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2007-HR819 on Feb 5, 2007

A bill to expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce abortions, and improve access to women's health care. The Congress finds as follows:
  1. Healthy People 2010 sets forth a reduction of unintended pregnancies as an important health objective to achieve over the first decade of the new century.
  2. Although the CDC included family planning in its published list of the Ten Great Public Health Achievements in the 20th Century, the US still has one of the highest rates of unintended pregnancies among industrialized nations.
  3. Each year, 3,000,000 pregnancies, nearly half of all pregnancies, in the US are unintended, and nearly half of unintended pregnancies end in abortion.
  4. In 2004, 34,400,000 women, half of all women of reproductive age, were in need of contraceptive services, and nearly half of those were in need of public support for such care.
  5. The

US has the highest rate of infection with sexually transmitted diseases of any industrialized country. 19 million cases impose a tremendous economic burden, as high as $14 billion per year.
  • Increasing access to family planning services will improve women's health and reduce the rates of unintended pregnancy, abortion, and infection with sexually transmitted diseases. Contraceptive use saves public health dollars. For every dollar spent to increase funding for family planning programs, $3.80 is saved.
  • Contraception is basic health care that improves the health of women and children by enabling women to plan and space births.
  • Women experiencing unintended pregnancy are at greater risk for physical abuse and women having closely spaced births are at greater risk of maternal death.
  • A child born from an unintended pregnancy is at greater risk of low birth weight, dying in the first year of life, being abused, and not receiving sufficient resources for healthy development.

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    Democrats participating in 2007-HR819

    Neil Abercrombie s1oHawaii Democrat
    Gary Ackerman s1oNew York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.
    Daniel Akaka s1oHI Democrat Jr Senator
    Tom Allen s1oMaine Democrat
    Michael Arcuri s1oNew York Democrat
    Joe Baca s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Brian Baird s1oWashington Democrat
    Tammy Baldwin s1oWisconsin Democrat
    Max Baucus s1oMT Democrat Sr Senator
    Xavier Becerra s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Shelley Berkley s1oNevada Democrat
    Howard Berman s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Joe Biden s1oDE Democrat Jr Senator
    Jeff Bingaman s1oNM Democrat Jr Senator
    Sanford Bishop s1oGeorgia Democrat
    Timothy Bishop s1oNew York Democrat
    Earl Blumenauer s1oOregon Democrat
    Leonard Boswell s1oIowa Democrat
    Rick Boucher s1oVirginia Democrat
    Barbara Boxer s1oCA Democratic incumbent
    Robert Brady s1oPennsylvania Democrat
    Bruce Braley s1oIowa Democrat
    Corrine Brown s1oFlorida Democrat
    Sherrod Brown s1oOH Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep.
    G.K. Butterfield s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
    Maria Cantwell s1oWA Democrat Jr Senator
    Lois Capps s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Michael Capuano s1oMassachusetts Democrat
    Benjamin Cardin s1oMaryland Democrat
    Russ Carnahan s1oMissouri Democrat
    Tom Carper s1oDE Democrat Jr Senator
    Julia Carson s1oIndiana Democrat
    Kathy Castor s1oFlorida Democrat
    Ben Chandler s1oKentucky Democrat
    Yvette Clarke s1oNew York Democrat
    William Lacy Clay s1oMissouri Democrat
    Hillary Clinton s1oNY Democrat Jr Senator
    Steve Cohen s1oTennessee Democrat
    John Conyers s1oMichigan Democrat
    Jim Costa s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Joseph Crowley s1oNew York Democrat
    Elijah Cummings s1oMaryland Democrat
    Danny Davis s1oIllinois Democrat
    Susan Davis s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Peter Defazio s1oOregon Democrat
    Diana DeGette s1oColorado Democrat
    Bill Delahunt s1oMassachusetts Democrat
    Rosa DeLauro s1oConnecticut Democrat
    Norm Dicks s1oWashington Democrat
    John Dingell s1oMichigan Democrat
    Chris Dodd s1oCT Democratic incumbent
    Lloyd Doggett s1oTexas Democrat (Re-elected 2006)
    Keith Ellison s1oMinnesota Democrat
    Rahm Emanuel s1oIllinois Democrat
    Eliot Engel s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
    Sam Farr s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Chaka Fattah s1oPennsylvania Democrat
    Dianne Feinstein s1oCA Democrat Sr Senator
    Bob Filner s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Barney Frank s1oMassachusetts Democrat
    Gabby Giffords s1oArizona Democrat
    Kirsten Gillibrand s1oNew York Democrat
    Charles Gonzalez s1oTexas Democrat
    Al Green s1oTexas Democrat
    Gene Green s1oTexas Democrat
    Raul Grijalva s1oArizona Democrat
    Luis Gutierrez s1oIllinois Democrat
    John Hall s1oNew York Democrat
    Phil Hare s1oIllinois Democrat
    Tom Harkin s1oIA Democrat Jr Senator
    Jane Harman s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Alcee Hastings s1oFlorida Democrat
    Brian Higgins s1oNew York Democrat
    Maurice Hinchey s1oNew York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.
    Mazie Hirono s1oHawaii Democrat
    Paul Hodes s1oNew Hampshire Democrat
    Rush Holt s1oNew Jersey Democrat
    Mike Honda s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Darlene Hooley s1oOregon Democrat
    Daniel Inouye s1oHI Democratic incumbent
    Jay Inslee s1oWashington Democrat
    Steve Israel s1oNew York Democrat
    Jesse Louis Jackson s1oIllinois Democrat
    Sheila Jackson Lee s1oTexas Democrat
    William Jefferson s1oLouisiana Democrat
    Eddie Bernice Johnson s1oTexas Democrat
    Hank Johnson s1oGeorgia Democrat
    Stephanie Tubbs Jones s1oOhio Democrat
    Steve Kagen s1oWisconsin Democrat
    Patrick Kennedy s1oRhode Island Democrat
    Ted Kennedy s1oMA Democrat Sr Senator
    John Kerry s1oMA Democrat Jr Senator
    Carolyn Kilpatrick s1oMichigan Democrat
    Ron Kind s1oWisconsin Democrat
    Ron Klein s1oFlorida Democrat
    Amy Klobuchar s1oMN DFL challenger, Hennepin County Attorney
    Dennis Kucinich s1oOhio Democrat
    James Langevin s1oRhode Island Democrat
    Tom Lantos s1oCalifornia Former Democrat (until 2008)
    Rick Larsen s1oWashington Democrat
    Frank Lautenberg s1oNJ Democrat Sr Senator
    Patrick Leahy s1oVT Democratic incumbent
    Barbara Lee s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Carl Levin s1oMI Democrat Sr Senator
    Sander Levin s1oMichigan Democrat
    John Lewis s1oGeorgia Democrat
    David Loebsack s1oIowa Democrat
    Zoe Lofgren s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Nita Lowey s1oNew York Democrat
    Carolyn Maloney s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
    Ed Markey s1oMassachusetts Democrat
    Doris Matsui s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Carolyn McCarthy s1oNew York Dem./Ind./Working-Families
    Claire McCaskill s1oMO Democratic Jr Senator; previously state Auditor
    Betty McCollum s1oMinnesota Democrat
    Jim McDermott s1oWashington Democrat
    Jim McGovern s1oMassachusetts Democrat
    Jerry McNerney s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Michael McNulty s1oNew York Democratic/Ind./Cons.
    Marty Meehan s1oMassachusetts Democrat
    Gregory Meeks s1oNew York Dem./Working-Families
    Robert Menendez s1oNew Jersey Democrat
    Barbara Mikulski s1oMD Democratic incumbent
    Brad Miller s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
    George Miller s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Harry Mitchell s1oArizona Democrat
    Dennis Moore s1oKansas Democrat
    Gwen Moore s1oWisconsin Democrat
    James Moran s1oVirginia Democrat
    Patrick Murphy s1oPennsylvania Democrat
    Patty Murray s1oWA Democratic incumbent
    Jerrold Nadler s1oNew York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
    Grace Napolitano s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Eleanor Holmes Norton s1oDistrict of Columbia Democrat
    Barack Obama s1oIL Democratic Jr Senator
    John Olver s1oMassachusetts Democrat
    Bill Pascrell s1oNew Jersey Democrat
    Ed Pastor s1oArizona Democrat
    Donald Payne s1oNew Jersey Democrat
    Ed Perlmutter s1oColorado Democrat
    David Eugene Price s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
    Charles Rangel s1oNew York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
    Jack Reed s1oRI Democrat Sr Senator
    Harry Reid s1pNV Democratic incumbent
    Steven Rothman s1oNew Jersey Democrat
    Lucille Roybal-Allard s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Dutch Ruppersberger s1oMaryland Democrat
    Bobby Rush s1oIllinois Democrat
    Tim Ryan s1oOhio Democrat
    Linda Sanchez s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Loretta Sanchez s1oCalifornia Democrat
    John Sarbanes s1oMaryland Democrat
    Jan Schakowsky s1oIllinois Democrat
    Adam Schiff s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Charles Schumer s1oNY Democratic incumbent
    Allyson Schwartz s1oPennsylvania Democrat
    Bobby Scott s1oVirginia Democrat
    David Scott s1oGeorgia Democrat
    Jose Serrano s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
    Joe Sestak s1oPennsylvania Democrat
    Carol Shea-Porter s1oNew Hampshire Democrat
    Brad Sherman s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Albio Sires s1oNew Jersey Democrat
    Louise Slaughter s1pNew York Democrat
    David Adam Smith s1oWashington Democrat
    Hilda Solis s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Debbie Stabenow s1oMI Democrat Jr Senator
    Pete Stark s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Betty Sutton s1oOhio Democrat
    Ellen Tauscher s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Jon Tester s1oMT Democratic Jr Senator
    Mike Thompson s1oCalifornia Democrat
    John Tierney s1oMassachusetts Democrat
    Ed Towns s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
    Mark Udall s1oCO Democratic Senate Challenger; US Rep.
    Tom Udall s1oNew Mexico Democrat
    Chris Van Hollen s1oMaryland Democrat
    Nydia Velazquez s1oNew York Democrat/Working-Families
    Debbie Wasserman Schultz s1oFlorida Democrat
    Maxine Waters s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Diane Watson s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Henry Waxman s1oCalifornia Democrat
    Anthony Weiner s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
    Peter Welch s1oVermont Democrat
    Robert Wexler s1oFlorida Democrat
    Sheldon Whitehouse s1oRI Democratic Jr Senator, previously attorney general
    Lynn Woolsey s1oCalifornia Democrat
    David Wu s1oOregon Democrat
    Ron Wyden s1oOR Democratic incumbent
    Albert Wynn s1oMaryland Democrat
    John Yarmuth s1oKentucky Democrat



    Republicans participating in 2007-HR819

    Judy Biggert s1oIllinois Republican
    Susan Collins s1oME Republican Jr Senator
    Christopher Shays s1oConnecticut Republican



    Independents participating in 2007-HR819

    Bernie Sanders s1oVermont Independent



    Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

    Democrats: 191
    Republicans: 3
    Independents: 1