119-sres30

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 30 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
S. RES. 30

 Honoring Mississippi's Gestational Age Act.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 January 22, 2025

Mrs. Hyde-Smith (for herself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Marshall, Mr. 
 Ricketts, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Banks) submitted the following resolution; 
 which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 RESOLUTION

 Honoring Mississippi's Gestational Age Act.

Whereas, on January 15, 2018, Mississippi State Representative Becky Currie of 
 Brookhaven, Mississippi introduced the Gestational Age Act to protect 
 unborn children from elective abortion after 15 weeks gestation;
Whereas, on March 19, 2018, the Gestational Age Act was passed by the 
 Mississippi State Legislature, approved by Mississippi Governor Phil 
 Bryant, and enacted into law;
Whereas, in May 2021, the United States Supreme Court agreed to review Dobbs v. 
 Jackson Women's Health, 597 U.S. 215

    (2022) , a challenge to the 
 constitutionality of the Gestational Age Act, where the question before 
 the Court was whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective 
 abortion are unconstitutional; and
Whereas, on June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court issued its historical 
 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, holding that ``the 
 Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. Roe and Casey must be 
 overruled, and the authority to regulate abortion must be returned to 
 the people and their elected representatives.'': Now, therefore, be it
 Resolved, That the Senate--

    (1) expresses profound gratitude to Mississippi State 
 Representative Becky Currie for introducing the catalyst that 
 ultimately brought about the historical victory of overturning 
 Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113

    (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. 
 Casey, 503 U.S. 833

    (1992) ; and

    (2) honors life-affirming States across the country that 
 have enacted laws aimed to value and protect the inherent 
 dignity of every mother and unborn child.
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