[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 130 (Thursday, September 30, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H9028]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                   WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S RESOURCES ACT

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, 
the Planned Parenthood research arm, over 10,000 women in the United 
States begin to deal with an unplanned pregnancy every day.
  Mr. Speaker, thousands of small crisis pregnancy centers, maternity 
homes and adoption services are available to these women in crisis, but 
often women do not know that they have such choices. That is why the 
Women and Children's Resources Act, a bill that the gentlewoman from 
California (Mrs. Bono) and I introduced last week, is so important.
  The Women and Children's Resources Act would provide a fee-for-
service program for providing services to women like pregnancy tests, 
maternity home stays, baby clothes, prenatal and post-partum health 
care, even adoption services and referrals for vocational training and 
health care.
  This solution-based bill builds a bridge between pro-life and pro-
choice to offer compassionate solutions to women on common ground. If 
today's women need choices, we must offer them real choices. Many women 
would choose not to have an abortion if only they knew that other 
options were available to them. I urge my colleagues to make this a 
reality. Support and cosponsor the Women and Children's Resources Act.

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