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Rehberg ignoring women’s health

I’m stunned that Rep. Rehberg has taken a lack of interest in the health of Montana women.

Students across Montana have obtained over 1,100 signatures on a petition asking Congress to fix a problem, which is causing birth control to soar from $20 to $50 a month. More than 140 members of the House and Senate of both parties are co-sponsoring the Prevention Through Affordable Access Act (H.R. 4054/S. 2347) including Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester. This bill would ensure family-planning clinics and university health centers can provide affordable birth control to their patients. The fix will not cost the government a dime. Specifically, the legislation makes a technical correction to the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act, which inadvertently prohibits pharmaceutical companies from providing safety-net clinics with discounted birth control.

Numerous citizens, including myself, have asked Rehberg to help fix the pricing crisis, only to receive a response that “there is no legislation on the federal level regarding birth control.” These responses came after the House and Senate bills were already introduced! Representative Rehberg should not ignore women’s health issues because he is too afraid to take a solid stand on them. The women of Montana deserve better than that.

JSC

Membership and Outreach Coordinator

NARAL Pro-choice Montana