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LEGISLATIVE ALERT...WOMEN'S HEALTH
LEGISLATION HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHICH NEEDS YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION - HOUSE BILL 83    

HB 83 has been introduced in the Virginia General Assembly which will require that women whose mammograms indicate dense breast tissue be notified so that they may seek further examinations for possible breast tumors. Number 7 of HB 83 deals with Dense Breast. Many women have suffered terrible results because their breast cancers were not diagnosed until late stages of the illness.   

"Cancer is 4 to 6 times more likely in women with extremely dense breast.  Mammograms miss 40% or more of tumors, eluding early detection in these women. Women need to have the choice to have a stronger imaging screening technology, such as sonograms or MRI.  Adding supplemental screening modalities to mammography for women with dense breasts will find cancers that are half the size of cancers detectible by mammography alone... and can increase cancer detection by up to 100%."

For more information go to www.AreYouDenseAdvocacy.org.   

Women are dying everyday without the knowledge that they have dense breast tissue.  Earlier detection will save women's lives.   

We need your immediate help to encourage the approval of House Bill 83.

The members of the Committee which will hear HB 83 should be contacted ASAP by the clubs in their regions: Chairman Del. Bobby Orrock (Spotsylvania) and Delegates: Dels. John O'Bannon (Richmond area), Chris Peace (Richmond area), Jimmie Massie (Richmond area), Joe Morrissey (Richmond area), and Roxann Robinson (Richmond area), Del. Bob Bell  (Charlottesville), Del. Anne Crockett-Stark (Wytheville), Del. Brenda Pogge (Yorktown), Del. Donald Merricks (Chatham, Del. Richard Bell (Staunton), Del. Scott Garrett (Lynchburg), Del. Chris Stolle (Virginia Beach), Del. Gordon Helsel (Poquoson), Del. Mark Sickles (Fairfax), Del. Algie Howell (Norfolk), Del. Mamie BaCote (Newport News), Del. David Englin (Alexandria), and Del. Patrick Hope (Arlington)  

Clubs should contact other members of the House of Delegates within the next week to support HB 83 when it reaches the House floor. You will be notified when this matter is taken up by the Senate so that you can then contact your state senator.  

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Thanks for your attention to this matter!   The GFWC Virginia Legislation and Public Policy Committee:   Lynne Wherry, Chairman legislation@gfwcvirginia.org, Tricia Dalton, and Linda Robinson
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