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
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 28-0)
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 |