United States HCONRES 39: 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.

Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2023-05-05)

State: United States · Session: 118 · Bill: HCONRES 39

Sponsors: Nikema Williams, Adriano Espaillat, BARBARA LEE, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Donald M. Payne, JAMES P. MCGOVERN, JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY, Jasmine Crockett, Jesus G. Garcia, Joaquin Castro, Linda T. Sánchez, NYDIA M. VELAZQUEZ, Nanette Diaz Barragan, Rashida Tlaib, Raúl M. Grijalva, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Veronica Escobar

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