Philadelphia City Council 2017 Stated Meetings of Philadelphia City Council, 12 Oct 2017

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From YouTube: Councilwoman Bass Opposing Changes to the ACA Contraception Coverage Mandate 10-12-2017

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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, October 12, 2017:

Councilwoman Cindy Bass (8th District) speaks on her resolution "Opposing the decision by the Trump Administration to roll back access to contraceptive coverage for female employees under the Affordable Care Act."

Read the resolution in full: http://phlcouncil.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/BC-coverage_resolution.pdf

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That also I wanted to mention that today, I introduced a resolution opposing President Trump and his administration for their attempt to curtail women's access to contraception. The Trump administration announced plans to roll back a crucial, Affordable Care Act mandate that requires employers to cover contraception for women employees.

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Earlier this month, the announcement was met with swift resistance from the medical community, human rights, legal groups in our own attorney General Josh Shapiro, who announced Wednesday that he's going to be suing the Trump administration for its most recent attempt to revoke health healthcare access from our most vulnerable citizens since taking office. Trump has demonstrated time and time again that he has no interest in protecting the rights and privileges of every American citizen. He and his policies have attacked people of color, Muslims immigrants, low-income Americans and women.

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The administration's latest move to rip contraception coverage from the hands of as many as 2.5 million women in Pennsylvania and millions more across the country will roll back the clock on women's healthcare in addition to up to preventing, unplanned pregnancy, birth control, treats several other women's health issues, including ovary syndrome, hormonal imbalances and others that the Trump administration seeks to allow employers to take away vital health care from women on the basis of a religious or moral objective is in fact, morally corrupt and, as usual, low-income women will be most adversely affected.

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We as elected officials and as a nation, simply cannot allow this to happen. We have to stand with the women of Philadelphia and across the nation and show them that we support you, we care about you and we will fight against any discrimination of any kind. And ultimately this is about power, and this is about the control of women. If you have a religious objection to birth control, then don't use it, but for those who do use it ripping away, this coverage is completely unacceptable. Thank You! Mr. president, thank you. Thank you. So much House.