Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that every person has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion care.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1448 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 12, 2024

Mrs. Sykes (for herself, Ms. Sherrill, Ms. Crockett, Ms. McCollum, Ms. 
 Wild, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Trone, 
Ms. Norton, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. Johnson 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. Barragan, Ms. Balint, Mrs. 
    Cherfilus-McCormick, 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. Schakowsky, 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. Cardenas, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
Allred, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. Omar, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Sorensen, Ms. 
  Slotkin, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Nickel, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. 
  Jacobs, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Meng, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Ms. Kaptur, 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. Dingell, Mr. Morelle, Mr. 
 Foster, Mr. Soto, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. 
   Stansbury, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Adams, and Mr. Beyer) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                         on Energy and Commerce

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                               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 pregnant 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 providing emergency health 
        care or patients receiving emergency health care are far reaching and 
        providers and patients who are Black, Indigenous, people of color, 
        immigrants, people with low incomes, and LGBTQI+ individuals 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 disproportionate impact on patients of 
        color, specifically Black and Indigenous pregnant patients, who are more 
        likely to experience 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 membranes, 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 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 Representatives that 
every person has the basic right to emergency health care, including 
abortion care.
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