IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1311 
Celebrating the historic anniversary of the June 24, 2022, decision of the 
Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s 
Health Organization. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 18, 2024 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Celebrating the historic anniversary of the June 24, 2022, 
decision of the Supreme Court of the United States 
in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. 
Whereas the Declaration of Independence announces the self- 
evident truth that ‘‘all men are created equal’’ and ‘‘are 
endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable 
Rights’’; 
Whereas the first of those unalienable rights is the right to 
life; 
Whereas modern science has illuminated our understanding 
of the humanity of unborn life; 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
05:19 Jun 19, 2024
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6300
E:\BILLS\HR1311.IH
HR1311
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB
•HRES 1311 IH 
Whereas the Supreme Court of the United States committed 
a grave injustice in Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) 
(referred to in this preamble as ‘‘Roe’’), by inventing a 
constitutional right to abortion, thereby denying a class 
of innocent people their right to life; 
Whereas more than 63,000,000 unborn lives were lost to 
abortion under Roe; 
Whereas, on June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the 
United States, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Orga-
nization, 142 S. Ct. 2228 (2022) (referred to in this pre-
amble as ‘‘Dobbs’’), corrected the grave injustice com-
mitted in Roe, by holding that ‘‘the Constitution does not 
confer a right to abortion’’ and that ‘‘Roe and Casey 
must be overruled, and the authority to regulate abortion 
must be returned to the people and their elected rep-
resentatives’’; 
Whereas many States have taken historic steps to protect un-
born life since the ruling of the Supreme Court of the 
United States in Dobbs; and 
Whereas many millions of people in the United States con-
tinue to press to protect unborn life and strengthen sup-
port for families charged with protecting that life: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commemorates 2 years since the ruling of 
the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. 
Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 142 S. Ct. 
2228 (2022) (referred to in this resolution as 
‘‘Dobbs’’); 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
05:19 Jun 19, 2024
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\HR1311.IH
HR1311
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB
•HRES 1311 IH 
(2) celebrates the millions of lives that will be 
saved as a result of the ruling in Dobbs; 
(3) commits to protecting the unalienable right 
to life and guarding unborn lives against lethal vio-
lence; 
(4) commits to strengthening the support of the 
Federal Government for families, including for new 
and expectant mothers and their children; and 
(5) commits to proclaiming the humanity of the 
unborn, consistent with the findings of modern 
science and the unswerving demands of justice. 
Æ 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
05:19 Jun 19, 2024
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\HR1311.IH
HR1311
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB