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H.Con.Res. 39 (118th)

Expressing the sense of Congress to support the case of Beatriz, a young woman from a rural area of El Salvador, living in extreme poverty and with lupus, who fought for her life against the state to allow her to terminate a pregnancy that put her at risk, which exposed the serious consequences of the absolute criminalization of abortion in El Salvador, and urging the Salvadoran state to assume its international obligations in the field of human rights.

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Introduced

2 May 2023

Last action

5 May 2023 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5], Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13], Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4], Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25], Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20], Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37], Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38], Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]

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24 July 2024

Summary

This concurrent resolution condemns the absolute criminalization of abortion in El Salvador and anywhere in the world. It also calls upon the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to recognize that total criminalization of abortion violates human rights.

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Timeline

  1. 2 May 2023

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 2 May 2023

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 2 May 2023

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 5 May 2023

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

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