women s health protection act turns the 1973 roe v. wade abortion protections into law. the other bill guarantees the right to cross state lines to access abortion services. both measures still need to be approved by the senate. up next we ll show you floor debate prior to final passage. wt objection. mr. pallone: madam speaker, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 8296, the women s health protection act. this bill is necessary now more than ever following the republican-controlled supreme court s extreme decision ripping away a woman s right to abortion. the court s ideological decision ignored nearly 50 years of precedent and is the culmination of decades of unrelenting efforts by republican politicians to control women and their bodies. the consequences of last month s decision have been swift and severe. already abortion bans are in effect in nine states and more than a dozen more are expected to either ban or severely limit abortion soon. as a result, women are being f
This is just under two hours. Cooks healthcare issues that must be addressed. First, the major need for more black latino native american and secondly the alarming rate of Maternal Deaths in america thats disproportionately impacting black latino native american women. They are in the midst of a Healthcare System that in my view is largely broken and dysfunctional. Where we spent almost twice as much per capita on healthcare as the people in any other country. A 5 million americans today are uninsured or underinsured. We dont have enough doctors, nurses, Mental Health specialist, or pharmacist we have another crisis on top of all of that. That is, that problem lack of medical personnel is extremely, especially acute in latino and native american commutes which is the subject of the hearing today. Despite making up almost 14 of our population just 5 of all doctors in our country are black. Less than 4 of all dentists to default nurses in america are africanamerican. Despite making up ov
Your screen when you hit play on select videos. This timeline told makes it easy to quickly get an idea of what was debated and decided in washington. Scroll through and spend a few minutes on cspans points of interest. Pecks next Senate Health Committee Discusses a shortage of Minority Health care professionals. The risk of Maternal Mortality among minority women. Beutler her republican congressman Michael Burgess speak on their experiences in advocacy on addressing the issue. How ethnic representation and healthcare bills of trust in minority communities. This is just under two hours. Cooks healthcare issues that must be addressed. First, the major need for more black latino native american and secondly the alarming rate of Maternal Deaths in america thats disproportionately impacting black latino native american women. They are in the midst of a Healthcare System that in my view is largely broken and dysfunctional. Where we spent almost twice as much per capita on healthcare as the
This is just under two hours. Cooks healthcare issues that must be addressed. First, the major need for more black latino native american and secondly the alarming rate of Maternal Deaths in america thats disproportionately impacting black latino native american women. They are in the midst of a Healthcare System that in my view is largely broken and dysfunctional. Where we spent almost twice as much per capita on healthcare as the people in any other country. A 5 million americans today are uninsured or underinsured. We dont have enough doctors, nurses, Mental Health specialist, or pharmacist we have another crisis on top of all of that. That is, that problem lack of medical personnel is extremely, especially acute in latino and native american commutes which is the subject of the hearing today. Despite making up almost 14 of our population just 5 of all doctors in our country are black. Less than 4 of all dentists to default nurses in america are africanamerican. Despite making up ov
Smiths wife, shana witt, was convicted in august of suffocating the boy with a stuffed animal. When she returned to her bedroom to tell smith what she had done, the two had sex and smith later fixed lunch. During that time smith says he never checked on his son. Smith i thought she was lying to me that morning. Randy krantz you didnt believe her . Smith no. When smith finally realized his son was dead, he still didnt call for help. Instead he says his wife insisted he clean up her meth lab. He then called 911 and told dispatchers that his son had just stopped breathing when in fact the child had been dead for hours. After being arrested prosecutors say smith fully cooperated in building a case against his wife, who received 52 years in prison for murdering her son. While smith wasnt involved in the murder, he received a fouryear sentence tuesday on drug and child abuse charges. Randy krantz we did feel very strongly that mr. Smith should be held accountable for his level of wrongdoing.