The campaign today also released a letter Tester recently sent to the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network. Tester told the organization he supports funding to ensure all women have access to lifesaving cancer screenings.
Cancer research and prevention efforts would suffer deep cuts under the controversial spending plan authored by Congressman Dennis Rehberg.
Rehberg’s plan would allow employers to deny women access to birth control through employer-provided health insurance plans for any reason.
Congressman Dennis Rehberg is doubling down on his efforts to deny screenings and other health care services to tens of thousands of Montana women.
Rehberg voted for the controversial HR 1, which would have eliminated federal funding for more than 20 clinics in Montana.
Rehberg’s health care proposals have been dismissed as laughable, unworkable and expensive. Others have already been passed into law—despite the Congressman’s own opposition.
That means for Foster Friess’ $2,500, Dennis Rehberg could buy 343,000 aspirins—enough for 91 percent of all women in Montana.
The Violence Against Women Act provides assistance to victims and gives Montanans more tools in the fight against domestic violence and sexual assault.
Rehberg’s belief that companies should be able to charge women more for health insurance dates back to his multiple attempts to repeal Montana’s non-gender insurance law as a state representative in the 1980s.
March is Women’s History month, an opportunity for Montanans to reflect on our state’s trailblazing history of enacting women’s suffrage and electing our nation’s first Congresswoman, Jeanette Rankin. At a time when women’s issues are front and center in policy debates and the news, we feel it’s important to make Congressman Dennis Rehberg’s record on […]
