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On the recordJuly 16, 2014
in a few minutes we are going to vote to proceed to debate on the Protect Women's Health from Corporate Interference Act--or, as we call it, the Not My Boss's Business Act-- straightforward, simple legislation that would ensure that no CEO or corporation can come between you and your guaranteed access to health care, period. Women across the country are watching. Affordability of care equals access to care, and we know that millions of Americans lacked health insurance prior to the Affordable Care Act because they couldn't afford it, not because it wasn't available to them to purchase. Contraceptives should be a part of the options in women's health care because it is an essential part. We don't single out other benefits for employees. Why should we single out benefits that are so important to women in this country? Now is the time for our colleagues to answer a few basic questions. Who should be in charge of a woman's health care decision? Should it be the woman making those decisions with her partner and her doctor and her faith or should it be her boss making those decisions for her based on his own religious beliefs? To me and to the vast majority of people across the country, the answer to that question is obvious: Women should call the shots when it comes to their health care decisions, not their boss, not the government, not anyone else, period. But we are here today because five men on the Supreme Court disagreed.…
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington
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Jul 16, 2014

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