care, including prenatal care, mis-
carriage management, family planning services, 
abortion care, labor and delivery services, and post-
natal care; and 
(4) improve women’s access to reproductive 
health care, regardless of the State in which they re-
side. 
Æ 
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