Date: September 9, 1997
Subject: Fiscal 1998 Labor-HHS Appropriations
Description: Castle (R-DE) substitute amendment to the pending Istook (R-OK) amendment, to prohibit the use of federal funds by any organization unless it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services and provides counseling to minors on how to resist being coerced into sexual activity. The Istook amendment would require parental notification. The Istook amendment had much stronger language and required reporting of sexual abuse of minors, and notification of parents or a judge before contraceptives were given to a minor. The Castle amendment was designed to kill the Istook amendment.
Result: Agreed to, 220-201
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