AL HJR24

Recognizes January 22, 2022, as the Day of Tears in Alabama to commemorate the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade that established a constitutional right to abortion.

References the Supreme Court ruling on January 22, 1973, that secured access to abortion as a constitutional right.

States that over 61 million unborn children have died due to abortion since the 1973 decision, constituting an entire third of Generations X through Alpha.

Encourages Alabama citizens to lower flags to half-staff on January 22, 2022, to mourn those who lost their lives to abortion.

Adopted by the House on February 11, 2021, and by the Senate on March 9, 2021.