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4	4	STSESSION S. CON. RES. 9
5	5	Expressing support for the recognition of March 10, 2025, as ‘‘Abortion
6	6	Provider Appreciation Day’’.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	MARCH10, 2025
9	9	Ms. H
10	10	IRONO(for herself, Mr. PETERS, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, Ms.
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12	12	UCKWORTH, Mr. FETTERMAN, Mr. HEINRICH, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr.
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14	14	ADILLA, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. MARKEY)
15	15	submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the
16	16	Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
17	17	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
18	18	Expressing support for the recognition of March 10, 2025,
19	19	as ‘‘Abortion Provider Appreciation Day’’.
20	20	Whereas March 10 has been established as a day to show ap-
21	21	preciation for the essential, high-quality care that abor-
22	22	tion providers and all staff provide to their communities
23	23	and those traveling to their communities, and to celebrate
24	24	their courage, compassion, and dedication to their work;
25	25	Whereas March 10 was selected for ‘‘Abortion Provider Ap-
26	26	preciation Day’’ in honor of Dr. David Gunn, who was
27	27	killed on March 10, 1993, outside his abortion clinic in
28	28	Pensacola, Florida, by a White supremacist and anti-
29	29	abortion extremist in the first known instance of the
30	30	murder of an abortion provider;
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34	34	Whereas abortions are provided in-person and through tele-
35	35	health by facilities such as independent clinics, Planned
36	36	Parenthood health care centers, hospitals, and private of-
37	37	fices of doctors, and all of the staff working at those fa-
38	38	cilities are essential to ensuring patients receive needed
39	39	care;
40	40	Whereas, on June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the
41	41	United States erroneously overturned Roe v. Wade, 410
42	42	U.S. 113 (1973), in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
43	43	Organization, 597 U.S. 215 (2022) (referred to in this
44	44	preamble as ‘‘the Dobbs decision’’), reversing decades of
45	45	legal precedent affirming the right to an abortion and
46	46	unleashing devastation on an already precarious abortion
47	47	access landscape;
48	48	Whereas States across the United States have moved to re-
49	49	strict access to abortion care, and 19 States have banned
50	50	some or all access to an abortion as of March 2025;
51	51	Whereas, because of State abortion bans and restrictions,
52	52	scores of clinics and health care centers in already under-
53	53	served areas and maternal health deserts have closed,
54	54	forcing more patients to remain pregnant against their
55	55	will or to travel out-of-State for abortion care, increasing
56	56	wait times, straining already thin resources, and pushing
57	57	people farther and farther away from their homes;
58	58	Whereas abortion providers and all staff play a critical role
59	59	in a world where it has become increasingly difficult for
60	60	individuals to receive essential and time-sensitive care
61	61	once those individuals have made decisions that are right
62	62	for their bodies, lives, and futures;
63	63	Whereas abortion providers and all staff help to ensure that
64	64	all individuals who can become pregnant can make their
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68	68	own decisions about their bodies and their pregnancies,
69	69	and support the decisions of their patients by treating
70	70	them with dignity, empathy, compassion, and respect, de-
71	71	spite numerous challenges due to abortion bans and re-
72	72	strictions;
73	73	Whereas abortion providers and all staff play an essential
74	74	role within the reproductive justice framework, which was
75	75	created by 12 Black women in 1994, who formulated a
76	76	human rights framework that demands every person has
77	77	the human right to bodily autonomy, which includes the
78	78	right to choose if, when, and how to have children and
79	79	the right to parent children in safe and sustainable com-
80	80	munities;
81	81	Whereas individuals seeking abortion care across the United
82	82	States also rely on the work of abortion funds and prac-
83	83	tical support organizations to access abortion care for
84	84	themselves and their families;
85	85	Whereas abortion funds and practical support organizations
86	86	that rely on donations face increasing demand following
87	87	the Dobbs decision as individuals are forced to travel
88	88	longer distances, find childcare or lodging, and raise
89	89	money to cover the ever-increasing costs of an abortion
90	90	and wraparound support;
91	91	Whereas the network of abortion funds, clinics, providers,
92	92	and supporters that work to ensure access to abortion is
93	93	being strained beyond capacity;
94	94	Whereas restrictions on abortion care have far-reaching con-
95	95	sequences that deepen existing inequities and worsen
96	96	health outcomes for pregnant people, people giving birth,
97	97	and their families;
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101	101	Whereas people who are denied abortion care are more likely
102	102	to experience high blood pressure and other serious med-
103	103	ical conditions during the end of pregnancy, remain in re-
104	104	lationships where interpersonal violence is present, and
105	105	experience poverty;
106	106	Whereas research shows that States that have more abortion
107	107	restrictions are also States that have poorer maternal
108	108	health outcomes;
109	109	Whereas the effects of the Dobbs decision were immediate
110	110	and disastrous, with 12 States completely banning access
111	111	to abortion care as of March 2025;
112	112	Whereas more than 25,000,000 women of reproductive age,
113	113	plus more trans and nonbinary people, do not have access
114	114	to abortion where they live;
115	115	Whereas restricting and banning access to abortion care—
116	116	(1) limits the ability of current and future providers
117	117	to obtain necessary education and training in abortion
118	118	care;
119	119	(2) exposes the remaining abortion providers and all
120	120	staff to increased levels of harassment, violence, and po-
121	121	litically motivated restrictions; and
122	122	(3) creates and increases the out-of-pocket costs and
123	123	logistical burdens that patients face to get care to a level
124	124	that is sometimes insurmountable, forcing patients to re-
125	125	main pregnant;
126	126	Whereas the 2022 Violence and Disruption Report of the Na-
127	127	tional Abortion Federation found an alarming escalation
128	128	in incidents of obstruction, vandalism, and trespassing at
129	129	abortion clinics, with abortion providers reporting an
130	130	alarming rate of death threats and threats of harm, and
131	131	documented 218 of such incidents in 2022;
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135	135	Whereas Black, indigenous, and other providers and patients
136	136	of color face heightened levels of threats, harassment,
137	137	and violence as compared to their White counterparts;
138	138	Whereas the current administration has emboldened individ-
139	139	uals and groups to continue to harass and threaten the
140	140	ability of abortion providers and all staff to serve their
141	141	patients;
142	142	Whereas the Dobbs decision has emboldened antiabortion in-
143	143	dividuals and groups to continue to harass providers and
144	144	the patients they care for;
145	145	Whereas the Dobbs decision threatens the ability of abortion
146	146	providers and all staff to serve their patients; and
147	147	Whereas, in the face of multifaceted attacks on their work,
148	148	abortion providers remain an essential and valued part of
149	149	their communities, providing high-quality, compassionate,
150	150	and necessary health care, and courageously delivering
151	151	that care despite pressures, restrictions, political inter-
152	152	ference, and violent threats to their personal safety: Now,
153	153	therefore, be it
154	154	Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 1
155	155	concurring), That Congress— 2
156	156	(1) recognizes ‘‘Abortion Provider Appreciation 3
157	157	Day’’ on March 10, 2025, to celebrate the courage, 4
158	158	compassion, and high-quality care that abortion pro-5
159	159	viders and staff offer to patients and their families 6
160	160	across the United States; 7
161	161	(2) lauds communities across the United States 8
162	162	who are proud to be home to abortion providers and 9
163	163	staff; 10
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167	167	(3) affirms the commitment of Congress to en-1
168	168	suring the safety of abortion providers, the ability of 2
169	169	abortion providers to continue providing the essen-3
170	170	tial care their patients need, and the right of pa-4
171	171	tients to access abortion care no matter where they 5
172	172	live, free from fear of violence, criminalization, or 6
173	173	stigma; 7
174	174	(4) condemns the decisions of the Supreme 8
175	175	Court of the United States, as well as the actions of 9
176	176	the current administration and antiabortion extrem-10
177	177	ists, to limit and stigmatize abortion care, which has 11
178	178	had a devastating impact on abortion providers and 12
179	179	the communities they care for, threatening the work 13
180	180	and livelihoods of providers and staff, and worsening 14
181	181	the strain on providers who work in States where 15
182	182	abortion is still available; and 16
183	183	(5) declares a vision for a future liberated from 17
184	184	all abortion restrictions and bans, where everyone 18
185	185	has full access to the care they need without fear of 19
186	186	penalty or stigma, and affirms the commitment of 20
187	187	Congress to working toward that goal in partnership 21
188	188	with providers, patients, advocates, and their com-22
189	189	munities. 23
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