,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #acc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #h1  
#bjac ,mr4 ,lee 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,toomey1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,scott1 ,mr4 
,cruz1 ,mr4 ,inhofe1 ,mr4 ,burr1 ,mr4   
,vitter1 ,mr4 ,boozman1 ,mr4 ,blunt1    
,mrs4 ,fischer1 ,mr4 ,thune1 ,mr4       
,johanns1 ,mr4 ,paul1 ,mr4 ,mc,connell1 
,mr4 ,coats1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1 ,mr4         
,cochran1 ,mr4 ,chambliss1 ,ms4 ,ayotte1
 ,mr4 ,isakson1 and ,mr4 ,graham7       
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and        
,pensions  ,,resolution  ,expressing the
 sense of the ,senate that ,congress and
 the ,states should investigate and     
correct abusive1 unsanitary1 and illegal
 abortion practices4  ,whereas the      
,declaration of ,independence sets forth
 the principle that all people are      
created equal and are endowed by their  
,creator with certain unalienable       
rights1 and that among these rights are 

life1 liberty1 and the pursuit of       
happiness2 ,whereas the dedication of   
the people of the ,united ,states to    
this principle1 though at times         
tragically marred by institutions such  
as slavery and practices such as        
segregation and the denial of the right 
to vote1 has summoned the people of the 
,united ,states time and again to fight 
for human dignity and the common good2  
,whereas the people of the ,united      
,states believe that every human life is
 precious from its very beginning1 and  
that every individual1 regardless of    
age1 health1 or condition of dependency1
 deserves the respect and protection of 
society2 ,whereas the people of the     
,united ,states believe that early and  
consistent care for mothers1 with due   
regard both for the well-being of       
expectant mothers and for the children  
they carry1 is a primary goal of any    
sound health care policy in the ,united 
,states2 ,whereas no woman should ever  
be abandoned1 by policy or practice1 to 

the depredations of an unlicensed1      
unregulated1 or uninspected clinic      
operating outside of the law with no    
regard for the mothers or children      
ostensibly under its care2 ,whereas the 
,report of the ,grand ,jury in the      
,court of ,common ,pleas of the ,first  
,judicial ,district of ,pennsylvania1   
certified on ,january #ad1 #bjaa1       
contains the results of a thorough      
investigation of the policies and       
practices of ,dr4 ,kermit ,gosnell and  
the ,women's ,medical ,society of       
,philadelphia1 which found multiple     
violations of law and public policy     
relating to abortion clinics1 and       
recommended to the ,pennsylvania        
,department of ,health that these       
abortion clinics be explicitly regulated
 as ambulatory surgical facilities1 so  
that they are inspected annually and    
held to the same standards as all other 
outpatient procedure centers2 ,whereas  
the ,report of the ,grand ,jury         
documented a pattern1 over a period of  

#b decades1 at the ,women's ,medical    
,society of ,philadelphia of untrained  
and uncertified personnel performing    
abortions1 non-medical personnel        
administering medications1 grossly      
unsanitary and dangerous conditions1    
violations of law regarding storage of  
human remains1 and1 above all1 instances
 of willful murder of infants born alive
 by severing their spinal cords2        
,whereas the violations of law and human
 dignity documented at the ,women's     
,medical ,society of ,philadelphia      
involved women referred to the facility 
by abortion facilities in a number of   
surrounding ,states1 including          
,virginia1 ,maryland1 ,north ,carolina1 
and ,delaware2 ,whereas abortion clinics
 in a number of ,states1 particularly   
,michigan and ,maryland1 and including  
#b clinics at which ,dr4 ,kermit        
,gosnell performed or initiated         
abortions and #b ,planned ,parenthood   
facilities in ,delaware1 have been      
closed temporarily or permanently due to

 unsanitary conditions1 and the ,planned
 ,parenthood facilities in ,delaware    
have been described by former employees 
as resembling a meat market2 ,whereas   
the imposition of criminal and civil    
penalties on individuals and            
corporations involved in the deplorable 
practices described in this preamble is 
appropriate1 but is not the only        
necessary response to such practices2   
,whereas it is essential that the       
,federal ,government and ,state and     
local governments take action to prevent
 dangerous conditions at abortion       
clinics2 ,whereas government            
accountability means that officials     
whose duty it is to protect the safety  
and well-being of mothers accessing     
health care clinics must have their     
actions made public and their failures  
redressed2 ,whereas the extent of1 and  
purported justification for1 legal and  
illegal abortions in the ,united ,states
 performed late in the second trimester 
of pregnancy and into and throughout the

 third trimester of pregnancy are not   
routinely reported by all ,states or by 
the ,centers for ,disease ,control1 and 
are therefore unknown2 ,whereas women   
and children in the ,united ,states     
deserve better than the #ef1ade1ibj     
abortions that have been performed in   
the ,united ,states since the ,supreme  
,court rulings in ,roe v4 ,wade1 #daj   
,u4,s4 #aac1 and ,doe v4 ,bolton1 #daj  
,u4,s4 #agi1 in #aigc2 and ,whereas     
there is substantial medical evidence   
that an unborn child is capable of      
experiencing pain at #bj weeks after    
fertilization1 or earlier3 ,now1        
therefore1 be it  ,that it is the sense 
of the ,senate that--  7#a7 ,congress   
and ,states should gather information   
about and correct--  7,a7 abusive1      
unsanitary1 and illegal abortion        
practices2 and  7,b7 the interstate     
referral of women and girls to          
facilities engaged in dangerous or      
illegal second- and third-trimester     
procedures2  7#b7 ,congress has the     

responsibility to--  7,a7 investigate   
and conduct hearings on--  7i7 abortions
 performed near1 at1 or after viability 
in the ,united ,states2 and  7ii7 public
 policies regarding such abortions2 and 
7,b7 evaluate the extent to which such  
abortions involve violations of the     
natural right to life of infants who are
 born alive or are capable of being born
 alive1 and therefore are entitled to   
equal protection under the law2  7#c7   
there is a compelling governmental      
interest in protecting the lives of     
unborn children beginning at least from 
the stage at which substantial medical  
evidence indicates that they are capable
 of feeling pain1 which is separate from
 and independent of the compelling      
governmental interest in protecting the 
lives of unborn children beginning at   
the stage of viability1 and neither     
governmental interest is intended to    
replace the other2 and  7#d7            
governmental review of public policies  
and outcomes relating to the issues     

described in paragraphs 7#a7 through    
7#d7 is long overdue and is an urgent   
priority that must be addressed for the 
sake of women1 children1 families1 and  
future generations4