[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1880]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      SENATE RESOLUTION 60--SUPPORTING WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

  Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Brown, and 
Mr. Blumenthal) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:

                               S. Res. 60

       Whereas access to comprehensive reproductive health care is 
     critical to improving the health and well-being of women and 
     their families;
       Whereas access to affordable contraceptives and medically 
     accurate information prevents unintended pregnancies, thereby 
     improving the health of women, children, families, and 
     society as a whole;
       Whereas title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     300 et seq.) and the Medicaid program under title XIX of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) cover health 
     care and family planning services for millions of women and 
     men who do not have other insurance coverage, with the 
     Medicaid program alone covering 71 percent of publicly-funded 
     family planning services and more than 40 percent of all 
     births in the United States;
       Whereas women need access to comprehensive, affordable 
     insurance that covers family planning services, prenatal and 
     postnatal care, miscarriage management, labor and delivery 
     services, and abortion; and
       Whereas the lack of adequate prenatal care increases the 
     risks of infant and maternal mortality and preterm birth, 
     which cost our health care system approximately 
     $26,000,000,000 annually: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate supports efforts to--
       (1) ensure that women have access to contraception, other 
     preventive services, and medically accurate information 
     necessary to make health care decisions;
       (2) ensure that the millions of women who rely on title X 
     of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300 et seq.), the 
     Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), and non-profit providers like 
     Planned Parenthood continue to get cancer screenings, birth 
     control, and other essential health care services;
       (3) ensure that women have access to affordable insurance 
     coverage for all pregnancy-related health care needs; and
       (4) reduce health disparities between men and women and 
     among women of different races, ethnicities, and sexual 
     orientations.

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