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Nadler Condemns Cynical GOP Assault on Womens Fundamental Constitutional Rights

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, denounced H.R. 3541, the so-called “Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act,” unconstitutional legislation that would interfere in a woman’s private medical choices and criminalize abortion prior to viability. “Today we have yet another radical foray into…

9/11 Health Bill Authors Applaud STAC Recommendation to Add Coverage for Cancers Under Zadroga Act

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Today, the Science/Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) of the World Trade Center Health Program voted to add certain types of cancers for coverage under the program. U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY), authors of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, lauded today's real progress toward inclusion of cancers under…

9/11 Health Bill Authors Hail Progress Toward Adding Coverage for Cancers Under Zadroga Act

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U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY), authors of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, issued the following joint statement in response to the publication today of e-mail communications by members of the World Trade Center Science/Technical Advisory Committee (STAC), showing that the Committee is making progress toward…

Nadler Counters GOP Assault on Young Womens Health and Safety

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, voiced his strong opposition to H.R. 2299, a draconian Republican bill designed to limit minors’ access to reproductive care, even in the event of rape, incest, or medical emergencies. “As a matter of policy, this bill would place many young women in an…

Nadler: GOP Continues Efforts to Undermine Womens Reproductive Freedom

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, denounced the premise of a Judiciary Committee hearing on the Administration’s decision to provide access to free universal birth control, and derided ongoing efforts among Republicans to exploit religious liberties concerns in order to undermine women’s…

Nadler Seeks to Ensure Protections for Pregnant Women in the Workplace

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Today at a Judiciary Committee markup, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, offered an amendment to H.R. 3541 to require that steps be taken to finally ensure that women receive the protection from discrimination based on pregnancy that was promised by Congress in 1978, when it passed the Pregnancy Discrimination…

NY Lawmakers Applaud Progress Toward Adding Cancer Coverage to WTC Health Program

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New York Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, and Peter King and Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand applauded the unanimous vote today by a federal advisory committee that cancers should be covered under the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.  The vote by the Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee (STAC), a panel created under the Zadroga law to evaluate…

Nadler: We Must Protect Womens Health While Maintaining Church/State Separation

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Last night on the House floor, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, spoke out in strong support of the Obama Administration’s recent ruling on birth control – that contraceptives must be available at no cost to most American women, regardless of where they work. “I am proud to stand…

Nadler Condemns Latest GOP Ploy to Use Race and Sex to Undermine the Right to Choose

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, denounced the GOP’s latest attempt to use race and sex as a ploy to curb women’s reproductive rights.  H.R. 3541, which was marked up in the House Judiciary Committee, would force doctors to guess the motive of the woman seeking an abortion, and to refuse…

Nadler Introduces Mammogram Availability Act

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The Federal government should ensure that no insurance plan is allowed to deny coverage of annual mammograms to women ages 40 and above, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) said today as he introduced the The Mammogram Availability Act. “This bill would ensure that the decision whether or not to have a mammogram would be made by a woman in consultation with her doctor on the basis of…

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