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This non-binding resolution politically supports state abortion restrictions and those who oppose abortion—potentially bolstering enforcement and increasing legal risks for providers and reducing access for people seeking abortions—while itself creating no enforceable legal changes and mainly intensifying partisan divisions.
Pregnant people who oppose abortion: the resolution politically affirms support for restricting abortion, strengthening political backing for limits that these individuals favor.
States with existing abortion restrictions: the resolution affirms and politically reinforces those state laws, potentially aiding state-level enforcement and signaling federal-level sympathy.
Pregnant people seeking abortions: may face reduced access to abortion services where state laws are strengthened or more aggressively enforced.
Healthcare providers and people who assist with abortions (including mail-order medication): could face greater legal risk and enforcement, increasing exposure to criminal or civil penalties and chilling provision of services.
Taxpayers and the general public: because the resolution is non-binding, it promotes a partisan policy stance that may deepen political polarization without creating enforceable rights or remedies.
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Expresses nonbinding findings praising Dobbs, condemning Roe, supporting state protections for unborn life, and criticizing federal mail-order abortion policy.
Official title: Celebrating the historic anniversary of the June 24, 2022, decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.
Introduced June 24, 2026 by Steve Daines · Last progress June 24, 2026
Expresses a nonbinding congressional view that the Declaration of Independence recognizes an equal right to life, characterizes Roe v. Wade as a judicially created injustice, praises Dobbs for returning abortion regulation to the people and states, and commends state laws and pregnancy centers that protect unborn life. It also criticizes a federal policy allowing mail-order abortion medication as undermining state law enforcement. The resolution is purely declarative (no binding legal changes or funding). It affirms policy positions about abortion, praises certain state actions and organizations, and objects to federal actions perceived to conflict with state abortion restrictions.