,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #fj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of
 ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #bg1
 #bjac ,mrs4 ,boxer 7for herself1 ,mrs4 
,shaheen1 ,mr4 ,lautenberg1 ,mr4 ,brown1
 and ,mr4 ,blumenthal7 submitted the    
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,health1          
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions       
,,resolution  ,supporting women's       
reproductive health4  ,whereas access to
 comprehensive reproductive health care 
is critical to improving the health and 
well-being of women and their families2 
,whereas access to affordable           
contraceptives and medically accurate   
information prevents unintended         
pregnancies1 thereby improving the      
health of women1 children1 families1 and
 society as a whole2 ,whereas title ,x  
of the ,public ,health ,service ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjj et seq47 and the    
,medicaid program under title ,,xix of  
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #acif et seq47 cover health   

care and family planning services for   
millions of women and men who do not    
have other insurance coverage1 with the 
,medicaid program alone covering #ga    
percent of publicly funded family       
planning services and more than #dj     
percent of all births in the ,united    
,states2 ,whereas women need access to  
comprehensive1 affordable insurance that
 covers family planning services1       
prenatal and postnatal care1 miscarriage
 management1 labor and delivery         
services1 and abortion2 and ,whereas the
 lack of adequate prenatal care         
increases the risks of infant and       
maternal mortality and preterm birth1   
which cost our health care system       
approximately #bf1jjj1jjj1jjj annually3 
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the       
,senate supports efforts to--  7#a7     
ensure that women have access to        
contraception1 other preventive         
services1 and medically accurate        
information necessary to make health    
care decisions2  7#b7 ensure that the   

millions of women who rely on title ,x  
of the ,public ,health ,service ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjj et seq471 the       
,medicaid program under title ,,xix of  
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #acif et seq471 and non-profit
 providers like ,planned ,parenthood    
continue to get cancer screenings1 birth
 control1 and other essential health    
care services2  7#c7 ensure that women  
have access to affordable insurance     
coverage for all pregnancy-related      
health care needs2 and  7#d7 reduce     
health disparities between men and women
 and among women of different races1    
ethnicities1 and sexual orientations4