HRES 118 · 106th Congress · International Affairs
Reaffirming the principles of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development with respect to the sovereign rights of countries and the right of voluntary and informed consent in family planning programs.
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EnactedLatest: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.(1999-03-23)
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Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) no bilateral or multilateral assistance or benefit to any country should be conditioned upon that country's adoption of population programs or relinquishment of its sovereign right to implement the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development; (2) family planning service providers or referral agents should not implement or be subject to numerical targets of total number of births, family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family planning (but allows the use of quantitative estimates or indicators for budgeting and planning purposes); (3) no family planning project should include payment of financial reward to any person in exchange for becoming a family planning acceptor or to program personnel for achieving a numerical target or quota of total number of births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family planning; (4) no project should deny any right or benefit, including the right of access to participate in any program of general welfare or the right of access to health care, as a consequence of any person's decision no…
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1 Democrat19 Republicans