[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6387]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MEDICAL CARE FOR WOMEN

  (Mrs. DAVIS of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. DAVIS of California. Mr. Speaker, sometimes it takes a woman 
speaking up for other women to make unfair and inappropriate health 
care practices a thing of the past.
  Last June, I introduced the Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist 
Medical Access Now Act, the WOMAN Act, to ensure that every woman has 
direct access to her OB/GYN. As a State assembly member, I offered the 
law allowing women direct access to their OB/GYN in California. 
Unfortunately, many women have not had that access. But I'm happy to 
say that similar provisions were included in the final health care 
package.
  Patients, employees, primary care physicians, and health plan 
providers all save money and time if women are allowed direct access to 
their OB/GYNs. Across the Nation, women will no longer have to contend 
with the gatekeeper system that can prevent or delay lifesaving care.
  Women should not need a permission slip to receive OB/GYN care, no 
questions asked.

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