Decades ago, women suffered through horrifying back-alley abortions. Or, they used dangerous methods when they had no other recourse. So when the Republican Party launched an all-out assault on women's health, pushing bills to limit access to vital services, we had to ask: Why is the GOP trying to send women back... to the back alley? Lisa Edelstein
It's been a long road back to health and fitness for me. I am just glad to have been given the opportunity to do what I love most. Jonah Lomu
In choosing global corporate partners UNICEF emphasises compatibility with our core values and looks to build alliances that advance our mission of ensuring the health, education, equality and protection for all the world's children. Carol Bellamy
By offering individuals ownership and control of their health care coverage, we return control to the patients and that is exactly where it should be. Chris Chocola
San Francisco businesses face many challenges, including high rents, regulatory burdens, and the rising cost of workers compensation insurance and employee health plans. Gavin Newsom
Not really in all honesty because until you take control of your own health and go to your own doctor and have your own doctor tell you what's going to work for you. Star Jones
It is essential that the women's preventive coverage benefit, including contraception, be available to all women, regardless of what health plan they have or where they work - as Congress intended. Providing access to birth control just makes good sense. Gwen Moore
It is important for women to have a choice, to have an opportunity to plan their families, because if they don't, the Republicans have said this is an ownership society. You are on your own, and they're going to begrudge that child everything, from WIC to a Pell Grant to health insurance. Gwen Moore
Too many of my constituents, like many other hard working Americans across the country, are suffering unnecessarily due to our flawed health care system. John Conyers
The time is now for Congress to address health care in America. John Conyers
Our system of private health insurance that fails to provide coverage to so many of our citizens also contributes to the double-digit health care inflation that is making America less competitive in the global economy. John Conyers
In this most powerful nation in the world, lack of access to health care should not force local and state governments, companies and workers into bankruptcy, while causing unnecessary illness and hospitalization. John Conyers
All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care. Christopher Dodd
Working families need to know that we will work to protect their health needs, promote the development of safe, effective medicines, and guarantee patient rights. Christopher Dodd
After I had gone through this matter with the President I told him of my condition of health and that my doctors felt that I must take a complete rest and that I thought that that meant leaving the Department finally in a short time. Henry L. Stimson
I have long recognized a link between fitness and mental health and I think we need to encourage young people to take part in sports and team activities because we know it has such positive results. Tipper Gore
We need a vibrant Medicaid program and strategies to expand affordable access to health care for all, especially for the specialty care services that community health centers do not provide. Jan Schakowsky
In Illinois, community, migrant, homeless and public housing health centers operate 268 primary care sites and serve close to 1 million patients every year. Jan Schakowsky
Each and every day health centers provide high-quality primary and preventive care to our constituents. Jan Schakowsky
Community health centers do a great deal with limited resources. They provide critical medical care services to many who would otherwise have no other place to go or would end up in an emergency room. Jan Schakowsky