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US HR1147
Resolution
Status
3/30/2026
Primary Sponsor
Yassamin Ansari
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AI Summary
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Recognizes historical injustices in women's healthcare, including exploitation and non-consensual sterilization of Black, enslaved, Puerto Rican, indigenous, immigrant, and disabled women, as well as coercive contraceptive testing in Puerto Rico
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Acknowledges ongoing dismissal of women's pain leading to delayed diagnoses and preventable suffering, particularly affecting Black, indigenous, immigrant, LGBTQ+, disabled, and low-income women
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Affirms the need for shared decision-making, patient-centered gynecological care, procedural transparency, and expanded research on women's health conditions
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Commits to expanding access to reproductive and gynecological healthcare, strengthening bodily autonomy protections, and increasing federal investment in women's health research
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Calls for ending the normalization of pain and addressing implicit and structural biases within reproductive and gynecological care systems
Legislative Description
Recognizing the United States legacy of dismissed pain and denied autonomy in women's health care, and affirming the Federal Government's duty to protect individual dignity and advance patient-centered care in women's health.
Health
Last Action
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
3/30/2026