I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6067 
To provide for programs that reduce the number of unplanned pregnancies, 
reduce the need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and 
support new parents. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2006 
Mr. RYAN of Ohio (for himself, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. DELAURO, 
Ms. HERSETH, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. CLY-
BURN, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. FORD, Mr. OBEY, and Ms. ESHOO) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the 
Workforce and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for programs that reduce the number of un-
planned pregnancies, reduce the need for abortion, help 
women bear healthy children, and support new parents. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents 
Act’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings; purpose. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. Eligibility of Indian tribes for awards. 
TITLE I—EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR PREVENTING TEEN 
PREGNANCIES 
Sec. 101. Findings. 
Sec. 102. Education programs for preventing teen pregnancies. 
TITLE II—REAUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN AFTER-SCHOOL 
PROGRAMS 
Sec. 201. Findings. 
Sec. 202. Reauthorization of certain after-school programs. 
TITLE III—TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION INCENTIVE GRANTS 
Sec. 301. Teen pregnancy prevention incentive grants. 
Sec. 302. Establishing national goal to prevent teen pregnancy. 
TITLE IV—DEMONSTRATION GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE CREATIVE 
APPROACHES TO TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION 
Sec. 401. Demonstration grants to encourage creative approaches to teen preg-
nancy prevention. 
TITLE V—NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO ENLIST PARENTS IN 
PREVENTING TEEN PREGNANCY 
Sec. 501. Findings. 
Sec. 502. Establishment of a national center for parents of adolescents; provi-
sion of challenge grants for State and local programs. 
TITLE VI—CLARIFICATION OF CONTINUED MEDICAID COVERAGE 
OF FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES 
Sec. 601. Clarification of continued Medicaid coverage of family planning serv-
ices. 
TITLE VII—EXPANDED MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY FOR FAMILY 
PLANNING SERVICES 
Sec.
701. Expanded Medicaid eligibility for family planning services. 
TITLE VIII—DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION FOR ABORTION 
SERVICES 
Sec. 801. Disclosure of information for abortion services. 
TITLE IX—MEDICAID AND SCHIP COVERAGE OF PREGNANT 
WOMEN 
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Sec. 901. State option to expand or add coverage of certain pregnant women 
under medicaid and SCHIP. 
Sec. 902. Coordination with the maternal and child health program. 
Sec. 903. Increase in SCHIP income eligibility. 
Sec. 904. Outreach program to encourage those eligible for services to enroll. 
TITLE X—TITLE X OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT 
Sec. 1001. Short title. 
Sec. 1002. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE XI—PREGNANCY AS PREEXISTING CONDITION 
Sec. 1101. Removal of pregnancy as a preexisting condition under individual 
health insurance coverage. 
TITLE XII—INCREASING WOMEN’S KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THEIR 
PREGNANCY 
Sec. 1201. Grants to health centers for purchase of ultrasound equipment. 
Sec. 1202. Services to patients receiving positive test diagnosis for down syn-
drome or other prenatally diagnosed condition. 
TITLE XIII—PREVENTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL 
ASSAULT 
Sec. 1301. Separate program to identify and treat pregnant women and new 
mothers who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking. 
Sec. 1302. Additional authorization of appropriations for public campaign to in-
crease public awareness. 
TITLE XIV—SUPPORT FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING 
STUDENTS 
Sec. 1401. Support services for students of institutions of higher education. 
Sec. 1402. Child care access means parents in school program. 
TITLE XV—FEDERALLY-FUNDED HOMES FOR PREGNANT AND 
PARENTING WOMEN 
Sec. 1501. Counseling requirements. 
Sec. 1502. Treatment of pregnant and parenting women. 
TITLE XVI—EXPANSION OF ADOPTION CREDIT AND ADOPTION 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
Sec. 1601. Expansion of adoption credit and adoption assistance programs. 
TITLE XVII—PROVIDING SUPPORT TO NEW PARENTS 
Sec. 1701. Increased support for WIC program. 
Sec. 1702. Nutritional support for low-income parents. 
Sec. 1703. Increased funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant 
program. 
Sec. 1704. Teenage or first-time mothers; free home visits by registered nurses 
for education on health needs of infants. 
Sec. 1705. Grants for increasing public awareness of resources available to 
women preparing for child birth. 
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TITLE XVIII—COLLECTING AND REPORTING ABORTION 
SURVEILLANCE DATA 
Sec. 1801. Grants for collection and reporting of abortion surveillance data. 
Sec. 1802. Report on reasons why women choose to have an abortion. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) There are 1,290,000 abortions annually in 
America and one in five pregnancies ends in abor-
tion. 
(2) 49 percent of all pregnancies in America are 
unintended. Excluding miscarriages, 54 percent of 
unintended pregnancies end in abortion. 
(3) 57 percent of women who have abortions 
have incomes below 200 percent of the poverty level. 
(4) Rates of unintended pregnancy in the 
United States increased by nearly 30 percent among 
low-income women between 1994 and 2001, and a 
low-income woman today is about 4 times as likely 
to have an unintended pregnancy as her higher in-
come counterpart. 
(5) Levels of contraceptive use among low-in-
come women at risk of unintended pregnancy de-
clined significantly between 1994 and 2001, from 92 
percent to 86 percent. 
(6) By helping couples avoid unintended preg-
nancy, Medicaid-funded and Title X contraceptive 
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