PRINTER'S NO. 309
No. 26 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY TRUE, PITTS, L. I. COHEN, TANGRETTI, MICOZZIE,
RUBLEY, TRELLO, PESCI, BARD, READSHAW, OLASZ, VANCE, CURRY,
E. Z. TAYLOR, SCHRODER, ARMSTRONG, TRICH, STRITTMATTER,
SAYLOR, SCHULER, FLEAGLE, MAITLAND, MILLER, MARKOSEK, TIGUE,
ADOLPH, MELIO, CAWLEY, KAISER, LAUGHLIN, JOSEPHS, BARLEY,
ZIMMERMAN, FLICK, STERN, DEMPSEY, FEESE, MANDERINO, LEH,
HUTCHINSON, HENNESSEY, THOMAS, BIRMELIN, MAJOR, S. H. SMITH,
CORNELL, LYNCH, PERZEL, RAYMOND, PETTIT, FARMER, STEIL,
ALLEN, CORRIGAN, MASLAND, VITALI, HALUSKA, BELARDI, NYCE AND
HARHART, JANUARY 26, 1995
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JANUARY 26, 1995
A RESOLUTION
1 Condemning acts of violence against health care clinics and
2 commending those with opposing viewpoints who are able to
3 rationally further their cause through nonviolent means.
4 WHEREAS, The right to peaceably disagree is basic to our
5 democracy; and
6 WHEREAS, Violence and hatred are unacceptable means of
7 expressing opposing viewpoints; and
8 WHEREAS, Violence against health care providers has
9 increasingly become a repugnant trend across the Nation; and
10 WHEREAS, The horrible murders at women's health care
11 facilities in Brookline, Massachusetts, and Pensacola, Florida,
12 as well as the reprehensible bombing of a women's health care
13 facility in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, should be condemned as
14 despicable acts which are totally contrary to the ethic of life;
1 and
2 WHEREAS, Law and order with justice is in the inherent
3 interest of all Pennsylvanians; therefore be it
4 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives reaffirm its
5 support for the laws of this Commonwealth and this Nation and
6 condemn those who engage in criminal activity; and be it further
7 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives express its
8 outrage at the murders which occurred at women's health care
9 facilities in Brookline, Massachusetts, and Pensacola, Florida,
10 and the bombing which occurred at a women's health care facility
11 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and further express its total
12 condemnation of the use of such violence; and be it further
13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commend those who
14 are able to reasonably and rationally express opposing
15 viewpoints through nonviolent means; and be it further
16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives encourage all of
17 the citizens of this Commonwealth to respect diverse viewpoints
18 and to condemn violence.
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