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HCONRES 173 101th Congress House Health Administrative procedure Contraceptives Drugs Family planning and birth control Federal advisory bodies Human fertility Medical ethics Medical policy Medical research Pharmaceutical research Products liability Research Research and development Sexually transmitted diseases

Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to birth control and infertility.

Introduced: July 20, 1989 See on congress.gov
This resolution expired with the 101st Congress
It was not agreed to before the 101st Congress (1989–1990) adjourned, so it is no longer active. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Passed Senate
Aug 8, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Jul 20, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 20, 1989
Introduced in House
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Declares that the Congress should: (1) establish a program of research for the development of methods of birth control and methods of diagnosing and treating infertility; (2) provide adequate long-term resources for the program; (3) ensure that Federal programs with respect to sexually transmitted diseases adequately respond to the role of such diseases in infertility; (4) ensure public education on birth control and infertility; (5) establish as Federal goals the development, by the year 2010, of improved barrier methods to protect against pregnancy and diseases, new methods of birth control for use by men, a vaccine-like drug for women that prevents pregnancy for a significant period of time without other specified effects, and new and improved techniques of diagnosing and treating infertility; (6) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reestablish the Ethical Advisory Board in order to facilitate research with respect to infertility; (7) review the policies and procedures of the Food and Drug Administration with respect to expediting approval of drugs and devices for use by the public, especially with respect to birth control and infertility; and (8) determine to what extent measures can be implemented by public or private entities to resolve liability issues involved with drugs and devices concerned with birth control and infertility.

What's happening now August 8, 1989

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 173: Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to birth control and infertility.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HCONRES-173/
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