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- https://pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley.house.gov/files/Councilor%20Pressley%20Sept%202016%20Hyde%20Amendement%20Resolution.pdf...CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT OBAMA TO REINSTATE INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR ABORTION SERVICES WHEREAS, September 30, 2016 marks the 40th year of the federal Hyde Amendment, which denies women use of Medicaid insurance for abortion and represents the nexus of deeply entrenched eco- nomic injustice, racism, and gender inequity; and WHEREAS, Cities around the country are using this anniversary to organize locally by passing resolutions in support of insurance coverage for abortion services during the Hyde Week of Action, which takes place from September 25th-October 1st; and WHEREAS, Reproductive health is a vital component of a woman’s overall health, and a woman’s freedom to make reproductive decisions is vital to her safety, well-being, economic opportunity, and ability to participate equitably in society; and WHEREAS, Every woman needs and deserves access to a range of safe, affordable, and comprehensive re- productive health care services throughout her life, including cancer and sexually transmitted infection screenings, contraceptive services, abortion care, prenatal care, and labor and deliv- ery services; and WHEREAS, On January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court, in a historic and landmark decision, ruled in Roe v. Wade that the U.S. Constitution safeguards a woman’s ability to make her own personal medical decisions about when or whether to have children; and WHEREAS, In the last 43 years, access to abortion care has allowed women to participate more fully in so- ciety, saved lives, and strengthened families; and WHEREAS, The government, by partially or fully subsidizing health insurance and health care services for individuals who meet certain eligibility criteria, recognizes that health care is essential to an individual’s ability to fully participate in her family, community, and society; and WHEREAS, Health insurance, whether private or government funded, should cover the full range of a woman’s options when she is pregnant, so that she is able to make the decision she deems best for her and her family without interference; and WHEREAS, We must guard against efforts to deliberately erode the availability and affordability of abor- tion and undermine the protections provided by Roe v. ...
- https://pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley.house.gov/files/Pressley%20TREAT%20Long%20COVID%20Act%20One-Pager.pdfTargeting Resources for Equitable Access to Treatment for Long COVID (TREAT Long COVID) Act Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) BACKGROUND Over the course of the pandemic, millions who had COVID-19 have been suffering from the prolonged health im......
- https://pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley.house.gov/files/117th%20MOMMIES%20Act%20One%20Pager%20FINAL.pdfThe MOMMIES Act Rep. Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) The Maximizing Outcomes for Moms through Medicaid Improvement and Enhancement of Services Act (MOMMIES) Act would improve maternal and infant health disparities by promoting dignity, respect, and culturally-res......
- https://pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley.house.gov/files/Affordability%20is%20Access%20Act%20One%20Pager_Final.pdf...The Act states that any retailer that stocks oral contraception that the FDA has approved or regulated for routine, daily use without a prescription may not interfere with a consumer’s access to or purchase of such contraception. https://pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley.house.gov/files/PRESMA_024_xml%20%28002%29.pdf State of Contraception Access: National ● There are 66 million women of reproductive age living in the United States. ● An estimated 10.6 million women, including low-income women, women of color, young women and immigrant women, do not have insurance coverage. ● Insurance companies are required by law to cover contraceptives at no cost to patients -- but a prescription is needed. ● Nearly 1 in 3 women face barriers in getting a prescription for birth control. ● 19.5 million live in “contraception deserts” or meaning they lack reasonable access to a health center or provider that offers a full array of contraceptive methods State of Contraception Access: Massachusetts ● 1 in 3 people use hormonal birth control (e.g., pill, shot, or patch) ● The pill is the most common form of birth control used across the state ● Nearly half of all pregnancies are unplanned Endorsed by National Women's Law Center (NWLC), Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH), In Our Own Voice, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF), National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF), National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), NARAL, Planned Parenthood, Guttmacher Institute, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Physicians for Reproductive Health, and Power to Decide. ...
- https://pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley.house.gov/files/Anti-Racism%20in%20Public%20Health%20Act%20Summary.pdf...PROGRESS (May 7, 2020), https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/reports/2020/05/07/484742/health-disparities-race-ethnicity/. https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/reports/2020/05/07/484742/health-disparities-race-ethnicity/ Structural Racism and Public Health: - Due to our nation’s failure to provide universal access to health care, people of color and immigrants are less likely to be insured, have access to health care providers and have access to routine and preventive medical care which exacerbates racial disparities and the prevalence of chronic health conditions.2 - Black and brown people are three times more likely than white people to contract COVID-19 and are two times more likely to die from the disease.3 - Black, American Indian, and Alaska Native women are two to three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women.4 - Police brutality and violence has robbed our communities of countless Black and brown lives. 1 in 1,000 Black men and boys will be killed by police, making the police the sixth leading cause of death for young Black men.5 Disparities in Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District: - During the current pandemic, Black and Latinx people represent 65% of COVID-19 cases despite making up only about 44% of the city’s population.6 - From Cambridge to Roxbury, life expectancy drops by 30 years and median household income by $50,000.7 - The infant mortality rate for Black babies in Boston is nearly 5 times higher than the rate for white babies, with infants born in Dorchester and Mattapan having a lower birthweight than other areas in the city.8 - Due to decades of racist public policy, communities of color and immigrant communities residing in areas like Chinatown are forced to breathe some of the most toxic air—increasing asthma rates and other chronic health conditions.9 ENDORSING ORGANIZATIONS Center for Policing Equity; Center for Popular Democracy; Center for Reproductive Rights; Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health at UCLA; Hispanic Federation; The Justice Collaborative; Justice in Aging; The Lawyer’s Committee; The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights; National Medical Association; National Partnership for Women & Families; NAACP; National Urban League; Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP); PolicyLink; Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC); Public Citizen; Social Security Works; UCLA’s COVID-19 Task Force on Racism and Equity; UnidosUS; Union for Reform Judaism; We Must Count Coalition 2 Samantha Artiga et al., Changes in Health Coverage by Race and Ethnicity Since the ACA, 2010-2018, Kaiser Family Found. ...
- https://pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley.house.gov/files/FINAL%20Redfield%20Coronavirus%20Follow%20Up%203.13.20.pdf
- https://pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley.house.gov/files/Halt%20Haitian%20Deportation%20Letter%20to%20Biden_Final.pdfSeptember 16, 2021 The Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas The Honorable Xavier Becerra, J.D. Secretary of Homeland Security Secretary of Health and Human Services U.S. Department of Homeland Security U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2801 Nebraska Ave., NW 200 Independence Aven......
- https://pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley.house.gov/files/Letter%20to%20CDC%20re%20Title%2042%20Expulsions.pdf...Furthermore, reports of human rights violations in Mexico signal that the Biden Administration must repeal this measure and do more to address its legal and moral obligation to protect asylum seekers. 5 https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/resource/joint-ngo-letter-us-compliance-convention-against-torture- obligations 6 https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/press/2021/8/6113dfc14/unhcr-concerned-expulsion-flights-under-covid- 19-asylum-restrictions.html 7 https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-05-27/title-42-border-immigration 8 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/is-title-42-an-immigration-policy-or-not 9https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/sites/default/files/Joint%20Letter%20in%20response%20to%20RMX%202.0%2 0and%20Title%2042%20continuation_12172021.pdf Considering the negative impact of Title 42 to public health and asylum seekers, we call on the CDC to immediately reverse course and discontinue the application of Title 42 expulsions along the US-Mexico border. ...
- https://pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley.house.gov/files/Mental%20Health%20Justice%20Act%20One%20Pager_Pressley.pdf...Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Katie Porter (CA-45), Tony Cárdenas (CA-29) and Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) According to the Treatment Advocacy Center, 1 in 4 fatal police encounters ends the life of an individual with severe mental illness. At this rate, the risk of being killed is 16 times greater for individuals with untreated mental illness than for others approached or stopped by officers. ...
- https://pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley.house.gov/files/STRONG%20Support%20for%20Children%20Act%20of%202021.pdf...G:\M\17\PRESMA\PRESMA_012.XML g:\VHLC\022521\022521.221.xml (793635|1) 7 ‘‘(i) poor public health outcomes in-1 cluding illness, disease, suicide, and mor-2 tality; 3 ‘‘(ii) exclusionary discipline practices, 4 including suspensions, expulsions, and re-5 ferrals to law enforcement, as well as low 6 graduation rates; 7 ‘‘(iii) substance use disorders; 8 ‘‘(iv) poverty; 9 ‘‘(v) foster system involvement or re-10 ferrals; 11 ‘‘(vi) housing instability and homeless-12 ness; 13 ‘‘(vii) food insecurity; 14 ‘‘(viii) inequity, including disparities 15 in income, wealth, employment, educational 16 attainment, health care access, and public 17 health outcomes, along lines of race, sex, 18 sexuality and gender identity, ethnicity, or 19 nationality; 20 ‘‘(ix) incarceration rates; or 21 ‘‘(x) other indicators of adversity as 22 defined by the Secretary; and 23 ‘‘(B) identify strategies to improve out-24 comes for children aged 0 through 17 that build 25 VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:33 Feb 25, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KGHAUFF\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\PRESMA_0 February 25, 2021 (1:33 p.m.) ...