Bill Text: NH HR6 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision and affirming support for its holding and principles.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-20 - Laid on Table (Rep Bartlett): Motion Adopted Division Vote 239-111; House Journal 27, PG.876 [HR6 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2013-HR6-Introduced.html

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HR 6 – AS INTRODUCED

2013 SESSION

13-0593

01/09

HOUSE RESOLUTION 6

A RESOLUTION commemorating the 40^th anniversary of the Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision and affirming support for its holding and principles.

SPONSORS: Rep. Bouchard, Merr 18; Rep. Wall, Straf 6; Rep. Rosenwald, Hills 30; Rep. Harding, Graf 13; Rep. Lockwood, Merr 9; Rep. Theberge, Coos 3; Rep. Kidder, Merr 5; Rep. Sad, Ches 1

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ANALYSIS

This house resolution commemorates the 40^th anniversary of the Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision and affirms support for its holding and principles.

13-0593

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

A RESOLUTION commemorating the 40^th anniversary of the Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision and affirming support for its holding and principles.

Whereas, on January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court decision in the case of Roe v Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 1973, confirmed that the Constitution protects every woman's ability to make her own personal medical decisions, without the interference of politicians; and

Whereas, the decision in Roe v Wade ensures that abortion remains a safe and legal procedure for a woman to consider, if and when she needs it; and

Whereas, it is a public health goal of the state of New Hampshire to enhance the health of all citizens, including women of reproductive age, and to strengthen individuals and families by encouraging and promoting access to comprehensive family planning services, and pregnancies which are planned and healthy; and

Whereas, the state of New Hampshire believes that abortion is a deeply personal and often complex decision for a woman and therefore believes that decisions about whether to choose adoption, end a pregnancy, or raise a child must be left to a woman, her family, and her faith, with the counsel of her doctor or health care provider; and

Whereas, a majority of New Hampshire citizens support access to safe and legal abortion and oppose efforts to overturn or weaken the principles of Roe v Wade; and

Whereas, the 2012 elections sent a powerful and unmistakable message to federal and state elected officials all around the country that women do not want politicians to interfere in their personal medical decisions; and

Whereas, violence against health care providers and restrictions on access to abortion endanger the lives of women and families and have continued to erode access to abortion; and

Whereas, the state of New Hampshire, through its state legislature, is committed to preserve the rights protected in Roe v. Wade, and urges the United States Congress to do the same; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives:

That on the 40^th anniversary of Roe v Wade, the New Hampshire house of representatives hereby recognizes the critical importance of continued access to safe and legal abortion; and

That copies of this resolution be sent by the house clerk to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and the members of the New Hampshire congressional delegation.