HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Funds for Family Planning

The House passed and sent to the Senate a bill to fund about 4,000 clinics nationwide that use federal money to provide family planning services to the poor. Critics noted that the bill’s $238-million cost in fiscal 1994 is 37% above the 1993 level. The bill was also challenged for permitting clinics to provide abortion counseling, which was prohibited during the Bush Administration.

“To lower abortion rates, we should give women the ability to prevent pregnancy,” supporter Henry A. Waxman (D-Los Angeles) said.

“A vote for this bill is not a pro-choice vote,” opponent David A. Levy (R-N.Y.) said. “It is a vote to dig deeper into the pockets of middle-class Americans. . . .”

The vote was 273 for and 149 against. A yes vote was to pass the bill.

How They Voted Yea Nay No vote Rep. Dreier (R) x Rep. Kim (R) x Rep. Martinez (D) x Rep. Moorhead (R) x Rep. Torres (D) x

Parent Notification of Abortion

The House rejected a bid by anti-abortion lawmakers to require clinics to alert parents at least two days before a scheduled abortion on a minor, except when delay would cause the girl’s death or the pregnancy was caused by her father. It would have gone beyond language in the bill requiring federally funded clinics to comply with state laws on parental notification.

Supporter Thomas J. Bliley Jr. (R-Va.) said “a parent or legal guardian has a right to know if their daughter is seeking an abortion.”

Opponent J. Roy Rowland (D-Ga.) said “the states should be allowed to work out this very difficult problem. . . .”

The vote was 179 for and 243 against. A yes vote was for stricter parental notification requirements.

How They Voted Yea Nay No vote Rep. Dreier (R) x Rep. Kim (R) x Rep. Martinez (D) x Rep. Moorhead (R) x Rep. Torres (D) x

Where to Reach Them

David Dreier, 28th District

112 N. 2nd Ave., Covina 91723 (818) 339-9078 (909) 592-2857

Jay C. Kim, 41st District

1131 W. 6th St., Suite 160-A, Ontario 91762 (909) 988-1055

Matthew G. Martinez, 31st District

320 S. Garfield Ave., Suite 214, Alhambra 91801 (818) 458-4524

Carlos J. Moorhead, 27th District

301 E. Colorado Blvd., Room 618, Pasadena 91101 (818) 792-6168

Esteban E. Torres, 34th District

8819 Whittier Blvd., Suite 101, Pico Rivera 90660 (310) 695-0702

Source: Roll Call Report Syndicate