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Am. S. C. R. No. 6 Corrected Version
Corrected Version
As Adopted by the Senate
| 128th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2009-2010 |
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Senators Grendell, Buehrer
Cosponsors:
Senators Coughlin, Gibbs, Schaffer, Seitz, Wagoner, Schuring, Faber, Cates, Gillmor, Jones, Carey, Patton, Harris, Husted
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
| To urge the President of the United States and the
Congress of the United States to oppose any
federal legislation that increases access to or
funding for abortion.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):
| WHEREAS, Thirty-seven years after Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113
(1973) was decided on January 22, 1973, abortion supporters
continue to advocate for policies that increase access to
abortion, require health plans to include abortion coverage, and
utilize taxpayer money to fund abortion; and |
| WHEREAS, In the current deliberations over a final version of
comprehensive health care legislation, the United States Congress
is considering provisions that may increase access to abortion,
authorize direct or indirect federal or state funding for abortion
services, require private insurers to offer health plans that
include abortion coverage, and provide individuals with federally
subsidized public health plans that include abortion coverage; and |
| WHEREAS, In previous sessions of Congress, legislation such
as the Freedom of Choice Act (H.R. 1964 and S. 1173 of the 110th
Congress) has been introduced and sought a declaration that it is
the policy of the United States that every woman has the
fundamental right to choose to bear a child, terminate a pregnancy
prior to fetal viability, or terminate a pregnancy after fetal
viability when necessary to protect her life or her health, and
also sought a prohibition on federal, state, or local governmental
entities from denying or interfering with a woman's right to
exercise such choices or discriminating against the exercise of
those rights in the regulation or provision of benefits,
facilities, services, or information; and |
| WHEREAS, Any federal legislation that increases access to
abortion is a radical attempt to enshrine abortion-on-demand into
American law, to sweep aside existing laws that the majority of
Americans support, such as requirements involving fully informed
consent, parental involvement, and that licensed physicians
perform abortions, and seeks to prevent states from enacting
similar protective measures in the future; and |
| WHEREAS, Such federal legislation not only usurps the moral
right of every American to condemn a practice that has a
substantial negative impact on women and a deleterious effect on
society as a whole, it also constitutes a cynical attempt to
prematurely end the debate over abortion and declare "victory" in
the face of mounting evidence that the American public does not
support the vast majority of abortions being performed in the
United States each year; now therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 128th General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, urge the President of the United States and
the Congress of the United States to oppose any legislation that
in any manner increases access to or funding for abortion,
including such provisions of any final version of comprehensive
health care legislation or any legislation introduced during the
111th Congress that is the same as or similar to the Freedom of
Choice Act; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly
authenticated copies of this resolution to the President of the
United States, the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of
Representatives, the President Pro Tempore and the Secretary of
the United States Senate, the members of the Ohio Congressional
delegation, the Governor of the State of Ohio, and the news media
of Ohio. |
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