Tell Your Representative that Family Planning Benefits Women and the Environment

One of the most effective ways to ensure a healthy planet is by giving women and families the means to make informed choices about their reproductive lives, the health and education of their children, and the quality of their environment.

A lack of adequate family planning services contributes to rapid population growth that threatens habitat for birds and wildlife around the world. This year, world population will grow by more than 73 million people—most of them in the poorest and most environmentally vulnerable countries. Unfortunately, U.S. funding for international family planning programs has been declining.

Write to your Representative today and urge him or her to support the Focus on Family Health Worldwide Act of 2007 (HR 1225) to bolster U.S. international family planning assistance. Personalized letters are the most effective. Please edit the sample letter below to tell your member of Congress why YOU care about women and the environment worldwide!

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As a constituent, concerned citizen, and  dedicated conservationist, I am writing to urge you to support the Focus on Family Health Worldwide Act of 2007 (HR 1225)--a bill that bolsters U.S. international family planning assistance, which is vital to the health of the environment, families, and our children's future. Rapid population growth affects all natural resources--soil, forests, water, and birds and wildlife--as well as the health of women and children. Half of all migratory songbird species in the U.S. are in decline, due in part to human population growth and activities that cause significant loss of habitat along migratory routes in the U.S., Latin America, and the Caribbean.

International family planning is one of the most cost-effective ways to help countries reduce population pressures that cause environmental destruction such as loss of habitat and wildlife. Voluntary family planning saves the lives of women and children, helps keep families healthy, and is crucial to resource conservation and wildlife protection.

By increasing support for USAID's voluntary family planning programs, HR 1225 is a common sense way to help people and the environment. Please cosponsor HR 1225 and help improve the health of families, birds and wildlife, and the planet.

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[Your name]
[Your address]

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