United States SCONRES 9: A concurrent resolution expressing support for the recognition of March 10, 2025, as "Abortion Provider Appreciation Day".

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119THCONGRESS 
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STSESSION 
S.  CON.  RES.  9 
Expressing support for the recognition of March 10, 2025, as ‘‘Abortion 
Provider Appreciation Day’’. 
IN  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  
MARCH10, 2025 
Ms.  H
IRONO(for  herself,  Mr.  PETERS,  Mr.  BLUMENTHAL,  Mr.  BOOKER,  Ms.  
D
UCKWORTH,   Mr.   FETTERMAN,   Mr.   HEINRICH,   Mrs.   MURRAY,   Mr.   
P
ADILLA,  Ms.  WARREN,  Mr.  WELCH,  Mr.  WYDEN,  and  Mr.  MARKEY) 
submitted  the  following  concurrent  resolution;  which  was  referred  to  the  
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
CONCURRENT  RESOLUTION  
Expressing support for the recognition of March 10, 2025, 
as ‘‘Abortion Provider Appreciation Day’’. 
Whereas  March  10  has  been  established  as  a  day  to  show  ap-
preciation  for  the  essential,  high-quality  care  that  abor-
tion  providers  and  all  staff  provide  to  their  communities  
and those traveling to their communities, and to celebrate 
their  courage,  compassion,  and  dedication  to  their  work;  
Whereas  March  10  was  selected  for  ‘‘Abortion  Provider  Ap-
preciation  Day’’  in  honor  of  Dr.  David  Gunn,  who  was  
killed  on  March  10,  1993,  outside  his  abortion  clinic  in  
Pensacola,  Florida,  by  a  White  supremacist  and  anti-
abortion  extremist  in  the  first  known  instance  of  the  
murder of an abortion provider; 
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•SCON  9  IS  
Whereas  abortions  are  provided  in-person  and  through  tele-
health  by  facilities  such  as  independent  clinics,  Planned  
Parenthood  health  care  centers,  hospitals,  and  private  of-
fices  of  doctors,  and  all  of  the  staff  working  at  those  fa-
cilities  are  essential  to  ensuring  patients  receive  needed  
care; 
Whereas,   on   June   24,   2022,   the   Supreme   Court   of   the   
United  States  erroneously  overturned  Roe  v.  Wade,  410  
U.S.  113  (1973),  in  Dobbs  v.  Jackson  Women’s  Health  
Organization,  597  U.S.  215  (2022)  (referred  to  in  this  
preamble  as  ‘‘the  Dobbs  decision’’),  reversing  decades  of  
legal  precedent  affirming  the  right  to  an  abortion  and  
unleashing  devastation  on  an  already  precarious  abortion  
access landscape; 
Whereas  States  across  the  United  States  have  moved  to  re-
strict  access  to  abortion  care,  and  19  States  have  banned  
some or all access to an abortion as of March 2025; 
Whereas,  because  of  State  abortion  bans  and  restrictions,  
scores  of  clinics  and  health  care  centers  in  already  under-
served  areas  and  maternal  health  deserts  have  closed,  
forcing  more  patients  to  remain  pregnant  against  their  
will  or  to  travel  out-of-State  for  abortion  care,  increasing  
wait  times,  straining  already  thin  resources,  and  pushing  
people farther and farther away from their homes; 
Whereas  abortion  providers  and  all  staff  play  a  critical  role  
in  a  world  where  it  has  become  increasingly  difficult  for  
individuals  to  receive  essential  and  time-sensitive  care  
once  those  individuals  have  made  decisions  that  are  right  
for their bodies, lives, and futures; 
Whereas  abortion  providers  and  all  staff  help  to  ensure  that  
all  individuals  who  can  become  pregnant  can  make  their  
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•SCON  9  IS  
own  decisions  about  their  bodies  and  their  pregnancies,  
and  support  the  decisions  of  their  patients  by  treating  
them  with  dignity,  empathy,  compassion,  and  respect,  de-
spite  numerous  challenges  due  to  abortion  bans  and  re-
strictions; 
Whereas  abortion  providers  and  all  staff  play  an  essential  
role  within  the  reproductive  justice  framework,  which  was  
created  by  12  Black  women  in  1994,  who  formulated  a  
human  rights  framework  that  demands  every  person  has  
the  human  right  to  bodily  autonomy,  which  includes  the  
right  to  choose  if,  when,  and  how  to  have  children  and  
the  right  to  parent  children  in  safe  and  sustainable  com-
munities; 
Whereas  individuals  seeking  abortion  care  across  the  United  
States  also  rely  on  the  work  of  abortion  funds  and  prac-
tical  support  organizations  to  access  abortion  care  for  
themselves and their families; 
Whereas  abortion  funds  and  practical  support  organizations  
that  rely  on  donations  face  increasing  demand  following  
the  Dobbs  decision  as  individuals  are  forced  to  travel  
longer   distances,   find   childcare   or   lodging,   and   raise   
money  to  cover  the  ever-increasing  costs  of  an  abortion  
and