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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.

USA118th CongressHCONRES-39| House 
| Updated: 5/5/2023
Nikema Williams

Nikema Williams

Democratic Representative

Georgia

Cosponsors (16)
Barbara Lee (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Donald M. Payne (Democratic)Adriano Espaillat (Democratic)Jasmine Crockett (Democratic)Joaquin Castro (Democratic)Sydney Kamlager-Dove (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Nydia M. Velázquez (Democratic)Linda T. Sánchez (Democratic)Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democratic)Jesús G. "Chuy" García (Democratic)Rashida Tlaib (Democratic)Veronica Escobar (Democratic)Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democratic)

Foreign Affairs Committee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This concurrent resolution condemns the absolute criminalization of abortion in El Salvador and anywhere in the world. It also calls upon the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to recognize that total criminalization of abortion violates human rights.
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Timeline
May 2, 2023
Introduced in House
May 2, 2023
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.
May 5, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • May 2, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • May 2, 2023
    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.


  • May 5, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

International Affairs

AbortionEl SalvadorHealth care coverage and accessHuman rightsLatin AmericaWomen's health

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.

USA118th CongressHCONRES-39| House 
| Updated: 5/5/2023
This concurrent resolution condemns the absolute criminalization of abortion in El Salvador and anywhere in the world. It also calls upon the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to recognize that total criminalization of abortion violates human rights.
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Timeline
May 2, 2023
Introduced in House
May 2, 2023
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.
May 5, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • May 2, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • May 2, 2023
    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.


  • May 5, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nikema Williams

Nikema Williams

Democratic Representative

Georgia

Cosponsors (16)
Barbara Lee (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Donald M. Payne (Democratic)Adriano Espaillat (Democratic)Jasmine Crockett (Democratic)Joaquin Castro (Democratic)Sydney Kamlager-Dove (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Nydia M. Velázquez (Democratic)Linda T. Sánchez (Democratic)Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democratic)Jesús G. "Chuy" García (Democratic)Rashida Tlaib (Democratic)Veronica Escobar (Democratic)Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democratic)

Foreign Affairs Committee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

International Affairs

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
AbortionEl SalvadorHealth care coverage and accessHuman rightsLatin AmericaWomen's health