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Invest in Women: Increase Funding for International Family Planning

Target: Members of the House Sub-Committee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Sponsored by: Pathfinder International

Family planning programs save lives. Yet millions of women around the world do not have access to critical reproductive health services like contraceptives, pregnancy and childbirth care, and HIV prevention programs. Each year, more than 500,000 women worldwide die during pregnancy or childbirth - and nearly of all these deaths could be prevented.

No medical intervention offers the breadth of potential benefits as family planning. When a woman has access to services that let her control her fertility and protect her health, new opportunities, including education and employment, may open up to her. Family planning programs thus have a "ripple effect" that changes the very fabric of families and communities.

Family planning programs are cost-efficient and highly successful, yet consistently under-funded, even as demand for these services rises quickly around the world.

You can help women have the reproductive health choices they need to protect themselves and their families. Please send a message to members of the House Sub-Committee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs today and support our call to increase U.S. funding for international family planning to $1 billion.

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Dear Members of the House Sub-Committee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs,

I am writing to urge you to increase funding for international family planning assistance to a total of $1 billion in the Fiscal Year 2009 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Act. I also urge you to appropriate $63.5 million for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Family planning programs are critical for women's health and equality. Currently, more than 200 million women around the world desire to either delay or end childbearing, but do not have access to modern contraceptives. Each year, more than 500,000 women worldwide die during pregnancy or childbirth. Tragically, nearly of all these deaths could have been prevented. Women who can time their pregnancies have greater opportunities for education and employment, and can more actively contribute to their families' well-being.

Historically, family planning programs have been cost-efficient and highly successful. According to a study by UNFPA, every $1 invested in family planning could save up to $31 in government spending on education, food, health, housing, water and sewage services.

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9:42 am PDT, Apr 29, Helen Carter-Hoynowski, California
Properly funded family planning in the developing world must be a priority. With food shortages now a reality we must do what we can to stem population growth and thus lessen the terrible misery and absolute wretchedness of life in the poorest countries of the world. Too many women die during pregnancy and childbirth which is an absolute shame. Investing in family planning makes great sense, saving money in the long term. Thank you for making the funding of family planning the priority it is. Yours sincerely Mrs Helen Carter-Hoynowski (the lucky mother of an even more fortunate sports active, book-loving boy!)

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To help stop the growing number of children and families going hungry or homeless. Please look for my petition, Just Us The Struggle (Second Chance Urlin Clark Justice Thank you

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