[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16] [House] [Pages 23347-23348] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S RESOURCES ACT (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, the [[Page 23348]] Planned Parenthood research arm, over 10,000 women in the United States begin to deal with an unplanned pregnancy every day. Mr. Speaker, thousands of small crisis pregnancy centers, maternity homes and adoption services are available to these women in crisis, but often women do not know that they have such choices. That is why the Women and Children's Resources Act, a bill that the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Bono) and I introduced last week, is so important. The Women and Children's Resources Act would provide a fee-for- service program for providing services to women like pregnancy tests, maternity home stays, baby clothes, prenatal and post-partum health care, even adoption services and referrals for vocational training and health care. This solution-based bill builds a bridge between pro-life and pro- choice to offer compassionate solutions to women on common ground. If today's women need choices, we must offer them real choices. Many women would choose not to have an abortion if only they knew that other options were available to them. I urge my colleagues to make this a reality. Support and cosponsor the Women and Children's Resources Act. ____________________