Nancy Pelosi: “I can accept the amendment proposed by the gentleman. I think that the intentions behind it are good and certainly it is…”

“I can accept the amendment proposed by the gentleman. I think that the intentions behind it are good and certainly it is a restatement of what we all support, which is voluntary family planning. I do want to, though, bring up a couple of points about it, because paragraph 5 of the amendment requires that each family planning project provide a reasonable range of options of methods of family planning, including natural methods. I think that that is a very fine provision in his amendment. Under current law, the DeConcini amendment, which we have discussed here before, which is not deleted by this amendment, voluntary family planning projects must offer directly, either directly, referral or information, a broad range of family planning methods and services. The amendment has the effect of requiring that each project itself provide a range of family planning methods and options.”