Maternal, Child Health, and Family Planning Services: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, February 25, 1988--healthy Children, Investing in the Future; April 22, 1988--Title X of the Public Health Service Act (H.R. 3769).U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988 - 317 pages |
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Page 249 - It is my view that no American woman should be denied access to family planning assistance because of her economic condition. I believe, therefore, that we should establish as a national goal the provision of adequate family planning services within the next five years to all those who want them but cannot afford them.
Page 311 - This presumption of statutory validity, however, has less force when a classification turns on the subject matter of expression. "[A]bove all else, the First Amendment means that government has no power to restrict expression because of its message, its ideas, its subject matter, or its content.
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Page 263 - pressure was being exerted by the American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Page 309 - It may not deny a benefit to a person on a basis that infringes his constitutionally protected interests - especially, his interest in freedom of speech.
Page 224 - I would be pleased to answer any questions that you or the members of the subcommittee may have. Mr.
Page 180 - In particular, the risk factors associated with timing and number of births can be reduced by effective family planning, which can either prevent pregnancy or help to time the occurrence of a pregnancy. The IOM report recommended that 'family planning services should be an integral part of overall strategies to reduce the incidence of low birthweight in infants.
Page 300 - settled course of behavior embodies the agency's informed judgment that, by pursuing that course, it will carry out the policies committed to it by Congress. There is, then, at least a presumption that those policies will be carried out best if the settled rule is adhered to.
Page 113 - None of the funds appropriated under this title shall be used in programs where abortion is a method of family planning.
Page 221 - NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH Mr. Chairman, and Members of the Subcommittee: I am Dr. Duane Alexander, Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health.