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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
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.
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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# 200:
6:10 am PDT, Apr 30,
Julie Cox, Minnesota
# 199:
6:10 am PDT, Apr 30,
Janet Calcaterra, Massachusetts
# 198:
6:09 am PDT, Apr 30,
Guy Larkin, New York
# 197:
6:09 am PDT, Apr 30,
Jennifer Maniscalco, Massachusetts
# 196:
6:09 am PDT, Apr 30,
Emily Goenner, Minnesota
# 195:
6:08 am PDT, Apr 30,
DiAnne Walsh, Illinois
Gving women choices is important to the future of those yet not born. We need to step up tot he plate as other Western Countries have done.
Gving women choices is important to the future of those yet not born. We need to step up tot he plate as other Western Countries have done.
# 194:
6:08 am PDT, Apr 30,
Douglas Miller, New York
do good things
do good things
# 193:
6:08 am PDT, Apr 30,
Harriet Hydro, Maryland
Family planning is critical for womens health! Think about your own mother and sisters. Spread safe childbirth anound the world. We can help! Thanks.
Family planning is critical for womens health! Think about your own mother and sisters. Spread safe childbirth anound the world. We can help! Thanks.
# 192:
6:08 am PDT, Apr 30,
Eliot Kaplan, Washington
# 191:
6:06 am PDT, Apr 30,
Sophie De la Mar, Illinois
Family planning saves lives and gives women choices they would not have otherwise. Please support international family planning to the most of your ability.
Family planning saves lives and gives women choices they would not have otherwise. Please support international family planning to the most of your ability.
# 190:
6:06 am PDT, Apr 30,
Alex Deucher, Virginia
# 189:
6:06 am PDT, Apr 30,
Nia Raymond, Illinois
# 188:
6:05 am PDT, Apr 30,
Adriana Francois, Illinois
# 187:
6:05 am PDT, Apr 30,
Maury Hopson, New York
Lack of education and the resultant overpopulation are a major concern in today's world.
Lack of education and the resultant overpopulation are a major concern in today's world.
# 186:
6:05 am PDT, Apr 30,
Charles Calhoun, California
# 185:
6:05 am PDT, Apr 30,
Lori Bembanaste, Florida
# 184:
6:05 am PDT, Apr 30,
Gail McMullen, California
# 183:
6:04 am PDT, Apr 30,
Beverly Windham, North Carolina
# 182:
6:04 am PDT, Apr 30,
Name not displayed, Maryland
# 181:
6:03 am PDT, Apr 30,
Rebecca Matthews, Massachusetts
# 180:
6:03 am PDT, Apr 30,
Name not displayed, Illinois
# 179:
6:02 am PDT, Apr 30,
Nini Bloch, Massachusetts
Family planning consistently has been the first step in raising the educational levels of women and allowing them to engage in the economy rather than being sidelined by it— to the betterment of the whole society. In today's world it makes no sense not to invest even more fully in family planning.
Family planning consistently has been the first step in raising the educational levels of women and allowing them to engage in the economy rather than being sidelined by it— to the betterment of the whole society. In today's world it makes no sense not to invest even more fully in family planning.
# 178:
6:02 am PDT, Apr 30,
Name not displayed, New York
# 177:
6:02 am PDT, Apr 30,
David Heyer, New York
# 176:
6:01 am PDT, Apr 30,
Erin Bernstein, Illinois
# 175:
6:00 am PDT, Apr 30,
Nick Bailey, Illinois
# 174:
5:59 am PDT, Apr 30,
Steven White, Maryland
# 173:
5:58 am PDT, Apr 30,
Sarah Weiss, New York
# 172:
5:57 am PDT, Apr 30,
Debra Breton, Virginia
# 171:
5:57 am PDT, Apr 30,
James Spitzer, Maine
# 170:
5:57 am PDT, Apr 30,
Ann C. Fagan, Massachusetts
# 169:
5:56 am PDT, Apr 30,
Brian Hebeisen, Massachusetts
Family planning is a human right. It allows families to determine when they will have children and prevents overpopulation.
Family planning is a human right. It allows families to determine when they will have children and prevents overpopulation.
# 168:
5:56 am PDT, Apr 30,
Nicole Roth, Illinois
# 167:
5:55 am PDT, Apr 30,
Megan Adams, Colorado
# 166:
5:54 am PDT, Apr 30,
Carl Rennhack, New York
# 165:
5:54 am PDT, Apr 30,
Marjorie Streeter, Virginia
# 164:
5:54 am PDT, Apr 30,
Name not displayed, New York
# 163:
5:53 am PDT, Apr 30,
Brian Rochel, Minnesota
# 162:
5:53 am PDT, Apr 30,
Al Cohen, New York
You legislators get your medical and familly planning from tax money, why not give other people the same treatment?
You legislators get your medical and familly planning from tax money, why not give other people the same treatment?
# 161:
5:51 am PDT, Apr 30,
Ernie Love, Illinois
# 160:
5:51 am PDT, Apr 30,
Carlos Nunez, California
# 159:
5:51 am PDT, Apr 30,
Bruce Mi, Washington
# 158:
5:50 am PDT, Apr 30,
Amy Harlib, New York
# 157:
5:50 am PDT, Apr 30,
Alexander Matheson, Massachusetts
# 156:
5:50 am PDT, Apr 30,
FreeSpirit Running, Florida
# 155:
5:50 am PDT, Apr 30,
Nora Pearl, California
# 154:
5:49 am PDT, Apr 30,
Mary Ethel Kabisch, Virginia
# 153:
5:49 am PDT, Apr 30,
Alice Bowron, Minnesota
Population 'growth' is now an obstacle on all fronts: political stability, economic opportunity, ecological preservation, wildlife and domestic animal protection, and scientific/medical progress are ALL directly threatened by unchecked mushrooming of unplanned population growth. As a retired educator and legal professional, I cannot state strongly enough the need to increase international family planning funding to $1 billion. It's either that increase, or increased misery for all living things.
Population 'growth' is now an obstacle on all fronts: political stability, economic opportunity, ecological preservation, wildlife and domestic animal protection, and scientific/medical progress are ALL directly threatened by unchecked mushrooming of unplanned population growth. As a retired educator and legal professional, I cannot state strongly enough the need to increase international family planning funding to $1 billion. It's either that increase, or increased misery for all living things.
# 152:
5:47 am PDT, Apr 30,
Lori Wojciechowski, Florida
# 151:
5:47 am PDT, Apr 30,
James O'Donnell, California