US Congress Senate Bill 707 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-1)
Status: Introduced on March 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of State to include in its annual reports on human rights in countries receiving U.S. development and security assistance a discussion of the status of reproductive rights in each country, including whether a country has adopted and enforced policies to (1) promote access to contraception and accurate family planning information, (2) provide services to ensure safe and healthy pregnancy and childbirth, (3) expand or restrict access to safe abortion services, (4) prevent maternal deaths, and (5) prevent and treat sexually transmitted diseases. For each country, the reports shall also contain (1) data related to maternal deaths, and (2) a description of the nature and extent of discrimination and violence against women and girls in health care settings and the relevant government's response to such actions.

Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2019

Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]
Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-07	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

HB1581 (Same As) 2019-03-07 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/707/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s707/BILLS-116s707is.pdf