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Julia Dilday and Jessica Dill/MNS
Women rally behind breast cancer legislation
by Julia Dilday
April 29, 2009
WASHINGTON - More than 200,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. It is the second greatest killer of women in the U.S.
That’s why hundreds of men and women from across the United States rallied for breast cancer research and awareness. It was the Susan G. Komen Advocacy Alliance Lobby Day at the Capitol. The Komen Foundation was created in 1982 by Nancy Brinker in honor of her sister.
Brinker revved up survivors and advocates for a day of lobbying to garner support for two bills recently introduced. One, called the Kennedy-Hutchinson Cancer Act, would update legislation passed 1971. The other, introduced by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, a breast cancer survivor herself, is intended to improve early detection, treatment and education for those under the age of 40.
There’s no guarantee the bills will pass, but Brinker said, “We will never surrender. We will never quit. We will never retreat, because we will defeat this disease. We will realize our vision of a world without breast cancer.
