IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1273 
Designating a day in May 2024, as ‘‘Disability Reproductive Equity Day’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 3, 2024 
Ms. PRESSLEY (for herself, Ms. CROCKETT, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. BOWMAN, Mrs. RAMIREZ, 
Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, and Mr. FROST) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Designating a day in May 2024, as ‘‘Disability Reproductive 
Equity Day’’. 
Whereas, in the United States, there are approximately 1 in 
4 adults with disabilities, 1 in 10 people with disabilities 
who are able to become pregnant, and approximately 
4,100,000 parents with disabilities; 
Whereas this country has witnessed a long history of repro-
ductive coercion impacting people with disabilities, includ-
ing through the discriminatory Supreme Court decision 
Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200 (1927), which upheld State 
laws authorizing involuntary sterilization of people with 
disabilities and which has never been overturned; 
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Whereas 31 States and Washington, DC currently have laws 
explicitly allowing the forced sterilization of people with 
disabilities; 
Whereas people with intellectual and developmental disabil-
ities living in congregate care facilities are at an in-
creased risk of physical and sexual abuse, and the major-
ity of these abuses go unreported; 
Whereas women with disabilities are almost twice as likely as 
women without disabilities to experience sexual violence 
in their lifetime; 
Whereas people with disabilities face unique barriers when 
accessing reproductive health care and exercising their re-
productive and sexual health, autonomy, and freedom, in-
cluding— 
(1) harmful stereotypes about, and attitudes to-
wards, people with disabilities; 
(2) legal barriers and lack of consent due to guard-
ianship; 
(3) financial barriers; 
(4) language and communication barriers; 
(5) delays in receiving preventative services; 
(6) a lack of accessible health care facilities, medical 
diagnostic equipment, and travel; and 
(7) a lack of health care providers with training on, 
and knowledge of, the needs of people with disabilities re-
ceiving reproductive health care; 
Whereas people with and without disabilities want children at 
the same frequency, but people with disabilities are less 
likely to receive contraception counseling and timely pre-
natal care, experience a higher rate of sterilization, and 
are at a greater risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes; 
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•HRES 1273 IH 
Whereas an ongoing legacy of reproductive oppression of peo-
ple with disabilities, especially women with disabilities, 
people of color with disabilities, people with disabilities 
with low incomes, and LGBTQI+ people with disabilities, 
has deprived many of their reproductive autonomy; 
Whereas nearly 2 years after the Supreme Court overturned 
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) in Dobbs v. Jackson 
Women’s Health Organization, 142 S. Ct. 2228 (2022), 
nearly 3,000,000 reproductive-aged women with disabil-
ities live in States that have, or are likely to have, abor-
tion bans; 
Whereas State laws and court decisions in at least 21 States 
have restricted access to reproductive health care, includ-
ing abortion care, disproportionally harming people who 
already face barriers to reproductive health care, includ-
ing people with disabilities; 
Whereas section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 794), titles II and III of the Americans with Dis-
abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12131 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 
12181 et seq.), and section 1557 of the Patient Protec-
tion and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18116) prohibit 
discrimination against people with disabilities and provide 
them with the right to equitably access and receive health 
care; and 
Whereas all people, including people with disabilities, have 
the right to decide if, when, and how to start and raise 
a family: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) designates ‘‘Disability Reproductive Equity 
Day’’ to support and bring awareness to the right of 
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•HRES 1273 IH 
people with disabilities to reproductive and sexual 
health, autonomy, and freedom; 
(2) pledges to advance the right of people with 
disabilities to reproductive and sexual health, auton-
omy, and freedom; and 
(3) calls on the President to continue to fulfill 
the promise of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to sup-
port, bolster, and protect the right of people with 
disabilities to reproductive and sexual health, auton-
omy, and freedom. 
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