The law provides adoption training for pregnancy counselors to correct the misinformation or lack of information about adoption at many pregnancy centers. In addition, the law provides for two studies on the practices of pregnancy counselors at health clinics in order to determine how much adoption information is being made available to women with unplanned pregnancies. Two more provisions would expand access to fetal surgery and provide for mobile health clinics equipped with ultrasound technology, especially for areas with a high percentage of low birth-weight babies. This is a great victory for life and families, and for women who will be better informed and supported in choosing adoption over abortion. The bill would expand doctors' abilities to use drugs to aggressively control pain, while prohibiting the use of controlled substances for the specific purpose of assisting suicide.
Immediate action is needed for the bill's inclusion in the DC funding bill.
Home Schooling Recognized . Rep. Schaffer is Co-Chairman of the House Education Reform Caucus, a group of House members committed to reforming and improving our nation's education system. Stop Material Unsuitable for Teens Act . The bill would make it illegal for adults to send pornography to children under age 18. H.R. 4147 would expand that current law.