[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 739 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 739
Celebrating the historic anniversary of the June 24, 2022, decision of
the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's
Health Organization.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 18, 2024
Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Budd, Mr.
Wicker, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Risch, Mr. Ricketts, Mr.
Daines, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Hawley, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Young, Mr. Lee, Ms.
Lummis, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. Marshall) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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RESOLUTION
Celebrating the historic anniversary of the June 24, 2022, decision of
the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's
Health Organization.
Whereas the Declaration of Independence announces the self-evident truth that
``all men are created equal'' and ``are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable Rights'';
Whereas the first of those unalienable rights is the right to life;
Whereas modern science has illuminated our understanding of the humanity of
unborn life;
Whereas the Supreme Court of the United States committed a grave injustice in
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) (referred to in this preamble as
``Roe''), by inventing a constitutional right to abortion, thereby
denying a class of innocent people their right to life;
Whereas more than 63,000,000 unborn lives were lost to abortion under Roe;
Whereas, on June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States, in Dobbs v.
Jackson Women's Health Organization, 142 S. Ct. 2228 (2022) (referred to
in this preamble as ``Dobbs''), corrected the grave injustice committed
in Roe, by holding that ``the Constitution does not confer a right to
abortion'' and that "Roe and Casey must be overruled, and the authority
to regulate abortion must be returned to the people and their elected
representatives";
Whereas many States have taken historic steps to protect unborn life since the
ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs; and
Whereas many millions of people in the United States continue to press to
protect unborn life and strengthen support for families charged with
protecting that life: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) commemorates 2 years since the ruling of the Supreme
Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health
Organization, 142 S. Ct. 2228 (2022) (referred to in this
resolution as ``Dobbs'');
(2) celebrates the millions of lives that will be saved as
a result of the ruling in Dobbs;
(3) commits to protecting the unalienable right to life and
guarding unborn lives against lethal violence;
(4) commits to supporting families, including new and
expectant mothers and their children; and
(5) commits to proclaiming the humanity of the unborn,
consistent with the findings of modern science and the
unswerving demands of justice.
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