Bill Text: OH SCR6 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Corrected Version
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-02-17 - Passed 3rd Consideration House [SCR6 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2009-SCR6-Enrolled.html
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Senators Grendell, Buehrer
Cosponsors:
Senators Coughlin, Gibbs, Schaffer, Seitz, Wagoner, Schuring, Faber, Cates, Gillmor, Jones, Carey, Patton, Harris, Husted
| To urge the President of the United States and the | 1 |
| Congress of the United States to oppose any | 2 |
| federal legislation that increases access to or | 3 |
| funding for abortion. | 4 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):
| WHEREAS, Thirty-seven years after Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 | 5 |
| (1973) was decided on January 22, 1973, abortion supporters | 6 |
| continue to advocate for policies that increase access to | 7 |
| abortion, require health plans to include abortion coverage, and | 8 |
| utilize taxpayer money to fund abortion; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, In the current deliberations over a final version of | 10 |
| comprehensive health care legislation, the United States Congress | 11 |
| is considering provisions that may increase access to abortion, | 12 |
| authorize direct or indirect federal or state funding for abortion | 13 |
| services, require private insurers to offer health plans that | 14 |
| include abortion coverage, and provide individuals with federally | 15 |
| subsidized public health plans that include abortion coverage; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, In previous sessions of Congress, legislation such | 17 |
| as the Freedom of Choice Act (H.R. 1964 and S. 1173 of the 110th | 18 |
| Congress) has been introduced and sought a declaration that it is | 19 |
| the policy of the United States that every woman has the | 20 |
| fundamental right to choose to bear a child, terminate a pregnancy | 21 |
| prior to fetal viability, or terminate a pregnancy after fetal | 22 |
| viability when necessary to protect her life or her health, and | 23 |
| also sought a prohibition on federal, state, or local governmental | 24 |
| entities from denying or interfering with a woman's right to | 25 |
| exercise such choices or discriminating against the exercise of | 26 |
| those rights in the regulation or provision of benefits, | 27 |
| facilities, services, or information; and | 28 |
| WHEREAS, Any federal legislation that increases access to | 29 |
| abortion is a radical attempt to enshrine abortion-on-demand into | 30 |
| American law, to sweep aside existing laws that the majority of | 31 |
| Americans support, such as requirements involving fully informed | 32 |
| consent, parental involvement, and that licensed physicians | 33 |
| perform abortions, and seeks to prevent states from enacting | 34 |
| similar protective measures in the future; and | 35 |
| WHEREAS, Such federal legislation not only usurps the moral | 36 |
| right of every American to condemn a practice that has a | 37 |
| substantial negative impact on women and a deleterious effect on | 38 |
| society as a whole, it also constitutes a cynical attempt to | 39 |
| prematurely end the debate over abortion and declare "victory" in | 40 |
| the face of mounting evidence that the American public does not | 41 |
| support the vast majority of abortions being performed in the | 42 |
| United States each year; now therefore be it | 43 |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 128th General Assembly | 44 |
| of the State of Ohio, urge the President of the United States and | 45 |
| the Congress of the United States to oppose any legislation that | 46 |
| in any manner increases access to or funding for abortion, | 47 |
| including such provisions of any final version of comprehensive | 48 |
| health care legislation or any legislation introduced during the | 49 |
| 111th Congress that is the same as or similar to the Freedom of | 50 |
| Choice Act; and be it further | 51 |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly | 52 |
| authenticated copies of this resolution to the President of the | 53 |
| United States, the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of | 54 |
| Representatives, the President Pro Tempore and the Secretary of | 55 |
| the United States Senate, the members of the Ohio Congressional | 56 |
| delegation, the Governor of the State of Ohio, and the news media | 57 |
| of Ohio. | 58 |
