National Campaign Press Releases
National Campaign Statement on President's Proposed FY2011 Budget
President Obama’s FY 2011 budget proposal released on February 1, 2010 provides continued investments in several programs that help reduce teen and unplanned pregnancy, including increased funding over FY 2010 levels in several cases.
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National Campaign Statement on the Teen Pregnancy Increase
The National Campaign released the following statement on new, sobering teen pregnancy data released by the Guttmacher Institute in January 2010. The report provides national data through 2006 state-level through 2005, and highlights a three percent increase in the teen pregnancy rate between 2005 and 2006 (as was predicted by the increase in the teen birth rate during the same time period.) Read the statement
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National Campaign Statement on Congress' Passing the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative Into Law
The National Campaign released the following statement on behalf of the Senate's passage of a package of spending bills for FY 2010,
which included a historic new investment in efforts to prevent teen pregnancy. The House of
Representatives approved the spending bills last Thursday (12/10/09), and the President is expected to sign it into law by Friday, December 18th.
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National Campaign Statement on Senate Finance Committee 10/13/09 Vote
On October 13, 2009, the Senate Finance Committee passed its health reform bill, which includes a substantial and much-needed investment in teen pregnancy prevention programs. The Personal Responsibility Education for Adulthood Training (PREAdulthood Training) program would provide a total of $75 million to help young people avoid teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including $50 million to states and territories for proven, evidence-based programs each year for the next five years. As an organization dedicated to preventing teen and unplanned pregnancy and deeply committed to research and evidence, we applaud Chairman Baucus and the committee for the focus on strong science.
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National Campaign Letter of Support for The Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2009
The National Campaign sent the following letter to Sen. Evan Bayh, author of The Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2009 Act, and a similar letter of support to Rep. Danny Davis, author of the House companion bill, The Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2009. The legislation includes an important provision that would help engage teen boys and men in efforts to reduce both teen and unplanned pregnancy. To date there are 3 co-sponsors in the Senate and nearly 30 in the House.
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National Campaign Statement in Support of the House of Representatives Passage: Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
The National Campaign applauds the House of Representatives for including funding for what would be the first and only federal funding stream dedicated to evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs in its FY 2010 Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations bill and urges the Senate to include a similar provision in its appropriations bill.
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National Campaign Statement in Support of the Ryan DeLauro Bill
The National Campaign has long believed that reducing conflict and respecting a range of deeply held opinions is essential to making progress on the important issue of reducing both teen and unintended/unplanned pregnancy. The Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act, authored by Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Tim Ryan (D-OH), is an important example of this reasonable, inclusive perspective.
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National Campaign Statement on the President’s FY10 Budget
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National Campaign Comments on Finance Coverage Options
In response to the Senate Finance Committee’s request for comment on its proposal, Expanding Health Care Coverage: Proposals to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans, The National Campaign submitted the following to ensure that opportunities for promoting pregnancy planning and prevention are fully integrated into the Committee’s health reform efforts.
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National Campaign Statement on Emergency Contraception 2009
Campaign Director Sarah Brown responds to the 2009 FDA decision regarding emergency contraception.
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Rescission Proposal Comments
The National Campaign submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services in support of the Obama Administration’s proposal to rescind the rule enacted by the Bush Administration entitled, ““Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law,” which could adversely affect access to contraception in the U.S. and exacerbate the nation’s already high rates of teen and unplanned pregnancy.
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Administrative Actions to Reduce Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
The new Administration will have a powerful platform from which to make progress on reducing both teen pregnancy as well as unplanned pregnancy more generally. Doing so will help reduce poverty, improve educational outcomes, strengthen the workforce, enhance health, promote personal responsibility, and reduce costs.
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Health Reform Recommendations
Recognizing that health reform will be a top priority for the new Administration and given the health and economic benefits of pregnancy planning and prevention, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy offers a number of recommendations for improving pregnancy prevention and planning within the context of health reform efforts.
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Briefly - Policy Brief: Thoughts for Elected Officials About Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
As newly-elected officials at the national, state, and local level prepare to take office, this document poses a few questions and offers some key data for elected officials at all levels to consider. We hope it sparks a new conversation and inspires new action about these important issues.
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Briefly: Some Thoughts on Abstinence
One of the questions we are most frequently asked is, “What is the National Campaign’s position on
abstinence?” This research brief discusses our take on abstinence from a variety of angles in the hopes of a giving a thorough - but brief - answer to a complex question.
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"Provider Conscience" Regulation Comments
These comments were submitted by National Campaign CEO Sarah S. Brown to the Department of Health and Human Services in response to the solicitation for comments on a proposed regulation seeking to codify the right of refusal for institutions and individuals working at institutions to participate in or provide abortion or sterilization services.
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National Campaign Statement on Abstinence-Only Education
These comments were submitted by National Campaign CEO Sarah S. Brown to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform during a hearing on domestic abstinence-only programs.
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National Campaign Letter of Support NCHS
This letter was sent to key appropriators and Congressional leadership in support of funding for the National Center on Health Statistics.
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National Campaign Letter of Support for Title X
National Campaign CEO Sarah Brown wrote this letter to David Obey, the Chair of the House Comittee on Appropriations, in support of past and future funding dedicated to Title X.
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New Data on Abstinence Education Released
In response to a new evaluation of abstinence-only programs released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy released a statement from CEO Sarah Brown.
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National Campaign Comments on the White House Task Force on Disadvantaged Youth
The National Campaign submitted comments in January 2003 for the White House Task Force for Disadvantaged Youth that was formed earlier this year to 'develop a comprehensive Federal response, under existing authorities and programs, to the problems of youth failure, with a focus on enhanced agency accountability and effectiveness.'
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Senate Finance Committee Testimony
Campaign President Isabel Sawhill, Ph.D., testified before the Senate Finance Committee on May 16, 2002 on welfare reform.
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House Subcommittee on Human Resources Testimony
Campaign President Isabel Sawhill, Ph.D., testified before the Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives on April 11, 2002.
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House Subcommittee on Human Resources Testimony
The U.S. House Ways & Means Human Resources Subcommittee held a hearing on teen pregnancy prevention on November 15, 2001.
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National Campaign Statement on Emergency Contraception 2003
Campaign Director Sarah Brown responds to the 2003 FDA decision regarding emergency contraception.
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