BIRTH CONTROL

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex or race (see H.R. 4924), H1679 [13AP]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see S. 2464), S160 [21JA]

Children and youth: provide for overall health and well-being of young people, including promotion of healthy relationships and prevention of unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and dating violence (see S. 2765), S1809 [7AP]

Contraceptives: ensure employers cannot prohibit access, call for an FDA study on whether prescriptions are necessary for contraceptives, and allow use of certain health accounts to purchase over-the-counter drugs (see H.R. 5138), H2148 [29AP]

——— establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of FDA-approved contraception (see S. 2960), S3030 [19MY]

Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule requiring States to provide certain family planning grants to entities that provide abortion if such funds are directed to non-abortion related health services (see H.J. Res. 108), H7621 [20DE]

Employment: prohibit workplace wellness programs from sharing personally identifiable information with employers about their workers’ use of birth control (see H.R. 5746), H4924 [13JY]

GAO: submit report on medical items and services being offered in facilities receiving Federal family planning and related preventive health care assistance (see H.R. 4778), H1460 [17MR]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: anniversary (see S. Res. 590), S6267 [29SE]

Essays

State of the Union: Hadley Menk, S422 [1FE]

Remarks in House

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, H357 [13JA], H509 [3FE]

——— protect lives of unborn persons, H156–H162 [7JA], H548 [3FE]

BLM: prohibit funding to study or test the feasiblity of, or implement, any sterilization program for wild horse and burro management with surgical sterilization, H4920, H4921 [13JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: prohibit funding to procure Essure permanent birth control system, H2840 [18MY]

District of Columbia: disapprove law on reproductive health non-discrimination, H4229 [5JY]

Domestic policy: address economic and health issues facing women, H170 [7JA]

Duffy, Representative: condemn remarks relative to African-American women and abortion rates, H214 [8JA]

FDA: withdraw approval for the Essure permanent birth control system (H.R. 3920), H7 [5JA], H291 [12JA], H420 [1FE], H1035 [29FE]

Federal aid programs: exclude payments from State eugenics compensation programs to individuals sterilized under a government-sponsored program from determining eligibility for, or amount of, benefits (S. 1698), H5949, H5950 [27SE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services, H20, H23, H25, H26, H27, H28, H29, H31, H34–H36, H42–H49, H55–H67 [6JA], H115, H123, H155, H156, H159–H161 [7JA], H180 [8JA], H295 [12JA], H442–H450 [2FE], H1136, H1137 [3MR], E33 [12JA], E101 [3FE]

——— women’s health care services funding, H25, H26, H27, H28, H29 [6JA], H5247–H5249 [9SE]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H154, H155, H157–H162, H170 [7JA], H294, H295 [12JA]

——— hearing of arguments in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt relative to Texas law restricting access to abortion services, H938–H941 [25FE], H993 [26FE], H1052 [1MR], H1093, H1094 [2MR]

——— hearing of arguments in Zubik v. Burwell relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by religious nonprofit organizations, H1453–H1457 [17MR], H1506, H1508 [22MR], H1556, H1574–H1579 [23MR], H1734 [14AP], E336 [17MR]

Texas: tribute to 4th Congressional District right to life supporters, H289 [12JA]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, S119 [20JA]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (S. 2464), S162 [21JA], S167 [26JA]

——— protect lives of unborn persons, S731 [9FE]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): hearings on late-term abortion, S1479–S1481 [15MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services, S56 [12JA]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: anniversary (S. Res. 590), S6261, S6273 [29SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services, S1068 [29FE], S4703, S4704 [29JN]

——— women’s health care services funding, S1432 [10MR], S4592–S4601, S4608 [28JN], S4684, S4699 [29JN], S4778 [6JY], S4841, S4902 [7JY], S4927 [11JY], S4985 [12JY], S5020 [13JY], S5487 [12SE], S6095 [27SE]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, S116, S119 [20JA], S147–S151, S162 [21JA]

——— decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt relative to Texas law restricting access to abortion services, S4566, S4575, S4588 [27JN]

——— decision to vacate court of appeals ruling on Zubik v. Burwell relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives and remand each respective case back to lower courts for reconsideration, S2834 [17MY]

——— hearing of arguments in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt relative to Texas law restricting access to abortion services, S147–S151 [21JA], S1029 [25FE], S1068 [29FE], S1124, S1132 [1MR], S1211, S1213, S1218 [2MR], S1431 [10MR]

——— impact of having only eight Justices on decisions in certain cases, S4566 [27JN]

Reports filed

Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (S. 1698) (H. Rept. 114–418), H649 [9FE]

Songs

‘‘I Want To Live,’’ Russ March, S731 [9FE]

Texts of

S. 1698, Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act, H5949 [27SE]

S. Res. 590, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., anniversary, S6273 [29SE]