[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 6, 2020)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 62921-62922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22174]


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 The President

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                Proclamation 10085 of September 30, 2020

                
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, 2020

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we honor 
                the incredible fortitude of breast cancer survivors and 
                offer our heartfelt support and prayers to those 
                currently battling this disease. As one Nation, we 
                remember the precious lives lost to breast cancer and 
                the families forever changed as a result. This month, 
                we devote ourselves to fighting to eradicate breast 
                cancer, working with conviction and compassion to 
                develop treatments and find a cure.

                This year, an estimated 276,000 Americans will be 
                diagnosed with breast cancer, and more than 42,000 will 
                likely die from this terrible disease. Thankfully, 
                through early detection and improved treatments, today 
                there is a 90 percent five-year survival rate for women 
                diagnosed with breast cancer. The First Lady and I 
                strongly encourage all Americans to meet with their 
                physicians and discuss their individual risks for 
                breast cancer. Increased awareness, especially of 
                family history and other common risk factors, 
                preventive care, and regular screenings, including 
                mammograms, can help save lives through early diagnosis 
                and prompt treatment.

                As President, I am deeply committed to ensuring that 
                Americans have access to cutting-edge treatments and 
                life-saving medications for conditions like breast 
                cancer. In 2018, I signed into law historic ``Right to 
                Try'' legislation, which ensures those diagnosed with a 
                terminal illness greater autonomy in choosing their 
                treatment path and increases their access to 
                potentially lifesaving drugs. My Administration also 
                has taken decisive action to lower prescription drug 
                prices and eliminate burdensome regulations that, for 
                too long, undercut the potential of our researchers to 
                develop innovative treatments and medications. We are 
                also relentlessly committed to protecting Americans 
                with pre-existing conditions, including conditions that 
                may put someone at a greater risk of developing breast 
                cancer. In the fight against this disease, we will 
                continue to use every tool at our disposal to provide 
                Americans with the best possible treatments and 
                medications to save lives.

                This month, as we celebrate the incredible resilience 
                of breast cancer survivors and remember those lost to 
                this disease, we also pray for comfort and strength for 
                those currently battling breast cancer. Together, 
                united by compassion and resolve, we will continue in 
                our effort to find new treatments, medications, and a 
                cure to eradicate this disease from our Nation.

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                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, 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 October 2020 as 
                National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Citizens, 
                government agencies, private businesses, nonprofit 
                organizations, the media, and other interested groups 
                must increase awareness of what we can do to fight 
                breast cancer. I also invite the Governors of the 
                States and Territories and officials of other areas 
                subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to 
                join me in recognizing National Breast Cancer Awareness 
                Month.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirtieth day of September, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2020-22174
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