The resolution said the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court last year is another reason to recognize abortion providers, some of which have had to close because of abortion restrictions in some states. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner, File)
"Abortion providers and clinic staff play a critical role in a world where it has become increasingly difficult for people to be able to make essential and time-sensitive decisions about their bodies, lives, and futures."
The resolution states that abortion providers provide a range of benefits to women around the country.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley's resolution was signed by more than three dozen House Democrats. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)
"Abortion providers and clinic staff play an essential role within the reproductive justice framework, which was created by 12 Black women in 1994 who determined the necessity of adopting a human rights framework that demands every person has the human right to bodily autonomy, which includes if, when, and how to have children, to not have children, and to parent the children they have in safe and sustainable communities.
The resolution holds that putting restrictions on abortion providers ends up "deepening inequities caused by White supremacy, structural racism and systemic discrimination in the
