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This resolution expresses gratitude to Mississippi State Representative Becky Currie for introducing the state legislation prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. Res. 30 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 30

              Honoring Mississippi's Gestational Age Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 22, 2025

Mrs. Hyde-Smith (for herself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Marshall, Mr. 
 Ricketts, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Banks) submitted the following resolution; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
              Honoring Mississippi's Gestational Age Act.

Whereas, on January 15, 2018, Mississippi State Representative Becky Currie of 
        Brookhaven, Mississippi introduced the Gestational Age Act to protect 
        unborn children from elective abortion after 15 weeks gestation;
Whereas, on March 19, 2018, the Gestational Age Act was passed by the 
        Mississippi State Legislature, approved by Mississippi Governor Phil 
        Bryant, and enacted into law;
Whereas, in May 2021, the United States Supreme Court agreed to review Dobbs v. 
        Jackson Women's Health, 597 U.S. 215 (2022), a challenge to the 
        constitutionality of the Gestational Age Act, where the question before 
        the Court was whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective 
        abortion are unconstitutional; and
Whereas, on June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court issued its historical 
        decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, holding that ``the 
        Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. Roe and Casey must be 
        overruled, and the authority to regulate abortion must be returned to 
        the people and their elected representatives.'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) expresses profound gratitude to Mississippi State 
        Representative Becky Currie for introducing the catalyst that 
        ultimately brought about the historical victory of overturning 
        Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. 
        Casey, 503 U.S. 833 (1992); and
            (2) honors life-affirming States across the country that 
        have enacted laws aimed to value and protect the inherent 
        dignity of every mother and unborn child.
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