[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 11, 2016)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 29461-29462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11298]



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Vol. 81

Wednesday,

No. 91

May 11, 2016

Part IV





The President





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Proclamation 9443--National Women's Health Week, 2016



Proclamation 9444--Mother's Day, 2016



Executive Order 13727--Facilitation of a Presidential Transition



Notice of May 9, 2016--Continuation of the National Emergency With 
Respect to the Central African Republic
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                Proclamation 9443 of May 6, 2016

                
National Women's Health Week, 2016

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Throughout our history, women have contributed to 
                shaping the course of our country--and with each 
                generation, they have helped affirm the timeless belief 
                that everyone deserves an equal shot at reaching for 
                our Nation's promise. We have achieved great progress 
                in tearing down barriers that deny women equal 
                opportunities, but we still have more to do to ensure 
                that health care is a right for every American, 
                regardless of sex or gender. This week, we recommit to 
                ensuring equal access to high-quality care for women 
                and to building a more prosperous, healthy future.

                Ensuring women can live full and healthy lives is 
                vital, and central to that mission is improving the 
                quality, affordability, and accessibility of health 
                care for women. Because of the Affordable Care Act 
                (ACA), insurance companies can no longer charge women 
                more than men or use preexisting conditions--including 
                pregnancy--to deny them the care they need.

                Twenty million Americans have gained health insurance 
                since the passage of the ACA, including roughly 9.5 
                million women since the first open enrollment period in 
                2013. Under the Act, annual limits on out-of-pocket 
                spending for essential health benefits have been 
                established, and lifetime and annual limits on 
                insurance coverage have been eliminated. For 55 million 
                women, critical preventive services, including well-
                woman visits, certain cancer screenings, and domestic 
                violence screenings and counseling sessions, are now 
                guaranteed with no out-of-pocket costs. Access to 
                preventive care can help identify and diagnose 
                conditions early, benefiting countless women across our 
                Nation.

                The important decisions that affect a woman's health 
                should be left to her alone. Today, efforts around our 
                country to weaken access to contraception and to limit 
                a woman's right to choose threaten to reverse decades 
                of hard-won progress. It is crucial we reject actions 
                that obstruct women's access to sexual and reproductive 
                health services and stand firm in protecting their 
                access to safe, affordable health care and the 
                constitutional right to privacy, including the right to 
                reproductive freedom.

                National Women's Health Week is an opportunity to 
                refocus our commitment to advancing women's health and 
                ensuring a healthy future for all our Nation's women 
                and girls. To learn more about women's health, and for 
                health care options available for women and girls, 
                visit www.WomensHealth.gov or www.GirlsHealth.gov.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim May 8 through May 14, 
                2016, as National Women's Health Week. I encourage all 
                Americans to celebrate the progress we have made in 
                protecting women's health and to promote awareness, 
                preventive care, and educational activities that 
                improve the health of all women.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand 
                sixteen, and of the Independence of the United States 
                of America the two hundred and fortieth.
                
                
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