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Issue Position: Standing Up for Women and Women's Health

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2016
Issues: Women Employment and Affirmative Action Health and Health Care Criminal Justice

*Double women's health funding at the National Institutes of Health from $4B to $8B annually, in order to enhance and expand services and accessibility at woman's health clinics.

*Support the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act.

*Support the Breast Density and Mammography Reporting Act to ensure women and healthcare providers are educated about the risks associated with breast density as studies have shown that women with dense tissue, nearly 40 percent of all women, are at least four times more likely to develop breast cancer.

*Reform the FDA incident and compliance process so that patients are empowered to report faulty technology or treatments which are causing unintended harm.

*Recognizing the emotional burdens of caregiving, champion legislation that eases the financial burden of caregiving through pre-tax savings accounts.

*Equal pay for equal work


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