US HCR39 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: Introduced on May 2 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-05-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 2 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-05-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
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.
Sponsors
| Rep. Nikema Williams [D-GA] | Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY] | Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI] | Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA] |
| Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL] | Rep. Jasmine Crockett [D-TX] | Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL] | Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA] |
| Rep. James McGovern [D-MA] | Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX] | Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ] | Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL] |
| Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX] | Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove [D-CA] | Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ] | Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA] |
| Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-05 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2023-05-02 | House | 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. |
| 2023-05-02 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/39/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hconres39/BILLS-118hconres39ih.pdf |
