Take Action on Women’s Health and Rights this August

This August, we encourage you to take action on one or more critical pieces of legislation. (If you’re interested in working on more than one of them, you can combine them in any one call to or meeting with a Representative or Senator.)

You can choose what to take action on based on which issues most interest you or based on which bills your Representative and/or Senator(s) haven’t yet co-sponsored.

Choosing a Piece of Legislation to Promote (see a description of each bill at the bottom of the page)

• PATHWAY Act
• HIV Prevention Act
• Focus on Family Health Worldwide Act
• Global Democracy Promotion Act (House)
• Global Democracy Promotion Act (Senate)

Taking Action (click the type of action for information on what to do)

• Calling Congress
• Meeting with the Representative/Senator in your District
• Asking Questions at a Public Event
• Other Actions (Photo Campaign, Postcards, Etc.)

House Bills

(click the bill’s name for a one-page overview of the bill)

Protection Against Transmission of HIV for Women and Youth Act (PATHWAY Act)

• removes the requirement that 1/3 of all U.S. global HIV prevention money be spent on abstinence-until-marriage programs.
• requires the President to develop a comprehensive and integrated strategy for addressing the specific vulnerabilities of women and girls to HIV.

Current co-sponsors of the PATHWAY Act

Focus on Family Health Worldwide Act

• authorizes increased U.S. spending on international family planning and reproductive health services to $600 million for FY2008 and an additional $100 million per year after that to reach $1 billion by 2012.

Current co-sponsors of the Focus on Family Health Worldwide Act

Global Democracy Promotion Act

• overturns the global gag rule. (The bill never mentions the global gag rule, but a longer list of legislative goals and effects—see the one pager—would have the impact of overturning the global gag rule.)

Current co-sponsors of the Global Democracy Promotion Act

Senate Bills

(click the bill’s name for a one-page overview of the bill):

HIV Prevention Act

• removes the requirement that 1/3 of all U.S. global HIV prevention money be spent on abstinence-until-marriage programs.

Current co-sponsors of the HIV Prevention Act

Global Democracy Promotion Act

• overturns the global gag rule. (The bill never mentions the global gag rule, but a longer list of legislative goals and effects—see the one pager—would have the impact of overturning the global gag rule.)

Current co-sponsors of the Global Democracy Promotion Act