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File #: 140189    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: ADOPTED
File created: 3/13/2014 In control: CITY COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 3/20/2014
Title: Supporting members of the Pennsylvania State Legislature's Women's Health Caucus and the Pennsylvania Agenda for Women's Health.
Sponsors: Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Oh, Councilmember Henon, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Squilla
Attachments: 1. Signature14018900.pdf
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Supporting members of the Pennsylvania State Legislature's Women's Health Caucus and the Pennsylvania Agenda for Women's Health.

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WHEREAS, Representative Dan Frankel and Senators. Judy Schwank and Chuck McIlhinney presented seven pieces of legislation that represent a genuine cross-section of issues and concerns facing women today. By addressing these issues, we can help women in the Commonwealth live longer, healthier lives; and

WHEREAS, House Bill 1890 would clarify and update the legal standards for pay-equity lawsuits in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and

WHEREAS, House Bill 1891 would create 15-foot buffer zones around health care facilities where picketing, patrolling or demonstrating that blocks patients' access to the facilities would be banned; and

WHEREAS, House Bill 1892 would require a covered employer to make reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and

WHEREAS, House Bill 1895 would require employers to provide a private, sanitary space for employees who need to express breast milk in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and

WHEREAS, House Bill 1900 would allow women between ages of 30 and 65 to qualify for the state Healthy Woman Program if they meet all other applicable requirements in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and

WHEREAS, House Bill 1901 would ban publishing any photo or video identifying another person, who is naked or engaging in a sexual act, without that person's consent in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and

WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1167 would ban publishing any photo or video identifying another person, who is naked or engaging in a sexual act, without that person's consent; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That we hereby support members of the Pennsylvania state legislature's Women's Health Caucus and their Pennsylvania Agenda for Women's Health and call for the pas...

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