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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…

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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.

Introduced: May 2, 2023 Introduced by: Williams, Nikema Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov
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May 5, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 2, 2023
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.
May 2, 2023
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This concurrent resolution condemns the absolute criminalization of abortion in El Salvador and anywhere in the world. It also calls upon the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to recognize that total criminalization of abortion violates human rights.

What's happening now May 5, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 13
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · May 2, 2023
 D
Castro, Joaquin
Texas · May 2, 2023
 D
Crockett, Jasmine
Texas · May 2, 2023
 D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · May 2, 2023
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · May 2, 2023
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · May 2, 2023
 D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · May 2, 2023
 D
Kamlager-Dove, Sydney
California · May 2, 2023
Lee, Barbara
· May 2, 2023
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 2, 2023
Payne, Donald
· May 2, 2023
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · May 2, 2023
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 2, 2023
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · May 2, 2023
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 2, 2023
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · May 2, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 39: 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.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HCONRES-39/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 39: 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.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HCONRES-39/.
Bluebook (legal)
H. Con. Res. 39, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HCONRES-39/.
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[H. Con. Res. 39: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HCONRES-39/)
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