WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) in reintroducing the Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women's Health Act, legislation that would increase the availability of life-saving cancer screenings at safety net healthcare providers like Planned Parenthood. The bill would create new grant and pilot programs to expand access to preventive services and screenings for breast and gynecological cancers-especially for low-income women and women of color-and train healthcare providers in providing high-quality cancer screening, early detection, and follow-up care.
The legislation is named for Jeanette Acosta, who was a fierce women's health...