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.
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (May 2, 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.
What just happenedMay 5, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMay 2, 2023
- May 5, 2023Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - May 2, 2023IntroReferralH11100
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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - May 2, 2023IntroReferralH11100
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.
Foreign Affairs Committee - May 2, 2023IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- May 2, 2023IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House