U.S. Congress - S.270 Pregnant Women Support Act
S.270 - Pregnant Women Support Act
A bill to provide for programs that reduce the need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents. view all titles (2)
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- Official: A bill to provide for programs that reduce the need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents. as introduced.
- Short: Pregnant Women Support Act as introduced.
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Official Summary
1/15/2009--Introduced.Pregnant Women Support Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to increase public awareness of resources available to pregnant women to carry their pregnancy to term and new parents. Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow theOfficial Summary
1/15/2009--Introduced.Pregnant Women Support Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to increase public awareness of resources available to pregnant women to carry their pregnancy to term and new parents. Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary to make grants for the purchase of ultrasound equipment for examinations of pregnant women. Prohibits a health insurance issuer offering individual coverage from imposing a preexisting condition exclusion or a waiting period or otherwise discriminating against a woman on the basis that she is pregnant. Provides for continuation coverage for newborns. Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to allow states to extend health care coverage to an unborn child. Requires health facilities that perform abortions to obtain informed consent from a pregnant woman seeking an abortion. Provides for the collection and dissemination of information on Down syndrome and other prenatally diagnosed conditions. Directs the Secretary to provide for:(1) higher education pregnant and parenting student services offices; and
(2) programs to work with pregnant or parenting teens to complete high school. Authorizes grants for services to pregnant women who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking. Requires states to require a pregnancy determination for homicide victims. Requires the Secretary to provide for comprehensive and supportive services for pregnant women, mothers, and children. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC program). Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to increase the eligibility threshold for food stamps. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990. Authorizes grants to provide to eligible mothers education on the health needs of their infants through visits to their homes by registered nurses. Authorizes grants for collecting and reporting abortion surveillance data.
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Organizations Supporting S.270
- Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
- Democrats For Life
- Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention
- Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
Organizations Opposing S.270
- None via MapLight at this time.
Recent News Coverage
Abortion Issue Should Not Impede Debate on Health Care Reform, ‘Pro-Life Democrat’ Says
...respect for the views of people who may disagree with him.” In January, Casey re-introduced the Pregnant Women Support Act (S.270), which would provide assistance to pregnant women both before and after delivery. “I introduce this bill with t
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