BIRTH CONTROL

Articles and editorials

Five Women Sue Texas Over Abortion Access, H1239 [9MR]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 431), H250 [20JA]

——— require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking abortion (see S. 1103), S1089 [30MR] (see H.R. 4123), H2931 [14JN]

——— tribute to Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization relative to abortion (see H. Res. 48), H250 [20JA]

Armed Forces: ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see S. 1527), S1603 [10MY]

Contraceptives: preempt State bans on prescription, provision, or use of drug, biological product, or device for contraception if approved, licensed, cleared, or otherwise authorized for human use by FDA for contraception (see H.R. 3471), H2452 [18MY]

——— protect ability to access contraceptives and engage in contraception and protect health care provider ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and related information (see S. 1999), S2097 [14JN] (see H.R. 4121), H2931 [14JN]

Courts: create rule of construction for Federal courts to apply in all cases relative to provision or obtaining of reproductive health services and imposition of capital punishment (see H.R. 2430), H1691 [30MR]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 78), S98 [25JA] (see H.R. 792), H677 [2FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish Office of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Well-Being (see H.R. 4281), H3108 [22JN]

——— prohibit discrimination against eligible States, individuals, or other entities for refusing to counsel or refer for abortions relative to awarding of family planning grants (see S. 2539), S3620 [26JY] (see H.R. 5076), H4151 [28JY]

——— prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see S. 166), S172 [31JA] (see S. 624), S635 [2MR] (see H.R. 330), H232 [12JA]

——— provide enhanced funding for family planning services (see S. 2207), S2225 [22JN] (see H.R. 4329), H3141 [23JN]

——— 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. 1697), S1743 [18MY] (see H.R. 3583), H2499 [22MY]

——— require certain family planning projects and programs to provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 223), H106 [9JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Reproductive Health Services’’ (see S.J. Res. 10), S265 [7FE] (see H.J. Res. 31), H737 [7FE]

——— limit copayments for contraceptives (see H.R. 894), H822 [9FE]

FDA: allow women greater access to wider range of self-administered contraceptives (see H.R. 1512), H1248 [9MR]

——— improve regulation of abortion drugs by prohibiting approval of new drugs, preventing labeling changes of existing drugs, and limiting dispensing of drugs remotely, by mail, or telemedicine (see S. 95), S120 [26JA] (see H.R. 427), H249 [20JA]

——— respect scientific judgement that mifepristone is safe and effective and ensure access to lifesaving, time-sensitive medication abortion care in U.S. is equitable and based on science (see S. Res. 510), S5997 [14DE]

Federal agencies and departments: permanently enact certain appropriations restrictions on use of funds for abortions and involuntary sterilizations (see S. 197), S173 [31JA]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see S. 1098), S1089 [30MR] (see H.R. 1838), H1527 [28MR]

Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act: repeal (see S. 3017), S4948 [4OC] (see H.R. 5577), H4407 [19SE]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting disinformation in advertising of abortion services (see S. 1231), S1293 [20AP] (see H.R. 2736), H1906 [20AP]

Government: prohibit from promoting, supporting, or contracting with abortion entities, or otherwise expanding access to abortions on Federal lands or in Federal facilities (see S. 186), S172 [31JA]

GSA: prohibit from constructing or acquiring public buildings or entering into leases based on legality or availability of abortion (see S. 2089), S2185 [21JN] (see H.R. 4672), H3639 [17JY]

Health: ensure privacy of pregnancy termination or loss information (see S. 323), S311 [9FE] (see H.R. 459), H276 [24JA]

——— oppose use of State power against citizens seeking essential health care, including criminalization of sexual and reproductive health care such as abortion, gender-affirming care, and contraception (see S. Res. 276), S2225 [22JN] (see H. Res. 561), H3151 [27JN]

——— protect privacy of personal reproductive or sexual health information (see S. 1656), S1704 [17MY] (see H.R. 3420), H2424 [17MY]

——— require group health plans and group or individual health insurance issuers to permit enrollees to obtain year supply of contraceptives (see S. 2427), S3458 [20JY] (see H.R. 4816), H3888 [20JY]

Health care professionals: ensure right to provide reproductive health care services (see S. 1297), S1381 [26AP] (see H.R. 2907), H2048 [26AP]

Insurance: require Federal employee health benefit plans to include assisted reproductive treatment benefits (see S. 1262), S1339 [25AP] (see H.R. 2828), H1945 [25AP]

——— require group health plans and group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for over-the-counter contraceptives (see S. 1698), S1743 [18MY] (see H.R. 3589), H2500 [22MY]

Medicaid: require States report abortion data to CDC to receive certain family planning funding (see S. 15), S54 [23JA] (see H.R. 632), H510 [30JA]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (see S. 13), S54 [23JA] (see H.R. 6176), H5361 [2NO]

——— provide for moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services and increase funding for other women’s health care service providers (see H.R. 128), H102 [9JA] (see H.R. 371), H242 [17JA]

Supreme Court: anniversary of decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization relative to abortion (see S. Res. 272), S2225 [22JN] (see H. Res. 546), H3109 [22JN]

——— condemn decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and commit to advancing reproductive justice and judicial reform (see H. Res. 28), H204 [11JA]

U.N. Population Fund: authorize contributions (see H.R. 4166), H2957 [15JN]

——— prohibit U.S. contributions (see H.R. 436), H250 [20JA]

Women: guarantee freedom to make certain reproductive decisions without undue government interference (see S. 317), S310 [9FE]

World Contraception Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 68), H4499 [26SE]

Motions

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Reproductive Health Services’’ (S.J. Res. 10), S1227 [19AP]

Remarks in House

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, H268, H269–H273 [24JA]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (H.R. 431), H271 [24JA]

Contraceptives: protect ability to access contraceptives and engage in contraception and protect health care provider ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and related information (H.R. 4121), H2946 [15JN], E560 [14JN]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being used to create national hotline providing counseling to individuals seeking abortions or other family planning services, H2506 [23MY]

FDA: prohibit use and distribution of abortion drugs, H3901 [25JY]

Peoria, IL: condemn firebomb attack on Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., clinic, H293 [25JA]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: funding, H5737 [14NO]

——— provide for moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services and increase funding for other women’s health care service providers (H.R. 371), H269 [24JA]

Supreme Court: anniversary of decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization relative to abortion, H3035, H3055 [21JN]

——— anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H268, H269–H272 [24JA], H315 [25JA], H349 [26JA]

——— condemn decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and commit to advancing reproductive justice, H166, H194 [11JA], H222 [12JA], H473 [27JA], H1239–H1241 [9MR]

——— condemn decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and commit to advancing reproductive justice and judicial reform, H2510 [23MY]

——— decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization relative to abortion, H270–H273 [24JA], H1239 [9MR]

Women: ensure protection of reproductive health rights, H2443 [18MY], H3076 [22JN], H3536, H3538 [13JY], H6843 [12DE]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, S2171–S2174 [21JN]

Biden, President: evaluation of administration relative to abortion, S2172–S2174 [21JN]

Contraceptives: protect ability to access contraceptives and engage in contraception and protect health care provider ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and related information (S. 1999), S2158, S2165, S2167 [21JN]

——— protect ability to access contraceptives and engage in contraception and protect health care provider ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and related information (S. 1999), unanimous-consent request, S2158 [21JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Reproductive Health Services’’ (S.J. Res. 10), S1220, S1241 [19AP], S1276 [20AP]

——— disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Reproductive Health Services’’ (S.J. Res. 10), motion to proceed, S1227, S1233–S1238 [19AP]

FDA: improve regulation of abortion drugs by prohibiting approval of new drugs, preventing labeling changes of existing drugs, and limiting dispensing of drugs remotely, by mail, or telemedicine, S68, S69 [24JA]

Health care professionals: ensure right to provide reproductive health care services (S. 1297), S2163–S2165, S2167 [21JN]

——— ensure right to provide reproductive health care services (S. 1297), unanimous-consent request, S2164 [21JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, S416 [15FE]

Supreme Court: anniversary of decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization relative to abortion, S2165–S2168, S2172 [21JN]

——— anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, S66 [24JA]

——— condemn decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and commit to advancing reproductive justice, S416 [15FE]

——— condemn decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and commit to advancing reproductive justice and judicial reform, S438–S441 [16FE]

——— decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization relative to abortion, S63, S66–S70 [24JA], S630 [2MR], S695 [8MR]

Women: ensure protection of reproductive health rights, S5939 [13DE]

Texts of

S. Res. 272, Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization relative to abortion anniversary, S2239 [22JN]

S. Res. 276, oppose use of State power against citizens seeking essential health care, including criminalization of sexual and reproductive health care such as abortion, gender-affirming care, and contraception, S2241 [22JN]

S. Res. 510, respect FDA scientific judgement that mifepristone is safe and effective and ensure access to lifesaving, time-sensitive medication abortion care in U.S. is equitable and based on science, S6004 [14DE]