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06-S2916 on May 19, 2006

1. prohibit a state from providing for medical coverage unless it includes certain family planning services and supplies; and
2. include women who are not pregnant but who meet income eligibility standards in a mandatory "categorically needy" group for family planning services purposes.

EXCERPTS OF BILL:

Congress makes the following findings:
1. Rates of unintended pregnancy increased by nearly 30% among low-income women between 1994 and 2002, and a low-income woman today is 4 times as likely to have an unintended pregnancy as her higher income counterpart.
2. Abortion rates decreased among higher income women but increased among low income women in that period, and a low income woman is more than 4 times as likely to have an abortion as her higher income counterpart.
3. Contraceptive use reduces a woman's probability of having an abortion by 85%.
4. Levels of contraceptive use among low-income women at risk of unintended pregnancy declined significantly, from 92% to 86%.
5. Publicly funded contraceptive services have been shown to prevent 1,300,000 unintended pregnancies each year, and in the absence of these services the abortion rate would likely be 40% higher than it is.
6. By helping couples avoid unintended pregnancy, Medicaid-funded contraceptive services are highly cost-effective, and every public dollar spent on family planning saves $3 in the cost of pregnancy-related care alone.The Social Security Act is amended by adding [to the Medicaid section] the following: COVERAGE OF FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES AND SUPPLIES -- a State may not provide for medical coverage unless that coverage includes family planning services and supplies.

   LEGISLATIVE OUTCOME:Referred to Senate Committee on Finance; never came to a vote.

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   Participating counts on VoteMatch question 1. Question 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
   • Topic: Abortion
   • Headline: Expand contraceptive services for low-income women (Score: 1)
   • Headline 2: Sponsored bill providing contraceptives for low-income women (Score: 1)
     
     
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   Democrats participating in 06-S2916
   Tom Allen	s1o	Maine Democrat (Retiring 2008)
   Tammy Baldwin	s1o	WI Democratic Challenger
   Shelley Berkley	s1o	Nevada Democrat (Senate run 2012)
   Jeff Bingaman	s2i	NM Democratic Sr Senator (Retiring)
   Earl Blumenauer	s1o	Oregon Democrat
   Barbara Boxer	s2i	CA Democratic Jr Senator
   Sherrod Brown	s1o	OH Democratic Sr Senator
   Maria Cantwell	s2i	WA Democratic Jr Senator
   Lois Capps	s1o	California Democrat
   Michael Capuano	s1o	MA Former Democratic Primary Senate Challenger (2009)
   Hillary Clinton	s2p	NY Former Democratic Senator (NY); now Secretary of State
   John Conyers	s1o	Michigan Democrat
   Joseph Crowley	s1o	New York Democrat
   Peter Defazio	s1o	Oregon Democrat
   Diana DeGette	s1o	Colorado Democrat
   Rosa DeLauro	s1o	Connecticut Democrat
   Sam Farr	s1o	California Democrat
   Bart Gordon	s1o	Tennessee Democrat (until 2010)
   Gene Green	s1o	Texas Democrat
   Tom Harkin	s2i	IA Democratic Jr Senator (retiring 2014)
   Mike Honda	s1o	California Democrat
   Jay Inslee	s1o	WA Democratic Governor
   Jesse Louis Jackson	s1o	Illinois Democrat (Resgined 2013)
   Sheila Jackson Lee	s1o	Texas Democrat
   Tim Johnson	s1o	SD Democratic Sr Senator (retiring 2014)
   John Kerry	s2i	MA Democratic Sr Senator
   Tom Lantos	s1o	California Former Democrat (until 2008)
   Frank Lautenberg	s2i	NJ Democratic Sr Senator (retiring 2014)
   Nita Lowey	s2p	New York Democrat
   Carolyn Maloney	s1o	New York Democrat/Liberal
   Carolyn McCarthy	s1o	New York Dem./Ind./Working-Families
   Betty McCollum	s1o	Minnesota Democrat
   Jim McDermott	s1o	Washington Democrat
   Jim McGovern	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat
   George Miller	s1o	California Democrat
   Patty Murray	s1o	WA Democratic Sr Senator
   Jerrold Nadler	s1o	New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
   Barack Obama	s2i	IL Former Democratic Senator (until 2008)
   Major Owens	s1o	New York Democrat (until 2007)
   Donald Payne	s1o	New Jersey Former Democrat(Deceased 2012)
   Harry Reid	s2i	NV Democratic Sr Senator
   Lucille Roybal-Allard	s1o	California Democrat
   Tim Ryan	s1o	Ohio Democrat
   Jan Schakowsky	s1o	Illinois Democrat
   Charles Schumer	s1o	NY Democratic Sr Senator
   Allyson Schwartz	s1o	Pennsylvania Democratic Governor Challenger
   David Scott	s1o	Georgia Democrat
   Louise Slaughter	s1o	New York Democrat
   Hilda Solis	s1o	CA Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger
   Pete Stark	s1o	California Democrat
   Henry Waxman	s1o	California Democrat
   Robert Wexler	s1o	Florida Democrat (resigned Jan. 2010)
   Lynn Woolsey	s1o	California Democrat (Retiring 2012)

   
   
   

   Republicans participating in 06-S2916

   
   
   

   Independents participating in 06-S2916
   Jim Jeffords	s2i	VT Former Independent Senator (retired 2006)

   
   
   

   Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

   Democrats: 53 Republicans: 0 Independents: 1