BILL NUMBER: ACR 148	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 22, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 16, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Butler

                        MAY 1, 2012

   Relative to family planning funding and support.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 148, as amended, Butler. California family planning funding
and support.
   This measure would resolve that the Legislature is committed to
supporting access to family planning services, and would urge the
preservation of funding to ensure that California will stand with
women and allow them to enjoy improved health and experience fewer
unplanned pregnancies and births.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, Family planning services are essential to providing basic
health care and family planning to millions of women, including
well-woman examinations, lifesaving cancer screenings, and
contraceptive services; and
   WHEREAS, Due to  the threat of  cuts in federal funding,
access to preventative health care for millions of women  is
  could be  at risk; and
   WHEREAS, The volatility of federal funding for family planning
services is a matter of statewide concern; and
   WHEREAS, Financial support for the basic health care for women
should not be contingent on funding from the federal government; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature is committed to supporting
access to family planning services, and strongly urges the
preservation of funding to ensure that California will stand with
women and allow them to enjoy improved health and experience fewer
unplanned pregnancies and births; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.