ABORTION
Analyses
Prohibit Federal Funding of Abortions Under Any National Health Care Plan: George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, S12673 [8DE]
Articles and editorials
After a Devastating Birth Injury, Hope, S2790 [5MR]
Chinese Victims of Forced Late-Term Abortion Fight Back, S2793 [5MR]
Dr. Tiller's Important Job, H6324 [9JN]
Obama's `Science' Fiction, S3364 [18MR]
Bills and resolutions
Children and youth: establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects (see H.R. 2752), H6305 [8JN]
Civil liberties: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see S. 346), S1057 [29JA] (see H.R. 881), H1043 [4FE]
Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see S. 85), S41 [6JA] (see H.R. 614), H441 [21JA]
Courts: restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at conception (see H.R. 2533), H5891 [20MY]
———restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at fertilization (see H.R. 227), H68 [7JA]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 1179), S6185 [4JN] (see H.R. 634), H484 [22JA]
Discrimination: prohibit against the unborn on the basis of sex or race (see H.R. 1822), H4249 [31MR]
———prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see S. 96), S42 [6JA]
Families and domestic relations: require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking an abortion (see H.R. 2061), H4731 [23AP]
Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see S. 311), S787 [22JA]
———prohibit funding of organizations that support coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization (see H.R. 1967), H4522 [2AP]
———restrict assistance to foreign organizations that perform or actively promote abortions (see H.R. 708), H601 [27JA]
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 (see S. 21), S40 [6JA] (see H.R. 463), H194 [13JA]
———intensify stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients (see H.R. 877), H1042 [4FE]
———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 169), H8809 [24JY]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see S. 487), S2558 [26FE] (see H.R. 873), H1042 [4FE]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research and direct NIH to issue guidelines for such research (see H.R. 872), H1042 [4FE]
Health care professionals: impose admitting privilege requirements with respect to physicians who perform abortions (see S. 98), S42 [6JA]
Medicaid: require States to report information on payments to abortion providers (see H.R. 1981), H4579 [21AP]
Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (see H.R. 1350), H3054 [5MR]
Population: prohibit Federal officials from expending Federal funds for population control or population planning programs or family planning activities (see H.R. 1233), H2874 [26FE]
Pouillon, Jim: tribute (see H. Res. 759), H9807 [22SE]
Public welfare programs: allow funds provided to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to be used for alternative-to-abortion services (see H.R. 636), H484 [22JA]
Schools: prohibit Federal education funding for elementary or secondary schools that provide access to emergency postcoital contraception (see H.R. 2458), H5711 [18MY]
Tiller, George: condemn murder, express condolences to family, and reject intolerance and the use of violence as a response to a difference in beliefs (see H. Res. 505), H6265 [4JN]
———express condolences to family and reject the use of violence to prevent access to reproductive health care or as a response to a difference in beliefs (see S. Res. 187), S6720 [17JN]
Women: assist throughout pregnancy by providing services that will alleviate financial, social, emotional, and other difficulties that may otherwise lead to abortion (see H.R. 643), H485 [22JA]
———constitutional amendment on equality of rights and reproductive rights (see H.J. Res. 31), H2925 [3MR]
———ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion (see H.R. 649), H485 [22JA]
———establish programs to decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents (see S. 270), S598 [15JA] (see S. 1032), S5435 [13MY] (see H.R. 605), H386 [16JA] (see H.R. 2035), H4686 [22AP]
———establish programs to reduce number of unplanned pregnancies, decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents (see H.R. 3312), H8707 [23JY]
Bulletins
Tell Congress—Remove Abortion Funding & Mandates From Needed Health Care Reform: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H12437 [5NO]
Letters
Prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan: C. Everett Koop, S11087 [4NO]
———Cindy O'Leary, HOPE Center (organization), S13567 [20DE]
———Sadie Fields, Georgia Christian Alliance, S13567 [20DE]
———several religious organizations, S12675 [8DE], S13567 [20DE]
———several Utah citizens, S12678 [8DE]
———William F. Murray, Daniel DiNardo, and John Wester, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, S11929 [21NO]
Memorandums
Prohibit Federal Funding of Abortions Under Any National Health Care Plan: Jon O. Shimabukuro, Congressional Research Service, S12672 [8DE]
Press releases
Health Care Reform Is About Saving Lives, Not Destroying Them: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H12437 [5NO]
Remarks in House
Bush, George W.: evaluation of administration, H479-H483 [22JA]
Children and youth: establish certain requirements relative to provision of services to minors by certain family planning projects, H11150 [8OC]
Civil liberties: pro choice versus right to life, H426-H433 [21JA], H927 [4FE], H2957 [4MR], H4233-H4241 [31MR], H6519, H6523-H6529 [10JN]
———prohibit interference by the Government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy, H1232, H1233 [11FE]
———prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy, H426-H431 [21JA]
———protect lives of born and unborn persons (H.R. 881), E196 [4FE]
———protect lives of unborn persons, H3828-H3832 [24MR]
Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, H7858 [9JY]
———prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (H.R. 614), H427, H428 [21JA], H446 [22JA], H13471 [3DE]
Corp. for National and Community Service: make certain organizations and related activities ineligible for grants, H3605 [18MR]
Courts: restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at conception (H.R. 2533), E1221 [20MY]
———restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at fertilization (H.R. 227), H66 [7JA]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions, H428 [21JA]
Dept. of State: Office of Global Women's Issues funding relative to influence on abortion policy in foreign countries, H6424-H6427, H6481-H6483 [10JN], E1375, E1383 [11JN]
———prohibit activities in foreign countries to legalize, fund, or promote abortion except in certain cases, H6435 [10JN]
District of Columbia: restrict publicly funded abortions, H6524-H6527, H6529 [10JN], H8194-H8198, H8209-H8214, H8265-H8268 [16JY], E1828, E1835, E1837 [17JY]
Families and domestic relations: require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking an abortion, H6526 [10JN]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H2651 [25FE]
———restrict assistance to foreign organizations that perform or actively promote abortions, H3828 [24MR], H6481, H6523, H6524, H6527 [10JN]
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader: condemn remarks relative to abortion as means of population control, H8069 [14JY], H8188 [16JY]
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 (H.R. 463), E86 [14JA]
———induced pluripotent stem cell research, H2958-H2960, H2962 [4MR]
———intensify stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients (H.R. 877), H2961 [4MR]
———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, H8104 [15JY], H8281-H8287 [16JY], H8571, H8572 [22JY], H8590, H8701 [23JY], H12221, H12222, H12229, H12231 [3NO], H12338 [4NO], H12434-H12441 [5NO], H12551, H12562 [6NO], H12594, H12618, H12838, H12839, H12844, H12849, H12857, H12858, H12881, H12884, H12916, H12921-H12927 [7NO], H14376, H14377, H14378, H14379 [9DE], H14874 [14DE], E2733 [6NO], E2770, E2775 [16NO], E2779 [17NO], E2823 [19NO], E2922, E2925, E2932 [10DE]
———provide for adult stem cell research, H2958-H2964 [4MR]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research, H2958-H2964 [4MR], H3472 [17MR]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 487), E1107 [7MY]
Holdren, John P.: views of Office of Science and Technology Policy Director on population control methods, H8965 [29JY]
Johnsen, Dawn E.: evaluation of nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel relative to positions on abortion, H5647, H5652 [14MY], H5863, H5864 [20MY], H6528 [10JN]
Medicaid: require States to report information on payments to abortion providers (H.R. 1981), H4589 [22AP]
Obama, President: appropriateness of delivery of University of Notre Dame commencement address relative to views on abortion, H5673 [18MY]
———evaluation of administration relative to positions on abortion, family planning aid to foreign countries, and embryonic stem cell research, H3759 [24MR], H5001 [30AP], H6523, H6527-H6529 [10JN]
———Executive order to allow Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, H3080, H3090 [9MR], H3111 [10MR], H3148, H3149, H3330-H3336 [11MR], H6527 [10JN], E632 [11MR]
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit Federal family planning funding, H8499 [22JY], H8720, H8756, H8783-H8785 [24JY], H10146, H10147 [30SE]
Population: prohibit Federal officials from expending Federal funds for population control or population planning programs or family planning activities (H.R. 1233), E493 [26FE]
Public welfare programs: allow funds provided to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to be used for alternative-to-abortion services (H.R. 636), H429 [21JA]
Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H478-H480, H482, H483 [22JA], E130, E131 [22JA], E143 [26JA], E155 [27JA]
Tiller, George: condemn murder, express condolences to family, and reject intolerance and the use of violence as a response to a difference in beliefs (H. Res. 505), H6318, H6320-H6325, H6328 [9JN], E1375 [11JN], E1395 [12JN]
U.N.: U.S. contribution to U.N. Population Fund relative to family planning activities in China, H2651, H2652 [25FE], H3306 [11MR]
Remarks in Senate
Civil liberties: pro choice versus right to life, S778 [22JA]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, S2618 [2MR], S2674, S2678 [3MR], S2788-S2795 [5MR]
———restrict assistance to foreign organizations that perform or actively promote abortions, S955-S957, S959, S960 [28JA]
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 (S. 21), S46 [6JA]
———prohibit abortions from being defined a preventive service, S12130 [2DE], S12274, S12277 [3DE]
———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, S11087 [4NO], S11312, S11315 [10NO], S11520, S11822 [19NO], S11924-S11930 [21NO], S12600-S12603, S12607-S12611 [7DE], S12659-S12683 [8DE], S12988-S12990 [11DE], S13489 [19DE], S13564, S13567, S13568, S13620-S13622 [20DE], S13760, S13761, S13777 [22DE], S13858 [23DE], S14134 [24DE]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 487), S2562-S2564 [26FE]
Louisiana: tribute to Abortion Recovery Awareness Month, S4751 [27AP]
Obama, President: evaluation of administration, S5477 [14MY]
———Executive order to allow Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, S2874, S2905 [9MR], S3063 [12MR], S3364 [18MR]
———issuance of administration guidelines for implementing Executive order to allow Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, S7295 [9JY]
Sebelius, Kathleen: evaluation of nomination to be Sec. of HHS relative to positions on abortion, S4767, S4772 [28AP]
Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, S736, S781 [22JA]
Tiller, George: express condolences to family and reject the use of violence to prevent access to reproductive health care or as a response to a difference in beliefs (S. Res. 187), S6770 [18JN]
U.N.: U.S. contribution to U.N. Population Fund relative to family planning activities in China, S2618 [2MR], S2674, S2678 [3MR], S2788-S2795 [5MR]
Women: establish programs to decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents, S12762 [9DE]
———establish programs to decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents (S. 270), S620 [15JA]
Statements
Prohibit Federal Funding of Abortions Under Any National Health Care Plan: Minnesota Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, H12926 [7NO]
Texts of
H. Res. 505, condemn murder of George Tiller, express condolences to family, and reject intolerance and the use of violence as a response to a difference in beliefs, H6320 [9JN]
S. 21, Prevention First Act, S47-S53 [6JA]
S. 270, Pregnant Women Support Act, S621-S626 [15JA]
S. 487, Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, S2562 [26FE]
S. Res. 187, express condolences to family of George Tiller and reject the use of violence to prevent access to reproductive health care or as a response to a difference in beliefs, S6730 [17JN]