IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 238 
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 
MARCH 21, 2025 
Mrs. SYKES (for herself, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. BALINT, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Mr. BELL, Mr. BEYER, Ms. BROWN, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. 
BUDZINSKI, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Ms. CASTOR of 
Florida, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. CHU, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. 
COHEN, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEAN of 
Pennsylvania, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DOG-
GETT, Ms. ELFRETH, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL 
of Florida, Ms. FRIEDMAN, Mr. FROST, Mr. GARCIA of California, Mr. 
GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. HORSFORD, 
Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 
KENNEDY of New York, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. LANDSMAN, Mr. LARSEN of 
Washington, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE of Nevada, Ms. 
LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. MAGAZINER, Ms. MCBRIDE, Mrs. MCCLAIN 
DELANEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. MCIVER, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. 
ANSARI, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. 
MOULTON, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-COR-
TEZ, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PETERS, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. 
QUIGLEY, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. ROSS, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Mr. STANTON, Ms. STEVENS, Ms. STRICKLAND, 
Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. TOKUDA, 
Mr. TONKO, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. TRAN, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. VASQUEZ, 
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILLIAMS of 
Georgia, and Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts) submitted the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
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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, every person, including every pregnant person, 
should be able to access emergency health care at an 
emergency department without discrimination; 
Whereas delays and denials of emergency care, for any rea-
son, risk the health and lives of patients; 
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 
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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-
branes, severe obstetric hemorrhage or infection, placenta 
previa where the placenta attaches to the cervix, and in 
some cases missed miscarriages, among many other 
emergency medical conditions; and 
Whereas, every person has the basic right, and is entitled by 
law, to the emergency care they need to protect their 
health and lives, including abortion care: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that every person has the basic right to emer-
gency health care, including abortion care. 
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