What Organizations Endorsing the Support UNFPA Funding Act Are Saying:

“Everyone deserves access to quality health care, no matter who they are or where they live. Full stop. Yet ever since President Trump took office, he and his administration have attacked foreign aid programs, including funding for UNFPA, endangering the health and safety of millions of people across the globe. We thank Rep. Houlahan for reintroducing this legislation to support UNFPA and its critical work on reproductive and maternal health care around the world.”

- Alexis McGill Johnson, President and CEO, Planned Parenthood Federation of America

"Thousands of Americans across all 50 states, including Pennsylvania, where Rep. Houlahan serves, have voiced their support for UNFPA’s lifesaving work. Their voices reflect our values, compassion, and unwavering commitment to ensuring that millions of women and girls receive the care they need and deserve."

- Anu Surendran, CEO, USA for UNFPA

"UNFPA plays an irreplaceable role in protecting the health and welfare of women and girls all over the world - especially those displaced by conflict and emergencies, such as in Sudan, Ukraine, and Gaza. In every conflict and emergency where the Women’s Refugee Commission has engaged in research, we’ve seen that refugee and other displaced women and girls face unique and particularly difficult challenges to accessing sexual and reproductive healthcare. Without UNFPA's critical work, more women and girls will experience gender-based violence, health complications, and maternal deaths - all of which are preventable. Congress must take action now to restore and protect funding to UNFPA."

- Melanie Nezer, Vice President, Advocacy and External Relations, Women's Refugee Commission

United States support for UNFPA has played a crucial role in bringing essential and often life-saving reproductive health and family planning services to hundreds of millions of people around the world. It has helped provide educational and economic opportunities to girls and women and remains essential to building a more secure, more stable and healthier world for everyone. That’s why this bill is so important. We’re looking forward to working with Rep. Houlahan to pass it and reverse the shortsighted and deeply misguided actions of the administration to eliminate all assistance to UNFPA.

- Brian Dixon, Sr. VP for Government and Political Affairs, Population Connection Action Fund

For more than 50 years, UNFPA has worked tirelessly and effectively to advance maternal and reproductive health for women and young people around the world. UNFPA is a vital leader in combatting gender-based violence and in fighting child marriage and other harmful practices that limit women’s and girls’ rights and opportunities. They play a pivotal role in providing sexual and reproductive health services in humanitarian settings and in places where the US is unable to provide aid. Their efforts have been life-saving and life-changing for millions of individuals, and have created conditions for safe, stable, and thriving communities and nations. As our allies rightfully question US leadership in international development, the Population Institute is grateful to Congresswoman Houlahan for introducing this legislation that sends a powerful signal that the US will not turn its back on the world’s women and girls.

- Kathleen Mogelgaard, President and CEO, Population Institute

“Decades of bipartisan U.S. support for UNFPA embody what remains true today: investing in the health and rights of girls and women – and empowering them to plan their families and their futures – yields direct returns to the U.S. Now is the time for Congress to stand up for American values and restore full funding to UNFPA to preserve its lifesaving work around the world.”

- Dilly Severin, Executive Director, Universal Access Project

"The Support UNFPA Funding Act is a vital step to restoring US funding for a UN agency that provides lifesaving sexual and reproductive health services to millions worldwide. UNFPA's work prevents maternal deaths, expands access to contraception, and combats gender-based violence, including child marriage and female genital mutilation. In humanitarian crises, UNFPA’s work is particularly essential to ensure women and families receive critical health care and supplies. The Trump Administration’s recent defunding of UNFPA and almost all foreign assistance funding endangers lives, particularly those of women and girls. Congress must counter these devastating moves by strengthening support for UNFPA. We thank Rep. Houlahan for her leadership in championing this critical legislation.” - Kelly Baden- Vice President for Public Policy, Guttmacher Institute

"UNFPA has shown over the years that it is one of the most effective UN agencies providing vital health care services to women. Improving women’s healthcare, reducing maternal and infant mortality has traditionally been an important goal of the US and should not be abandoned now."

- Pam Perraud, President, US Women's Caucus

"Hadassah commends Representative Chrissy Houlahan for her leadership in support of the UNFPA Funding Act, which will ensure that women and girls around the world can access maternal health, contraception and gender-based violence resources and care. These issues are paramount for Hadassah, as our founding mission was to address the dire healthcare needs, including those of new and expectant mothers, in pre-state Israel.”

- Carol Ann Schwartz, Hadassah National President

Endorsing Organizations:

• Planned Parenthood Federation of America
• Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation (GWPF)
• PAI
• AVAC
• American Society for Reproductive Medicine
• Amnesty International USA
• Population Connection Action Fund
• Population Council
• Ipas
• American Jewish World Service
• Guttmacher Institute
• Women's Refugee Commission
• Center for Reproductive Rights
• United Nations Association of the National Capital Area
• USA for UNFPA
• International Center for Research on Women
• US Women's Caucus
• Reproductive Freedom for All
• Women Graduates USA
• Universal Access Project
• United Nations Association of the USA
• Ibis Reproductive Health
• The Well Project
• Hadassah
  
  
  
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