ABORTION

Bills and resolutions

Civil liberties: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (see S. 2593), S3212 [6AP] (see H.R. 5151), H1678 [6AP]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see S. 2206), S249 [27JA]

Courts: limit jurisdiction of Federal courts (see H.R. 5739), H4915 [29JN]

Foreign Assistance Act: provide contraceptives in developing countries in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 4736), H224 [8FE]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting fraudulent advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 5052), H1389 [30MR]

Medicaid: expand access to contraceptive services for low-income women and men (see S. 2916), S4836 [19MY]

Research: derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (see S. 2754), S4107 [5MY] (see H.R. 5526), H3423 [6JN]

———prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes (see S. 3504), S5779 [13JN] (see H.R. 5719), H4914 [29JN]

Letters

Adult stem cell research: Jacki Rabon, S6734 [29JN]

———Mary Schneider, S6733 [29JN]

———several doctors, S4203 [9MY]

Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act: Nancy Reagan, S7172 [29JN]

———Paul Berg, S7172 [29JN]

———several Senators, S3999 [4MY]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, H2448-H2451 [10MY]

Children and youth: effect of parental notification laws on abortion rates, H877 [14MR]

Civil liberties: pro choice versus right to life, E119-E123 [8FE]

Courts: limit jurisdiction of Federal courts (H.R. 5739), E1326 [29JN]

FDA: withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (H.R. 1079), H1136 [28MR]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs criteria for voluntarism, E1089 [9JN]

Health: provide for adult stem cell research, H164 [8FE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3022, H3023, H3024 [23MY], H3146 [24MY], H4383-H4389 [21JN], H5036, H5038 [11JY], E979, E986, E994, E998 [26MY]

———success of using adult stem cells to treat diseases, H127, H128 [1FE]

NIH: conduct and support research for the derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that will not create or harm human embryos (H.R. 3144), H426-H432 [28FE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: ``Tell a Friend'' campaign of the San Francisco, CA, affiliate, H1566 [6AP]

Republican Party: national agenda, H4799 [29JN]

Research: derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (H.R. 5526), H5036-H5042 [11JY]

———derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (S. 2754), H5038 [11JY]

———prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes (S. 3504), H5038 [11JY]

Supreme Court: decision to consider appeal on partial birth abortions, H4222 [20JN]

Remarks in Senate

Civil liberties: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (S. 2593), S3242 [6AP]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (S. 2206), S250 [27JA]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions, S6051 [19JN]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, S1957 [9MR]

Health: expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions and improve access to women's health care, S2181 [15MR]

———provide for adult stem cell research, S4005, S4006, S4039 [4MY], S4201-S4204 [9MY], S6731-S6735 [29JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research, S4128 [8MY], S4177 [9MY], S4298 [10MY], S4428, S4434 [11MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), S1668, S1669 [3MR], S3998-S4002 [4MY], S4124 [8MY], S4189, S4190, S4194, S4195 [9MY], S4249, S4256, S4382 [10MY], S4447, S4452, S4453, S4455 [11MY], S4572 [16MY], S5467 [6JN], S6449 [23JN], S6596, S6612-S6615 [28JN], S6731-S6736, S7170-S7173 [29JN], S7261 [10JY], S7364-S7366 [12JY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), unanimous-consent agreement, S7169, S7170 [29JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 471), S7279 [10JY]

NIH: conduct and support research for the derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that will not create or harm human embryos, S1050-S1053 [10FE]

Research: derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (S. 2754), S4151 [8MY], S7170-S7173 [29JN]

———derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (S. 2754), unanimous-consent agreement, S7169, S7170 [29JN]

———prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes (S. 3504), S7170-S7173 [29JN]

———prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes (S. 3504), unanimous-consent agreement, S7169, S7170 [29JN]

Statements

Principles on Human Stem Cell Research: Senator Frist, S7170 [29JN]

Texts of

S. 2593, Freedom of Choice Act, S3242 [6AP]