Condemning unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures on individuals without their full, informed consent.

H. Res. 1153 · 116th Congress · Oct 2, 2020 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the House of Representatives—

(1)

condemns performing unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures on individuals without their full, informed consent;

(2)

recognizes that everyone deserves to control their own reproductive choices and make informed choices about their bodies;

(3)

recognizes that further accountability, oversight, and transparency is necessary to protect people in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and

(4)

calls on the Department of Homeland Security to—

(A)

pause the removal of any individual who experienced any medical procedure at the Irwin County Detention Center;

(B)

allow individuals who may have experienced an unnecessary or nonconsensual procedure to have immediate access to adequate, safe, and consensual medical treatment or to seek a second opinion from an independent medical professional;

(C)

immediately comply with all investigations and records requests related to investigations about the Irwin County Detention Center;

(D)

ensure impacted individuals are able to freely participate in any investigation and share their stories without fear of reprisal; and

(E)

hold all individuals found to be involved in any unnecessary or nonconsensual medical procedure at the Irwin County Detention Center accountable and bring them to justice.

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Sep 25, 2020 Introduced in House Ms. Jayapal (for herself, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Frankel, Ms. Adams, Mr. Aguilar, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Bass, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Ms. Brownley of California, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Cisneros, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Correa, Mr. Crist, Mr. Crow, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. DelBene, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Foster, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Gallego, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Haaland, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Heck, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kilmer, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Luján, Mr. Malinowski, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McEachin, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore, Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Omar, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Rose of New York, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Rush, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Sires, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Soto, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Speier, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Mrs. Torres of California, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Vela, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Welch, Ms. Wild, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Trone, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Doggett, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Cox of California, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Engel, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Shalala, Mr. Levin of California, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Waters, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Deutch, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Peters, Mr. Kim, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Pappas, and Ms. Slotkin) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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

Condemning unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures on individuals without their full, informed consent.

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