House Resolution
H.Res. 56
Memorializing the unborn by lowering the United States flag to half-staff on the 22d day of January each year.
Primary Sponsor
Linda T. Sánchez
Representative
Cosponsors
14
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This resolution calls for lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff on January 22nd each year to commemorate a Day of Tears honoring unborn lives lost to abortion. January 22nd marks the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision on abortion rights.
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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Memorializing the unborn by lowering the United States flag to half-staff on the 22d day of January each year.
This resolution calls for lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff on January 22nd each year to commemorate a Day of Tears honoring unborn lives lost to abortion. January 22nd marks the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision on abortion rights
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This resolution calls for lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff on January 22nd each year to commemorate a Day of Tears honoring unborn lives lost to abortion. January 22nd marks the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision on abortion rights.
- Bill Number
- 56
- Sponsor
- Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA)
- Introduced
- 1/22/2025
- Status
- Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- Policy Area
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
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Fact Sheet
- Title
- Memorializing the unborn by lowering the United States flag to half-staff on the 22d day of January each year.
- Bill Number
- 56
- Sponsor
- Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA)
- Status
- Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- Introduced
- 1/22/2025
- Summary
- This resolution calls for lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff on January 22nd each year to commemorate a Day of Tears honoring unborn lives lost to abortion. January 22nd marks the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision on abortion rights.
Data from Congress.gov
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