BIRTH CONTROL

Articles and editorials

Bush the Divider, E118 [6FE]

Global Gag Rule Backfires, E118 [6FE]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.R. 78), H27 [3JA] (see H.J. Res. 10), H223 [7FE] (see H.J. Res. 20), H399 [14FE]

———prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 2702), H5125 [1AU] (see H.R. 3243), H7909 [7NO]

———prohibit gender-based occurrences (see S. 76), S99 [22JA]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see S. 1373), S8911 [3AU] (see H.R. 2763), H5335 [2AU]

———provide freedom of choice to military personnel serving overseas (see H.R. 1350), H1408 [3AP] (see H.R. 2866), H5455 [6SE]

AID: congressional disapproval of rule restoring international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (see S.J. Res. 9), S2583 [20MR]

Civil rights: protect first amendment rights relative to abortion and reproductive services (see H.R. 185), H62 [6JA]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 104), S100 [22JA] (see H.R. 1111), H1011 [20MR]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H221 [7FE]

Dept. of HHS: award grants to public and private entities to establish or expand teenage pregnancy prevention programs (see H.R. 3581), H10964 [20DE]

Families and domestic relations: require certain family planning projects and programs provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 3006), H6259 [3OC]

FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see S. 251), S1062 [6FE] (see H.R. 482), H221 [7FE]

Foreign aid: congressional disapproval of Presidential rule relative to international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (see S.J. Res. 17), S6664 [22JN]

———international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 361), H164 [31JA]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (see S. 367), S1463 [15FE]

Medicaid: allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (see S. 1343), S8705 [2AU] (see H.R. 2777), H5335 [2AU]

Population: encourage the U.S. to develop, promote, and implement policies to slow global population growth by voluntary means (see H. Con. Res. 70), H1012 [20MR]

Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see S. 74), S99 [22JA]

Women: constitutional amendment on equality of rights and reproductive rights (see H.J. Res. 32), H649 [6MR]

Letters

International family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion: Dottie Lamm, E118 [6FE]

Remarks in House

Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (H.R. 78), E3 [3JA]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (H.R. 2763), E1547 [3AU]

Alvarez-Dillard, Tarquina: National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association Outstanding Clinician Award recipient, E1142 [19JN]

Armed Forces: performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, H6022-H6025 [25SE], E1751 [28SE]

Children and youth: abstinence education program funding, H6640 [11OC]

———abstinence education program funding through reductions in certain disease control programs and child care development grants, H6666-H6673, H6677 [11OC], E1875, E1878 [12OC]

Chile: approval of certain abortifacients, E1000 [5JN]

Civil rights: protect first amendment rights relative to abortion and reproductive services (H.R. 185), E6 [3JA]

Contraceptives: eliminate coverage for women in Federal health insurance plans and freeze family planning programs funding, H1608 [26AP]

Dept. of HHS: award grants to public and private entities to establish or expand teenage pregnancy prevention programs (H.R. 3581), E2371 [20DE]

District of Columbia: abortion services funding, H6000 [25SE]

Families and domestic relations: require certain family planning projects and programs provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (H.R. 3006), H6265 [4OC]

FDA: approval of the abortion drug known as RU-486, E123 [6FE]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing prescription drug coverage, H4562 [25JY], H7542 [31OC]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H87, H89, H90, H97 [30JA], H1744 [2MY], H2092-H2099 [10MY], H2190-H2203, H2248 [16MY], H4529 [24JY], E118 [6FE], E836, E839, E843 [17MY]

———prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services, H2092-H2099 [10MY]

National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month: observance, H2150-H2153 [15MY]

Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception, H6568 [11OC]

Women: health, education, and quality of life issues for women and their families, H5375 [5SE]

Women's Coalition South Bay: tribute to South Bay Women's Summit, E329 [8MR]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: prohibit gender-based occurrences (S. 76), S332, S335, S423 [22JA]

AID: congressional disapproval of rule restoring international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (S.J. Res. 9), S2595 [20MR]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (S. 104), S375-S377 [22JA]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing prescription drug coverage, S9495 [19SE]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, S450 [23JA], S521 [24JA]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (S. 367), S1506, S1507 [15FE]

Medicaid: allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (S. 1343), S8764-S8766 [2AU]

Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (S. 74), S332, S334, S423 [22JA]

Reports filed

Global Democracy Promotion Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 367), S8570 [1AU]

Texts of

S. 74, Schoolchildren's Health Protection Act, S333 [22JA]

S. 76, Civil Rights of Infants Act, S334 [22JA]

S. 367, Global Democracy Promotion Act, S1507 [15FE]

S. 1343, Family Planning State Empowerment Act, S8765 [2AU]

S.J. Res. 9, congressional disapproval of AID rule for restoring international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, S2595 [20MR]