Family Planning Veto Override Debate
On November 18 President Bush vetoed H.R. 2707, Appropriations for Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Departments for fiscal year 1992. The president sent the package back to Co…
52 viewsOn November 18 President Bush vetoed H.R. 2707, Appropriations for Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Departments for fiscal year 1992. The president sent the package back to Co…
52 viewsSen. Mitchell, majority leader in the Senate, discussed the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, the abortion “gag rule,” and other legislative issues concerning Title X le…
60 viewsMembers of the Senate debated and voted on S. 323, the Title X Pregnancy Counseling Act of 1991. The bill would prohibit the Department of Health and Human Services from enforcing regulation…
91 viewsHouse members debated a provision of H.R. 2707, the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations bill for fiscal year 1992. H.R. 2707 is a $204 million appropriations bill contai…
82 viewsRep. Smith discussed family planning legislation. The House will vote on a family planning bill which President Bush is expected to veto. The legislation would in effect reverse the Rust v. …
29 viewsRep. Wyden discussed legislation that he will introduce. The bill, H.R. 392, would in effect reverse Rust v. Sullivan Supreme Court decision. The Rust decision would prohibit federally funde…
22 viewsBurke Balch of the National Right to Life Committee and Wendy Stone of Americans United for Life discussed the May 23 Supreme Court decision of Rust v. Sullivan, in which laws prohibiting fe…
109 viewsRepresentatives from Congress, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Planned Parenthood held a news conference to discuss the Supreme Court decision in the case of Rust v. Sullivan. Federa…
399 viewsSen. Chafee discussed Title X funding regulations and their impact on the health of poor women nationwide. Title X is the largest source of funds for family planning clinics in the United St…
29 viewsThe Senate Human Resources Committee heard testimony on the Title X 1988 regulations, which authorizes funding for family planning services. Under Title X, funding is not allowed to go towar…
123 viewsWendy Stone, the public affairs associate for Americans United for Life, discussed Title X funding regulations, the largest source of funding for family planning clinics. Title X prohibits t…
50 viewsThe subcommittee held a hearing on the reauthorization Title X of the Public Health Service Act providing federal funding for comprehensive family planning for low-income families.
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