Health and Fitness

31 Senators Call for Expanded Family Planning Services Worldwide in Response to the Zika Outbreak

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2016.  Today U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Patty Murray (D-WA) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) led 27 of their Democratic colleagues in sending a letter to Republican leaders asking to increase funding to support women’s access to contraceptives at home and abroad in response to the Zika virus.

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In the open letter, the Senators ask U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to push…

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