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US SR30

Resolution

Status

Introduced

1/22/2025

Primary Sponsor

Cindy Hyde-Smith

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Senate resolution expressing gratitude to Mississippi State Representative Becky Currie for introducing the Gestational Age Act on January 15, 2018, which prohibited elective abortions after 15 weeks gestation

  • Mississippi's Gestational Age Act was passed by the state legislature and signed by Governor Phil Bryant on March 19, 2018

  • The law became the subject of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, which the Supreme Court agreed to hear in May 2021 and decided on June 24, 2022

  • The Supreme Court's Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992), returning abortion regulation authority to states

  • Resolution honors states that have enacted laws aimed at protecting "the inherent dignity of every mother and unborn child"

Legislative Description

A resolution honoring Mississippi's Gestational Age Act.

Health

Last Action

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S302-303)

1/22/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/22/2025

Full Bill Text

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