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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…

New Nadler-Crowley Bill May Cause Fatigue, Nausea, Dry Mouth and Increased Heart Rate... For Drug Companies!

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From Claritin to Allegra, Americans are inundated everyday by television commercials advertising prescription drugs.  What most Americans may not know is that these ads are subsidized with their taxpayer dollars.  All that would end if a new bill, “The Say No To Drug Ads Act,” introduced today by Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Joseph Crowley (D-NY), passes.…

Congressman Nadler Introduces Rape Kit DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act

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Calling the situation regarding rapists at large "urgent," Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today announced introduction of the Rape Kit DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act, which would provide $250 million in funding to eliminate the backlog of rape kits that have not been analyzed by police departments nationwide. The announcement was made at a Capitol Hill press conference, where…

The following is an excerpt from a speech Congressman Nadler presented to commemorate World AIDS Day December 1, 2001

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With so many other events occupying the news these days, it’s important to speak out and raise awareness that we’ve been fighting a war against AIDS for two decades now and our work is still unfinished. I’m pleased to be here today with Housing Works, which does so much important work to help people living with HIV and AIDS find housing.  As many of you know, I…

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