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.

H. Con. Res. 39 · 118th Congress · May 2, 2023 · Lineage

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

That Congress—

(1)

condemns the absolute criminalization of abortion in El Salvador and anywhere in the world;

(2)

affirms that all people deserve access to high-quality health care without fear of reprisal or punishment;

(3)

calls upon the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to recognize that total criminalization of abortion violates the rights to life, health (including mental health), freedom from torture, and information; and

(4)

urges States that still have a total ban on abortion to decriminalize abortion and protect and guarantee human rights.

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May 2, 2023viewing Introduced in House Ms. Williams of Georgia (for herself, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. García of Illinois, Ms. Crockett, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Barragán, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Payne, Ms. Sánchez, and Ms. Velázquez) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 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

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