[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 136 (Monday, September 21, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S6851]
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SA 2667. Mr. CASEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 36, to amend title 18, United States Code, to
protect pain-capable unborn children, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE PREGNANCY ASSISTANCE
FUND.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) In 2011, 730,322 legal induced abortions were reported
to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(2) Forty-nine percent of all pregnancies in America are
unintended. Excluding miscarriages, 42 percent of unintended
pregnancies end in abortion.
(3) Of those unintended pregnancies ending in abortion, 50
percent of the women have incomes below 200 percent of the
poverty level.
(4) The pregnancy assistance fund is an initiative to
support women facing unplanned pregnancies, new parents and
their children by providing for health care needs, supportive
services and helpful prenatal information and postnatal
services.
(b) Additional Funding.--Section 10214 of Public Law 111-
148 (42 U.S.C. 18204) is amended by adding at the end the
following: ``In addition to amounts authorized to be
appropriated in the previous sentence, there are authorized
to be appropriated, and there are appropriated from funds not
otherwise obligated, to carry out section 10210, an
additional $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through
2019, and an additional $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2020 through 2024.''.
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