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Whereas the ICPD Programme of Action called for the right 
of all people to have a satisfying and safe sex life and 
that they have the capability to reproduce and the free-
dom to decide if, when, and how often to do so; 
Whereas the ICPD Programme of Action called for the right 
of all people to be informed and to have access to safe, 
effective, affordable and acceptable methods of family 
planning of their choice, free of coercion, violence, misin-
formation, and discrimination; 
Whereas the ICPD called on governments to commit them-
selves at the highest political level to achieving the goals 
and objectives of the Programme of Action and to take 
a leading role in coordinating the implementation, moni-
toring, and evaluation of follow-up actions; 
Whereas the General Assembly of the United Nations en-
dorsed the ICPD Programme of Action in 1995, affirmed 
that governments should commit themselves to the goals 
and objectives of the Programme of Action, and called 
upon all governments to give the widest possible dissemi-
nation of the Programme of Action and seek public sup-
port for the goals, objectives, and actions of the Pro-
gramme of Action; 
Whereas 400 youth delegates from 60 countries, including 
the United States, met for the ICPD30 Global Youth 
Dialogue in Cotonou, Benin on April 4–5, 2024, to reaf-
firm the pivotal and active role young people in every cor-
ner of the world have played in promoting, protecting and 
delivering the ICPD Programme of Action and through 
the resulting Cotonou Youth Action Agenda, called on all 
United Nations Member States, duty bearers, and stake-
holders to implement, resource and institutionalize global 
commitments which provide youth-centered, accessible, 
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safe, gender-responsive, quality sexual and reproductive 
health services and supplies within universal health cov-
erage programmes, including menstrual health manage-
ment, the full range of modern contraceptives, com-
prehensive abortion care services, HIV services, and self- 
managed care; 
Whereas Members of Parliament from all regions of the 
world, with presence from the House of Representatives, 
met in Oslo, Norway, on April 10–12, 2024, for the 
eighth International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the 
Implementation (in this resolution referred to as ‘‘IPCI’’) 
of the International Conference on Population and Devel-
opment and through the resulting Oslo Statement of 
Commitment, members expressed deep concern about the 
global backlash against the sexual and reproductive 
health and rights agenda that has been observed in mul-
tiple countries, including the lack of agency for women 
and girls, which deepens social inequalities and under-
mines human rights, democracy, gender equality, and the 
collective efforts to build more inclusive and resilient soci-
eties; 
Whereas in its 2024 State of the World Population Report, 
UNFPA reviewed progress in achieving the ICPD Pro-
gramme of Action, indicating that significant progress 
has been made, but entrenched inequalities deprive mil-
lions from fundamental sexual and reproductive health 
and rights; 
Whereas the inability of the world to reach the most 
marginalized is largely due to unwillingness to confront 
the legacies of gender inequality, racial discrimination, 
and misinformation that underlie health systems; 
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Whereas the United States government, in its Statement at 
UN Commission on Population and Development’s 57th 
Annual Session on April 30, 2024, affirmed that repro-
ductive rights are central to an inclusive, thriving society, 
that seeking to achieve these rights unequivocally trans-
forms the lives of women and girls, in all of their diver-
sity, around the world, for the better; and 
Whereas the Blueprint for Sexual and Reproductive Health, 
Rights and Justice calls on the United States government 
to mark the 30th anniversary of ICPD with a high level 
event that recommits the United States government to 
the ICPD Program of Action and delivers sexual and re-
productive health and rights for all through both rhetoric 
and action on programs, policy, and funding: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends the notable progress made in 
achieving the goals set in 1994 at the ICPD and the 
follow up and outcomes of subsequent review con-
ferences; 
(2) recommits to the achievement of the goals; 
(3) champions the right to bodily autonomy and 
self-determination for all; 
(4) recognizes that sexual and reproductive 
health and rights, including safe abortion, are 
human rights, and that sexual and reproductive 
health and rights are a precondition for the em-
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powerment of women, gender equality, and the well- 
being and prosperity of all people; 
(5) commits to advocating for and providing 
comprehensive and factual information and a full 
range of sexual and reproductive health care services 
which are accessible, affordable, acceptable, of good 
quality and convenient to all users; 
(6) acknowledges that without a clear commit-
ment to a human rights-based approach to develop-
ment, reproductive health, and gender equality, it 
will not be possible to meet the goals of either the 
ICPD or the Sustainable Development Goals; 
(7) acknowledges and condemns the recent 
backsliding that— 
(A) has occurred domestically and the 
egregious impact it has had globally, particu-
larly regarding abortion access and the rights of 
the LGBTQIA+ community; and 
(B) is contrary to evidence-based health 
practices and established human rights norms 
and could set back the progress made on reduc-
ing unsafe abortions, reducing maternal mor-
tality, and reducing stigma against treatment 
for HIV/AIDS; 
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(8) accepts the responsibility of the United 
States, as the largest funder of global health, to up-
hold the goals of ICPD and set a global example 
through United States funding and policies, which 
affirmatively advance Federal development commit-
ments and the realization of human rights; 
(9) supports the urgent need to scale up fund-
ing for bilateral international family planning and 
reproductive health programs and the United States 
contribution to UNFPA, which have been flat fund-
ed for 14 years, and to permanently end harmful 
policies like the global gag rule and Helms Amend-
ment, which undermine global access to comprehen-
sive health care information and services and the 
ability to achieve the vision laid out in the ICPD 
Programme of Action; 
(10) opposes and condemns reproductive coer-
cion in all forms, consistent with the 1994 ICPD 
Programme of Action, including— 
(A) the use of incentives or disincentives to 
lower or raise fertility; 
(B) the use of incentives or targets for up-
take of specific contraceptive methods; 
(C) withholding of information on repro-
ductive health options; and 
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(D) forced abortion, forced sterilization, 
and forced pregnancy; and 
(11) calls on the administration to fully imple-
ment the National Strategy on Gender Equity and 
Equality, including the strategic priority to ‘‘Protect, 
Improve, and Expand Access to Health Care, includ-
ing Sexual and Reproductive Health Care’’. 
Æ 
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