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.

Bill: 118-hres-1311
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2024-06-18
Policy area: Law
Latest action: action_date: 2024-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-06-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution commemorates two years since the Supreme Court's holding in <em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization</em> (that there is no constitutional right to abortion). The resolution also&nbsp;commits to protecting the right to life.</p>

tv_txt: IV 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1311 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 18, 2024 Mr. Smith of New Jersey submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , for a period to be subsequently determined 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; 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 Organization , 142 S. Ct. 2228 (2022) (referred to in this preamble as Dobbs ), corrected the grave injustice committed 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 representatives ; Whereas many States have taken historic steps to protect unborn life since the ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs ; and Whereas many millions of people in the United States continue to press to protect unborn life and strengthen support for families charged with protecting that life: Now, therefore, be it

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 ); (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 violence; (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.