State Sen. Jane Nelson (R) - Women’s health has advanced under Republican leadership

[TexasTowelie]

When I was first elected to the Texas Senate, Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock appointed me vice chair of the Health and Human Services Committee. Back then, health care was considered a “women’s issue.”

I never liked that term because, in my mind, all issues are women’s issues. We care about the same issues as men. But health care is of particular interest to women. Our bodies are different than men’s, and so are our health care needs.

In this new role, it didn’t take long to recognize that our policies were behind the times when it came to meeting the needs of women. The Women’s Health Program didn’t exist. There was little in the way of education about the unique health care risks for women. Medicaid didn’t cover early treatment for breast and cervical cancer.

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Women’s health has advanced under Republican leadership. Sadly, our progress is being undermined by those trying to manufacture a so-called “War on Women” -- a purely political campaign designed to paint Republicans as anti-women.



The complete BS is at http://www.redstatewomen.com/nelson_health_care .