BIRTH CONTROL

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: 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. 634), H715 [17JA]

——— prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex (see S. 182), S293 [17JA] (see H.R. 2373), H3283 [25AP]

——— prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify they will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, abortions (see S. 1966), S4504 [25JN] (see H.R. 833), H1282 [29JA]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see S. 159), S273 [16JA] (see H.R. 616), H675 [16JA]

——— require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking an abortion (see H.R. 2082), H3099 [4AP]

Armed Forces: ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see S. 1049), S2270 [4AP] (see H.R. 2091), H3099 [4AP]

Contraceptives: establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of FDA-approved contraception (see S. 1086), S2328 [9AP] (see H.R. 2182), H3217 [9AP]

——— provide women greater access by increasing availability of contraceptives over-the-counter and allowing use of health savings accounts to purchase such products (see S. 930), S2087 [28MR]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 119), S220 [15JA] (see S. 194), S315 [19JA] (see H.R. 611), H675 [16JA] (see H.R. 2817), H3924 [16MY]

Dept. of HHS: award grants to support access of marginalized youth to sexual health services (see S. 1530), S2924 [16MY] (see H.R. 2701), H3788 [14MY]

——— prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see S. 105), S143 [10JA] (see H.R. 296), H282 [8JA]

——— provide for sexual health education of young people, including promotion of healthy relationships and prevention of unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and dating violence (see S. 1524), S2924 [16MY] (see H.R. 2720), H3789 [14MY]

——— reauthorize Personal Responsibility Education Program (see H.R. 3053), H4215 [3JN]

Dept. of State: require annual human rights reports include information on reproductive rights (see S. 707), S1733 [7MR] (see H.R. 1581), H2581 [7MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow veterans to receive a full year supply of contraceptive pills, transdermal patches, and vaginal rings (see S. 2821), S6475 [7NO] (see H.R. 4281), H7664 [11SE]

——— limit copayments for contraceptives (see H.R. 3798), H5998 [17JY]

FDA: improve regulation of abortion drugs by prohibiting approval of new drugs, preventing labeling changes of existing drugs, and preventing providers from dispensing drugs remotely, by mail, or telemedicine (see S. 3072), S7113 [17DE] (see H.R. 4399), H7834 [19SE]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see S. 368), S1131 [7FE] (see H.R. 1055), H1459 [7FE]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 2646), H3679 [9MY]

Insurance: require group health plans and group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for over-the-counter contraceptives (see S. 1847), S3476 [13JN] (see H.R. 3296), H4700 [14JN]

Medicaid: require States report abortion data to CDC to receive certain family planning funding (see S. 2585), S5748 [26SE] (see H.R. 3580), H5257 [27JN]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (see S. 158), S273 [16JA]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services and increase funding for other women’s health care service providers (see S. 141), S273 [16JA] (see H.R. 369), H357 [9JA]

U.N.: recognize anniversary of International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and reaffirm goals and ideals, including comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights (see H. Res. 688), H8784 [12NO]

U.N. Population Fund: authorize contributions (see H.R. 4722), H8227 [17OC]

Women: ensure access to, and ability to make decisions on, health care, including reproductive health care, regardless of their State of residence and promote preventive health care services (see S. Con. Res. 18), S3005 [21MY] (see H. Con. Res. 40), H4064 [21MY]

Remarks in House

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, H611, H612, H613 [16JA], H705–H711 [17JA], H1011 [23JA], H2578 [7MR], H2907–H2910 [28MR], H4448, H4449 [12JN], H7908 [25SE]

——— prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex, H2908 [28MR]

——— prohibit partial-birth abortions, H706 [17JA]

——— State laws and court cases impacting women’s reproductive health care and access to abortion, H3955 [17MY], H4022 [21MY], H4115, H4116 [22MY], H4407 [11JN], E639 [21MY]

Armed Forces: ensure access to contraception and family planning education, H5548, H5549 [10JY]

Dept. of Defense: clarify contraception coverage parity to ensure all methods of contraception approved by the FDA are covered by TRICARE without copay, including contraceptive counseling, insertion, and removal, H5545 [10JY]

Dept. of HHS: rule to prohibit family planning clinics from receiving Title X funding if they provide abortion services or refer patients for abortions, H4397, H4407, H4408 [11JN], H4448, H4536, H4537 [12JN]

New York: passage of Reproductive Health Act that revises abortion laws, H1273, H1279 [29JA], H1353, H1354 [5FE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding, H612, H613 [16JA], H1176 [24JA]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services and increase funding for other women’s health care service providers (H.R. 369), H616 [16JA]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H613, H663 [16JA], H705–H708, H710 [17JA], H983 [22JA], H1010 [23JA], H1176 [24JA], E64, E65 [17JA], E69 [22JA]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, S195, S202–S204 [15JA], S2752 [9MY], S3814 [19JN], S4153 [20JN]

——— State laws and court cases impacting women’s reproductive health care and access to abortion, S1418 [25FE], S1579 [28FE], S2848, S2851 [15MY], S2897, S2898 [16MY], S2953 [20MY], S2986, S2989–S2991, S2993 [21MY], S3018, S3026–S3028 [22MY], S3068, S3069, S3078 [23MY], S3189 [4JN], S3814 [19JN]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 119), S196 [15JA], S263 [16JA]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (S. 105), S196 [15JA], S263 [16JA], S6799 [3DE]

——— rule to prohibit family planning clinics from receiving Title X funding if they provide abortion services or refer patients for abortions, S6799 [3DE]

Dept. of State: global health programs family planning/reproductive health funding, S7007 [12DE]

New York: passage of Reproductive Health Act that revises abortion laws, S839 [4FE]

Pitlyk, Sarah E.: suitability to be district judge relative to views on women’s reproductive rights and healthcare, S6800 [3DE]

Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Inc.: hosting of forum on reproductive rights in Columbia, SC, for Democrats seeking Presidential nomination, S4153 [20JN]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: impact of closure of Cincinnati, OH, locations on availability of affordable women’s health care services, S5489 [16SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services and increase funding for other women’s health care service providers (S. 141), S196 [15JA], S253, S263, S275 [16JA]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, S202 [15JA]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration relative to women’s issues, S1839 [13MR], S2717–S2720, S2724, S2728, S2729, S2731, S2734 [8MY], S2804 [14MY]

——— evaluation of administration relative to women’s issues and human trafficking, S1584 [28FE]

U.N. Population Fund: funding, S6799 [3DE]

Statements

State Laws and Court Cases Impacting Women’s Reproductive Health Care and Access to Abortion: Representative Jackson Lee, E639 [21MY]

Texts of

S. Con. Res. 18, ensure women’s access to, and ability to make decisions on, health care, including reproductive health care, regardless of their State of residence and promote preventive health care services, S3012 [21MY]