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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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# 300:
6:41 am PDT, Apr 30,
Tal Zamir, New York
# 299:
6:41 am PDT, Apr 30,
Amanda Braun, Minnesota
# 298:
6:41 am PDT, Apr 30,
Name not displayed, California
# 297:
6:41 am PDT, Apr 30,
Eleanor Gomez, California
# 296:
6:41 am PDT, Apr 30,
Elaine Gough, Illinois
The very 1st. item on George Bush's agenda the Monday after his "illegal" inauguration was to cut out funding of "birth control and family planning" that we were sending out all over the world as well as the United States. This stupid blunder of his has caused the population of our precious globe to soar to the place that new babies are left to die, or die for lack of food. Children by the thousands die every year from mal-nutrition and disease. But George Bush and the Catholic Church will NOT allow birth control to be taught or practiced. The first thing we can do in the face of global warming is to control the population growth. Easy, the less people we have, the longer the Earth will survive.
The very 1st. item on George Bush's agenda the Monday after his "illegal" inauguration was to cut out funding of "birth control and family planning" that we were sending out all over the world as well as the United States. This stupid blunder of his has caused the population of our precious globe to soar to the place that new babies are left to die, or die for lack of food. Children by the thousands die every year from mal-nutrition and disease. But George Bush and the Catholic Church will NOT allow birth control to be taught or practiced. The first thing we can do in the face of global warming is to control the population growth. Easy, the less people we have, the longer the Earth will survive.
# 295:
6:41 am PDT, Apr 30,
Heather Dunado, New York
# 294:
6:40 am PDT, Apr 30,
Jon Lyness, New York
# 293:
6:40 am PDT, Apr 30,
Martha Brown, North Carolina
# 292:
6:40 am PDT, Apr 30,
Nan Stevenson, Minnesota
For the health of women, please help us!
For the health of women, please help us!
# 291:
6:40 am PDT, Apr 30,
William Weisman, California
Worldwide overpopulation is the basic cause of all our environmental problems. It's a leading factor in global warming and illegal immigration. We must end the Bush/Cheney gag rule and pay our fair share to the UN population fund.
Worldwide overpopulation is the basic cause of all our environmental problems. It's a leading factor in global warming and illegal immigration. We must end the Bush/Cheney gag rule and pay our fair share to the UN population fund.
# 290:
6:40 am PDT, Apr 30,
Lois Braun, Minnesota
Read the book "Monique and the Mango Rains" by Kris Holloway for a true life story that illustrates the tragedy of lack of family planning services Third World women. Family planning is truly "pro-life".
Read the book "Monique and the Mango Rains" by Kris Holloway for a true life story that illustrates the tragedy of lack of family planning services Third World women. Family planning is truly "pro-life".
# 289:
6:39 am PDT, Apr 30,
Erwin Pearlman, California
# 288:
6:39 am PDT, Apr 30,
Eyoel Getachew, New York
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.
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.
# 287:
6:38 am PDT, Apr 30,
Peter Stone, Pennsylvania
We will never be able to deal with many of the most pressing issues around the world, such as overpopulation, until the women of the world all enjoy some meaningful control over their lives and become something more than breeding machines.
We will never be able to deal with many of the most pressing issues around the world, such as overpopulation, until the women of the world all enjoy some meaningful control over their lives and become something more than breeding machines.
# 286:
6:38 am PDT, Apr 30,
Robin Wilson, Illinois
# 285:
6:38 am PDT, Apr 30,
Sonia Goldstein, New York
# 284:
6:38 am PDT, Apr 30,
Ethel Schwartz Bock, New York
# 283:
6:37 am PDT, Apr 30,
Michael Carr, Virginia
# 282:
6:37 am PDT, Apr 30,
Janet Dorman, New York
# 281:
6:37 am PDT, Apr 30,
Linda Gazzola, New York
Family planning programs are cost-efficient and highly successful.
Family planning programs are cost-efficient and highly successful.
# 280:
6:37 am PDT, Apr 30,
Jeremy Christensen, New York
# 279:
6:36 am PDT, Apr 30,
Erin Nelson, Massachusetts
# 278:
6:36 am PDT, Apr 30,
Hernando Courtright, New York
# 277:
6:35 am PDT, Apr 30,
Name not displayed, California
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.
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.
# 276:
6:35 am PDT, Apr 30,
Jenna Harper, Illinois
# 275:
6:35 am PDT, Apr 30,
Liz Singleton, California
# 274:
6:35 am PDT, Apr 30,
Kristina Avalo, New York
# 273:
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6:35 am PDT, Apr 30,
Jackie Tawney Moore, California
This is my daughter, Fiona. Every child deserves to have what she has, parents who are able to care for her. We are lucky. She is perfect, but I understand the benefits of family planning. We were able to take our time and plan our family, so that it was the right time for us to start our family. |
# 272:
6:34 am PDT, Apr 30,
Claudia Wornum, California
There is no single more dramatic contribution to stress on the environment as human over population. Every child must be a conscious choice. Please help every woman have that right.
There is no single more dramatic contribution to stress on the environment as human over population. Every child must be a conscious choice. Please help every woman have that right.
# 271:
6:34 am PDT, Apr 30,
Billie Ozerengin, New York
# 270:
6:33 am PDT, Apr 30,
Name not displayed, New York
# 269:
6:33 am PDT, Apr 30,
Jan Johnson, Florida
# 268:
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6:32 am PDT, Apr 30,
REbecca Burgess, California
We know that starting with family planning, we set up a future that is irretrievable otherwise. Humanity's future is now dependent on, an enabled female population, and a control on our total population. |
# 267:
6:32 am PDT, Apr 30,
Pat Fuller, Massachusetts
# 266:
6:32 am PDT, Apr 30,
Carleen Paule, Florida
# 265:
6:31 am PDT, Apr 30,
Betty Smith, California
# 264:
6:31 am PDT, Apr 30,
Sharon Weisman, California
Bush's gag rule harms women all over the world. Worldwide overpopulation is the fundamental environmental ill - we must exercise leadership in family planning.
Bush's gag rule harms women all over the world. Worldwide overpopulation is the fundamental environmental ill - we must exercise leadership in family planning.
# 263:
6:30 am PDT, Apr 30,
Mary Upham, Minnesota
# 262:
6:30 am PDT, Apr 30,
Kim Knapp, California
# 261:
6:30 am PDT, Apr 30,
V Maddock, Minnesota
# 260:
6:30 am PDT, Apr 30,
Emily Doutre, Massachusetts
# 259:
6:30 am PDT, Apr 30,
Deborah Oestreicher, Illinois
# 258:
6:29 am PDT, Apr 30,
Myriah Nybo, California
# 257:
6:29 am PDT, Apr 30,
Melissa McCusker, Massachusetts
# 256:
6:29 am PDT, Apr 30,
Craig Cooley, New York
# 255:
6:29 am PDT, Apr 30,
Molly Bolger, Virginia
Overpopulation is huge problem and causing massive suffering and environmental damage.
Overpopulation is huge problem and causing massive suffering and environmental damage.
# 254:
6:28 am PDT, Apr 30,
Cameron Peterson, New York
Communities who treat women equally are safer, more stable sectors of society.
Communities who treat women equally are safer, more stable sectors of society.
# 253:
6:28 am PDT, Apr 30,
Mary Bartlett, Virginia
# 252:
6:28 am PDT, Apr 30,
Patricia Daniels, California
# 251:
6:28 am PDT, Apr 30,
Pat Pratt, Massachusetts
Pleaase make sure that women have control over their lives.
Pleaase make sure that women have control over their lives.