Memorializing the unborn by lowering the United States flag to half-staff on the 22d day of January each year.

1. 01

   How would annual flag-lowering on January 22 affect the established protocols for half-staff observances, which currently commemorate deaths of officials and national tragedies?

2. 02

   What evidence or data informs the decision to designate January 22 specifically, and how might citizens with different views on abortion interpret this annual observance?

3. 03

   Should Congress use the flag half-staff tradition to memorialize particular causes or beliefs, and what precedent might this set for future memorial requests?

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