It’s been nearly sixty years since the Equal Pay Act was signed into law, and women still earn less than their male counterparts for comparable work. The pay gap is even wider for women of color. It’s past time that Congress takes action to eliminate the gender wage gap and guarantee that women can challenge pay discrimination in the workplace.
Under the Affordable Care Act, women cannot be charged more simply because of their gender or denied health coverage because of a preexisting women’s health condition. However, we still have work to do to ensure all women have equal access to health care. As a state legislator, I have fought back against attempts to restrict a woman’s access to reproductive health care, and in Congress, I’ll continue to defend a woman’s right to make their own health care choices.
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