| 1 | 1 | | III |
|---|
| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
|---|
| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. RES. 30 |
|---|
| 5 | 5 | | Honoring Mississippi’s Gestational Age Act. |
|---|
| 6 | 6 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
|---|
| 7 | 7 | | JANUARY22, 2025 |
|---|
| 8 | 8 | | Mrs. H |
|---|
| 9 | 9 | | YDE-SMITH(for herself, Mr. WICKER, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. MARSHALL, |
|---|
| 10 | 10 | | Mr. R |
|---|
| 11 | 11 | | ICKETTS, Mr. LEE, and Mr. BANKS) submitted the following resolu- |
|---|
| 12 | 12 | | tion; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
|---|
| 13 | 13 | | RESOLUTION |
|---|
| 14 | 14 | | Honoring Mississippi’s Gestational Age Act. |
|---|
| 15 | 15 | | Whereas, on January 15, 2018, Mississippi State Representa- |
|---|
| 16 | 16 | | tive Becky Currie of Brookhaven, Mississippi introduced |
|---|
| 17 | 17 | | the Gestational Age Act to protect unborn children from |
|---|
| 18 | 18 | | elective abortion after 15 weeks gestation; |
|---|
| 19 | 19 | | Whereas, on March 19, 2018, the Gestational Age Act was |
|---|
| 20 | 20 | | passed by the Mississippi State Legislature, approved by |
|---|
| 21 | 21 | | Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant, and enacted into law; |
|---|
| 22 | 22 | | Whereas, in May 2021, the United States Supreme Court |
|---|
| 23 | 23 | | agreed to review Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, 597 |
|---|
| 24 | 24 | | U.S. 215 (2022), a challenge to the constitutionality of |
|---|
| 25 | 25 | | the Gestational Age Act, where the question before the |
|---|
| 26 | 26 | | Court was whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elec- |
|---|
| 27 | 27 | | tive abortion are unconstitutional; and |
|---|
| 28 | 28 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:54 Jan 23, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR30.IS SR30 |
|---|
| 29 | 29 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 |
|---|
| 30 | 30 | | •SRES 30 IS |
|---|
| 31 | 31 | | Whereas, on June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme |
|---|
| 32 | 32 | | Court issued its historical decision in Dobbs v. Jackson |
|---|
| 33 | 33 | | Women’s Health, holding that ‘‘the Constitution does not |
|---|
| 34 | 34 | | confer a right to abortion. Roe and Casey must be over- |
|---|
| 35 | 35 | | ruled, and the authority to regulate abortion must be re- |
|---|
| 36 | 36 | | turned to the people and their elected representatives.’’: |
|---|
| 37 | 37 | | Now, therefore, be it |
|---|
| 38 | 38 | | Resolved, That the Senate— 1 |
|---|
| 39 | 39 | | (1) expresses profound gratitude to Mississippi 2 |
|---|
| 40 | 40 | | State Representative Becky Currie for introducing 3 |
|---|
| 41 | 41 | | the catalyst that ultimately brought about the his-4 |
|---|
| 42 | 42 | | torical victory of overturning Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 5 |
|---|
| 43 | 43 | | 113 (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 503 6 |
|---|
| 44 | 44 | | U.S. 833 (1992); and 7 |
|---|
| 45 | 45 | | (2) honors life-affirming States across the coun-8 |
|---|
| 46 | 46 | | try that have enacted laws aimed to value and pro-9 |
|---|
| 47 | 47 | | tect the inherent dignity of every mother and unborn 10 |
|---|
| 48 | 48 | | child. 11 |
|---|
| 49 | 49 | | Æ |
|---|
| 50 | 50 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:54 Jan 23, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\SR30.IS SR30 |
|---|
| 51 | 51 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS |
|---|