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. JOHN-
SON 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-MCCOR-
MICK, 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. SCHA-
KOWSKY, 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. KAP-
TUR, 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. DIN-
GELL, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. SOTO, Mr. NADLER, Mr. GRI-
JALVA, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. STANSBURY, Ms. CLARK of Massa-
chusetts, Ms. ADAMS, and Mr. BEYER) submitted the following resolu-
tion; 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 preg-
nant 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 pro-
viding emergency health care or patients receiving emer-
gency health care are far reaching and providers and pa-
tients who are Black, Indigenous, people of color, immi-
grants, people with low incomes, and LGBTQI+ individ-
uals 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 dispropor-
tionate impact on patients of color, specifically Black and 
Indigenous pregnant patients, who are more likely to ex-
perience 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 
by a previous pregnancy, premature rupture of mem-
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