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Latest Action: 06/07/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Bill TextTo provide financial and other support to the United Nations Population Fund to carry out activities to save women's lives, limit the incidence of abortion and maternal mortality associated with unsafe abortion, promote universal access to safe and reliable family planning, and assist women, children, and men in developing countries to live better lives. 6/7/2007--Introduced. United Nations Population Fund Women's Health and Dignity Act - Authorizes the President to make a voluntary contribution on a grant basis to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to: (1) provide and distribute equipment, medicine, supplies, and expertise to ensure safe childbirth and emergency obstetric care; (2) make contraceptives available for the prevention of pregnancy and sexually-transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS; (3) reduce abortion and related maternal mortality; (4) reduce and eliminate coercive family planning practices; (5) reduce and eliminate sex selection; (6) prevent and [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 10/09/2007 - Ms. Jackson-Lee moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended. Bill TextA resolution denouncing the practices of female genital mutilation, domestic violence, "honor" killings, acid burnings, dowry deaths, and other gender-based persecutions, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that participation, protection, recognition, and equality of women is crucial to achieving a just, moral and peaceful society. 10/9/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Denounces and demands the cessation of the practices of female genital mutilation, domestic violence, honor killings, acid burning, dowry deaths, and other gender-based persecutions and crimes. Asserts that women are not chattel, should not be trafficked, exploited, or sold for services, and should not be denied the right to education, to ownership of property, or to participate in full, economic, social and political life. Demands the cessation of these barbaric practices and the dismantling of social and institutional [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/29/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Bill TextA bill to direct United States funding to the United Nations Population Fund for certain purposes. 2/29/2008--Introduced. United Nations Population Fund Restoration Act of 2008 - Requires that funds for a U.S. contribution to the United Nations Population Fund be used to: (1) provide equipment, medicine, and supplies to ensure safe childbirth and emergency obstetric care; (2) provide contraceptives for the prevention of unintended pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS; (3) prevent and treat cases of obstetric fistula; (4) reestablish maternal health services in areas where medical infrastructure have been destroyed or limited by natural disasters or armed conflict; (5) promote abandonment of harmful traditional practices, including female genital mutilation and child marriage; and (6) promote the access of unaccompanied women and other vulnerable people to vital services.
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Also tagged in: Access to health care, AIDS (Disease), Childbirth, Children, Civil war, Contraceptives, Disasters, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, Health policy, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Marriage, Maternal health services, Medical care, Medical supplies, Medicine, Obstetrics, Preventive medicine, Sexually transmitted diseases, United Nations economic assistance, Women, World health
Latest Action: 02/29/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Bill TextA bill to direct United States funding to the United Nations Population Fund for certain purposes. 2/29/2008--Introduced. United Nations Population Fund Restoration Act of 2008 - Requires that funds for a U.S. contribution to the United Nations Population Fund be used to: (1) provide equipment, medicine, and supplies to ensure safe childbirth and emergency obstetric care; (2) provide contraceptives for the prevention of unintended pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS; (3) prevent and treat cases of obstetric fistula; (4) reestablish maternal health services in areas where medical infrastructure have been destroyed or limited by natural disasters or armed conflict; (5) promote abandonment of harmful traditional practices, including female genital mutilation and child marriage; and (6) promote the access of unaccompanied women and other vulnerable people to vital services.
Also tagged in: Abortion, AIDS (Disease), Birth control, Child sexual abuse, Childbirth, Children, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Congressional reporting requirements, Contraceptives, Disaster relief, Drugs, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Environmental protection, Families, Food, Food relief, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, Health policy, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Human rights, International affairs, International relief, Marriage, Maternal health services, Medical care, Medical instruments and apparatus, Medical supplies, Medicine, Obstetrics, Preventive medicine, Refuse and refuse disposal, Sex discrimination, Sexually transmitted diseases, Solid wastes, United Nations finances, Water resources, Water supply, Women, Women's health, Women's health services, World health
Latest Action: 06/07/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Bill TextTo provide financial and other support to the United Nations Population Fund to carry out activities to save women's lives, limit the incidence of abortion and maternal mortality associated with unsafe abortion, promote universal access to safe and reliable family planning, and assist women, children, and men in developing countries to live better lives. 6/7/2007--Introduced. United Nations Population Fund Women's Health and Dignity Act - Authorizes the President to make a voluntary contribution on a grant basis to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to: (1) provide and distribute equipment, medicine, supplies, and expertise to ensure safe childbirth and emergency obstetric care; (2) make contraceptives available for the prevention of pregnancy and sexually-transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS; (3) reduce abortion and related maternal mortality; (4) reduce and eliminate coercive family planning practices; (5) reduce and eliminate sex selection; (6) prevent and [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Civil liberties, Civil rights, Crimes against women, Criminal justice, Equality before the law, Families, Family violence, Foreign policy, Homicide, Human rights, International affairs, Law, Sex discrimination, Treaties, Women, Women's rights
Latest Action: 10/09/2007 - Ms. Jackson-Lee moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended. Bill TextA resolution denouncing the practices of female genital mutilation, domestic violence, "honor" killings, acid burnings, dowry deaths, and other gender-based persecutions, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that participation, protection, recognition, and equality of women is crucial to achieving a just, moral and peaceful society. 10/9/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Denounces and demands the cessation of the practices of female genital mutilation, domestic violence, honor killings, acid burning, dowry deaths, and other gender-based persecutions and crimes. Asserts that women are not chattel, should not be trafficked, exploited, or sold for services, and should not be denied the right to education, to ownership of property, or to participate in full, economic, social and political life. Demands the cessation of these barbaric practices and the dismantling of social and institutional [...] show full description
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