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06-S3945 on Sep 26, 2006

OFFICIAL CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY: Prohibits any federal funds from being provided to a hospital unless the hospital provides to women who are victims of sexual assault:
  1. accurate and unbiased information about emergency contraception;
  2. emergency contraception on her request; and
  3. does not deny any such services because of the inability of the woman to pay.

SPONSOR'S INTRODUCTORY REMARKS: Sen. CLINTON: This bill will help sexual assault survivors across the country get the medical care they need and deserve. It is hard to argue against this commonsense legislation. Rape--by definition--could never result in an intended pregnancy. Emergency contraception is a valuable tool that can prevent unintended pregnancy. This bill makes emergency contraception available for survivors of sexual assault at any hospital receiving public funds.

Every 2 minutes, a woman is sexually assaulted in the US, and each year,

25,000 to 32,000 women become pregnant as a result of rape or incest. 50% of those pregnancies end in abortion.

By providing access to emergency contraception, up to 95% of those unintended pregnancies could be prevented if emergency contraception is administered within the first 24 to 72 hours. In addition, emergency contraception could also give desperately needed peace of mind to women in crisis.

The FDA recently made EC available over the counter for women 18 years of age and older. Despite the ideologically driven agenda against this drug, the research has been consistently clear--this drug is safe and effective for preventing pregnancy. Women deserve access to EC. For millions of women, it represents peace of mind. For survivors of rape and sexual assault, it offers hope for healing and a tomorrow free of painful reminders of the past.

LEGISLATIVE OUTCOME:Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; never came to a vote.

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Democrats participating in 06-S3945

Neil Abercrombie s1oHawaii Democrat
Gary Ackerman s1oNew York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.
Tom Allen s1oMaine Democrat
Joe Baca s1oCalifornia Democrat
Brian Baird s1oWashington Democrat
Tammy Baldwin s1oWisconsin Democrat
Shelley Berkley s1oNevada Democrat
Howard Berman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Timothy Bishop s1oNew York Democrat
Earl Blumenauer s1oOregon Democrat
Leonard Boswell s1oIowa Democrat
Rick Boucher s1oVirginia Democrat
Barbara Boxer s2iCA Democratic incumbent
Robert Brady s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Sherrod Brown s1oOH Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep.
Maria Cantwell s2iWA Democrat Jr Senator
Lois Capps s1oCalifornia Democrat
Russ Carnahan s1oMissouri Democrat
Julia Carson s1oIndiana Democrat
Ed Case s1oHawaii Democrat
Hillary Clinton s2pNY Democrat Jr Senator
John Conyers s1oMichigan Democrat
Joseph Crowley s1oNew York Democrat
Elijah Cummings s1oMaryland Democrat
Susan Davis s1oCalifornia Democrat
Peter Defazio s1oOregon Democrat
Diana DeGette s1oColorado Democrat
Bill Delahunt s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Rosa DeLauro s1oConnecticut Democrat
Norm Dicks s1oWashington Democrat
John Dingell s1oMichigan Democrat
Eliot Engel s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Anna Eshoo s1oCalifornia Democrat
Bob Etheridge s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
Lane Evans s1oIllinois Democrat
Sam Farr s1oCalifornia Democrat
Chaka Fattah s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Bob Filner s1oCalifornia Democrat
Barney Frank s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Charles Gonzalez s1oTexas Democrat
Al Green s1oTexas Democrat
Raul Grijalva s1oArizona Democrat
Luis Gutierrez s1oIllinois Democrat
Jane Harman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Alcee Hastings s1oFlorida Democrat
Maurice Hinchey s1oNew York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.
Rush Holt s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Mike Honda s1oCalifornia Democrat
Daniel Inouye s2iHI Democratic incumbent
Jay Inslee s1oWashington Democrat
Steve Israel s1oNew York Democrat
William Jefferson s1oLouisiana Democrat
Stephanie Tubbs Jones s1oOhio Democrat
Patrick Kennedy s1oRhode Island Democrat
Ted Kennedy s2iMA Democrat Sr Senator
John Kerry s2iMA Democrat Jr Senator
Carolyn Kilpatrick s1oMichigan Democrat
Ron Kind s1oWisconsin Democrat
Dennis Kucinich s1oOhio Democrat
James Langevin s1oRhode Island Democrat
Tom Lantos s1oCalifornia Democrat
Rick Larsen s1oWashington Democrat
Frank Lautenberg s2iNJ Democrat Sr Senator
Barbara Lee s1oCalifornia Democrat
Sheila Jackson Lee s1oTexas Democrat
John Lewis s1oGeorgia Democrat
Zoe Lofgren s1oCalifornia Democrat
Nita Lowey s1oNew York Democrat
Carolyn Maloney s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Doris Matsui s1oCalifornia Democrat
Carolyn McCarthy s1oNew York Dem./Ind./Working-Families
Betty McCollum s1oMinnesota Democrat
Jim McDermott s1oWashington Democrat
Jim McGovern s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Michael McNulty s1oNew York Democratic/Ind./Cons.
Marty Meehan s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Robert Menendez s2iNew Jersey Democrat
Brad Miller s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
George Miller s1oCalifornia Democrat
Dennis Moore s1oKansas Democrat
James Moran s1oVirginia Democrat
Patty Murray s2iWA Democratic incumbent
Jerrold Nadler s1oNew York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
John Olver s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Major Owens s1oNew York Democrat/Working-Families
Frank Pallone s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Donald Payne s1oNew Jersey Democrat
David Eugene Price s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
Steven Rothman s2pNew Jersey Democrat
Lucille Roybal-Allard s1oCalifornia Democrat
Martin Sabo s1oMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
Linda Sanchez s1oCalifornia Democrat
Jan Schakowsky s1oIllinois Democrat
Adam Schiff s1oCalifornia Democrat
Debbie Wasserman Schultz s1oFlorida Democrat
Allyson Schwartz s1oPennsylvania Democrat
David Scott s1oGeorgia Democrat
Jose Serrano s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Louise Slaughter s1oNew York Democrat
David Adam Smith s1oWashington Democrat
Hilda Solis s1oCalifornia Democrat
John Spratt s1oSouth Carolina Democrat
Pete Stark s1oCalifornia Democrat
Ellen Tauscher s1oCalifornia Democrat
John Tierney s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Ed Towns s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Mark Udall s1oCO Democratic Senate Challenger; US Rep.
Chris Van Hollen s1oMaryland Democrat
Nydia Velazquez s1oNew York Democrat/Working-Families
Diane Watson s1oCalifornia Democrat
Henry Waxman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Anthony Weiner s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Robert Wexler s1oFlorida Democrat
Lynn Woolsey s1oCalifornia Democrat
David Wu s1oOregon Democrat



Republicans participating in 06-S3945

Judy Biggert s1oIllinois Republican
Sherry Boehlert s1oNew York Republican/Independence
Jeb Bradley s1oNew Hampshire Republican
Michael Castle s1oDelaware Republican
Lincoln Chafee s2iRI Republican Jr Senator
Nancy Lee Johnson s1oConnecticut Republican
Mark Kirk s1oIllinois Republican
John McHugh s1oNew York Republican/Conservative
Joe Schwarz s1oMichigan Republican
Christopher Shays s1oConnecticut Republican
Rob Simmons s1oConnecticut Republican



Independents participating in 06-S3945

Donna Christensen s1oVirgin Islands -
Jim Jeffords s2iVT Independent Jr Senator
Bernie Sanders s1oVermont Independent



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 115
Republicans: 11
Independents: 3