Expressing support for the recognition of September 26, 2025, as "World Contraception Day" and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding global and domestic access to contraception.
H. Con. Res. 53 is a concurrent resolution that expresses support for recognizing September 26, 2025 as World Contraception Day and articulates the sense of the House regarding global and domestic access to contraception. As a concurrent resolution, it is a statement of policy and priorities rather than a bill that would create new law or authorize funding. The resolution compiles a broad set of findings about the importance of contraception for health, education, economic well-being, and social equity, and it calls on Congress and the administration to pursue a wide range of actions to improve access to contraception both domestically and globally. It emphasizes expanding access to affordable contraception, ensuring autonomy in reproductive decisions, promoting education, and aligning laws with scientific guidance. The text lays out extensive policy directions—such as expanding insurance coverage (including over-the-counter contraception and abortion services), increasing training for healthcare providers, addressing disparities, supporting comprehensive sex education, and maintaining or expanding funding for existing programs like Title X, Medicaid, TRICARE, and international reproductive health assistance. It references constitutional rights, public health milestones, and international goals to bolster its pro-contraception stance and to advocate for systemic improvements in access and information.
Key Points
- 1Recognition and purpose
- 2- Expresses support for recognizing World Contraception Day (September 26, 2025) and states the House’s belief in the importance of global and domestic access to contraception as part of sexual and reproductive health rights.
- 3Rights and autonomy
- 4- Asserts that people capable of pregnancy should have autonomy to decide whether to have children and to access medically accurate information, education, and health services to support reproductive justice.
- 5Broad definition and scope of contraception
- 6- Aligns with FDA/WHO definitions to encompass all current and future contraception methods (including prescription and over-the-counter options) and various methods such as pills, IUDs, implants, condoms, barrier methods, emergency contraception, sterilization, etc.
- 7Access, affordability, and coverage
- 8- Calls for universal, expansive, high-quality access to free or affordable contraception; advocates for insurance coverage without prescription requirements or cost sharing; and supports access to contraception and abortion as part of comprehensive reproductive health care.
- 9Workforce, education, and counseling
- 10- Proposes expanding training for counseling, provision, and follow-up care for highly effective reversible contraception methods among primary care providers; emphasizes comprehensive, gender-inclusive sex education and patient-centered counseling.
- 11Evidence-based policy and addressing disparities
- 12- Urges that laws governing contraception be evidence-based and medically informed; aims to end disparities related to race, ethnicity, disability, immigration status, gender identity, and sexual orientation; and to reduce gender-based violence.
- 13Domestic and international funding and programs
- 14- Supports expanding foreign assistance for contraception services, safe abortion, and postabortion care; and domestic support for contraception through Title X, Medicaid, and other federal programs. Opposes policies that undermine these programs.
- 15Access challenges and public health context
- 16- Highlights barriers such as contraceptive deserts, uneven provider availability, and disparities in infertility and maternal health outcomes; notes that a significant portion of the population faces access and affordability challenges, including uninsured individuals and areas lacking specialists.