Mona Bormet of CCIH discusses the organization's efforts to communicate the global need for family planning services and the benefits of investing in family planning to policy makers.

1. Family Planning
Advocacy
Sunday, June 10th
CCIH Conference
Mona Bormet, MPH, CHES – Project Manager for
Policy/Advocacy, CCIH

2. CCIH
 Promotes global health
and wholeness from a
Christian perspective.
 Shares information and
provides a forum for
dialogue, networking,
advocacy, and fellowship
to the spectrum of
Christian organizations
and individuals working 160 organizational members,
in international health. 40 affiliate members, and
350+ individual members all
over the globe

3. Goals
 Update on Global Health Policy Environment
 Effective FP Messages
 Take Action

4. Global Health
Policy Environment
 House Appropriations (Money)  What will most likely
Committee passed a bill that
cuts a lot of funding to Global happen…
Health programs. Request in the The diametrically-
House is for $461 million for opposed bills emerging
Family Planning/Reproductive
Health (FP/RH). from the House and
Senate will set the stage
 Senate Appropriations: for the high-stakes
$700 million in funding from all
accounts for FP/RH negotiations on a final
 This is greater than the bill, not anticipated to
President’s request ($643
million) and the House bill. It is
occur until after the
also greater than FY12 levels November election
($661 million). during a “lame duck”
session of Congress.

5. Family Planning Definition
Enable couples to
determine the number
and timing of
pregnancies, including
the voluntary use of
methods for preventing
pregnancy, not including
abortion, that are
harmonious with their
values and religious
beliefs.

6. Family Planning Facts
FAMILY PLANNING….
2.PREVENTS abortion
3.PROTECTS the health of
women by reducing high-risk
pregnancies
4.PROTECTS the health of
children and mothers by allowing
sufficient time between
pregnancies
5.ENABLES women to prevent
unintended pregnancies
6.ENABLES families to better
care for their children

7. Reality
215 million women
want to avoid getting
pregnant but have no
access to
contraception

8. From Hope Clinic, Uganda
 Patient from Hope Clinic, Lukuli,
Uganda:
“Prayer is a key part of my life. At
times as Christians we tend to
overlook important issues that
affect our lives daily. We burden
ourselves, struggling to make ends
meet. Using these methods to
have a manageable family should
be the desire of every Christian,
because even the Bible urges us
to have children we can care for…
We are grateful to Hope Clinic for
the services they offer in the
community.”

9. Why Take Action?
 Important opportunity to represent:
 Christian FBOs in often secular environments
 Unique contributions FBOs bring to health
care

10. For Your Church
 7 days of prayers
 Liturgy Resources for a
Sermon
 Insert for a Church
Bulletin
 Resources & more
 http://tinyurl.com/CCIHandMD

11. For Your Friends & Family
Resources:
http://tinyurl.com/C

12. Stories from the Global South

13. YOUR VOICE
2012 CCIH ADVOCACY DAY
MONDAY, JUNE 11TH
WASHINGTON, DC

14. LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR /
OP-EDS
 Do you know where faith based groups stand on family plannin
Impatient Optimists Blog, April 3, 2012 By David Olson
 On Mother’s Day, the Gift of Family Planning, Washington
Post, May 13, 2012 By Dr. Henry Mosley
 World Leaders Must Keep Commitment To Fighting HIV or Risk
, Huffington Post, May 12, 2012 By Dr. Bob Carter
Write your story!

15. CONNECT

16. POLITICAL
REPRESENTATIVE
 Who is your
Member of
Congress?
 Visit
www.congress.org
 Connect with
him/her

17. THAN
K
YOU!
mona.bormet@ccih.org
Erika Pearl from IMA World Health, Dr.
Samuel Mwenda from the Christian
Health Association of Kenya and Mona
Bormet, CCIH during Capitol Hill
Advocacy Visits.