Bill Text: OH HCR13 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: As Introduced 128th General AssemblyRegular Session2009-2010H. C. R. No. 13 Representative Jones
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 28)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-02 - To State Government [HCR13 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2009-HCR13-Introduced.html
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Representative Jones
Cosponsors:
Representatives Adams, J., Amstutz, Balderson, Blair, Boose, Bubp, Derickson, Gardner, Goodwin, Grossman, Hite, Hottinger, Huffman, Jordan, Lehner, Maag, Mandel, Martin, Mecklenborg, Morgan, Sears, Stautberg, Uecker, Wagner, Wachtmann, Zehringer, Batchelder
| To urge the President of the United States and the | 1 |
| Congress of the United States to oppose the | 2 |
| Freedom of Choice Act if introduced again during | 3 |
| the 111th Congress. | 4 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE SENATE CONCURRING):
| WHEREAS, The Freedom of Choice Act (H.R. 1964 and S. 1173 of | 5 |
| the 110th Congress) was introduced on April 19, 2007, and sought a | 6 |
| declaration that it is the policy of the United States that every | 7 |
| woman has the fundamental right to choose to bear a child, | 8 |
| terminate a pregnancy prior to fetal viability, or terminate a | 9 |
| pregnancy after fetal viability when necessary to protect her life | 10 |
| or her health, and also sought a prohibition on federal, state, or | 11 |
| local governmental entities from denying or interfering with a | 12 |
| woman's right to exercise such choices or discriminating against | 13 |
| the exercise of those rights in the regulation or provision of | 14 |
| benefits, facilities, services, or information; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, The Freedom of Choice Act is a radical attempt to | 16 |
| enshrine abortion-on-demand into American law, to sweep aside | 17 |
| existing laws that the majority of Americans support, such as | 18 |
| requirements involving fully informed consent, parental | 19 |
| involvement, and that licensed physicians perform abortions, and | 20 |
| seeks to prevent states from enacting similar protective measures | 21 |
| in the future; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, The Freedom of Choice Act is a cynical attempt to | 23 |
| prematurely end the debate over abortion and declare "victory" in | 24 |
| the face of mounting evidence that the American public does not | 25 |
| support the vast majority of abortions being performed in the | 26 |
| United States each year and that abortion has a substantial | 27 |
| negative impact on women; and | 28 |
| WHEREAS, Thirty-six years after Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. | 29 |
| 113(1973) abortion supporters are dismayed that abortion remains a | 30 |
| divisive issue and that their radical agenda has not been | 31 |
| submissively accepted by the American public; now therefore be it | 32 |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 128th General Assembly | 33 |
| of the State of Ohio, urge the President of the United States and | 34 |
| the Congress of the United States to oppose the Freedom of Choice | 35 |
| Act, should it or similar legislation be introduced during the | 36 |
| 111th Congress; and be it further | 37 |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 38 |
| transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the | 39 |
| President of the United States, the Speaker and Clerk of the | 40 |
| United States House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore | 41 |
| and the Secretary of the United States Senate, the members of the | 42 |
| Ohio Congressional delegation, the Governor of the State of Ohio, | 43 |
| and the news media of Ohio. | 44 |
