Fulton County commissioner proposal for women’s health funding fails

Fulton County Commissioner Dana Barrett s resolutions to fund a women s robustness grant project push against the state s abortion ban and establish a women s commission failed Provided by Fulton County Fulton County Commissioner Dana Barrett s million women s healthcare grant funding proposal was denied during a meeting on Dec Other requests by Barrett to seek the repeal of Georgia s six-week abortion ban and to establish a women s commission also failed in tight votes What I m proposing nowadays with this resolution is a million healthy women Healthy Families grant scheme to fund nonprofit organizations that are focused on everything from women s cancers like breast cancer and ovarian cancer to heart ailment which is the leading cause of death for women in Georgia to domestic violence to reproductive and maternal soundness Barrett announced The closure of two Wellstar hospitals in Fulton County has worsened the soundness problem Barrett stated I am in advocacy of women s vitality and healthy families for darn sure and but I don t think from a citizens guidelines standpoint this is the best way to make use of taxpayer money to have an impact on those issues Commissioner Bob Ellis commented Ellis commented the commission should continue to work with the Fulton County Board of Soundness and Grady Hospital to affect wellness outcomes such as the opening of an exigency department in South Fulton Barrett s proposal for a Fulton County Women s Commission also failed What I m asking for at present is that we establish a Women s Commission for Fulton County that will advise us on policies strategies and district partnerships that best address gender inequity and the systemic hindrances that impact women Barrett reported Commissioner Mo Ivory supported the women s commission She noted she couldn t understand why any women on the county commission would vote against a women s commission as it is the one area where they should all be able to agree Before the vote Pitts stated commissioners could form the entity without a vote He declared he set up a women s commission out of his elected office to advise him on women s issues Barrett s resolution to urge the General Assembly to repeal of Georgia s six-week abortion ban across the state also failed She questioned for passage of the resolution a scarce hours before the commission was scheduled to meet with a legislative delegation Barrett declared it was pivotal to affirm that reproductive rights are human rights The resolution would also stand against the criminalization of women seeking care for miscarriages or the doctors who provide that rehabilitation Commissioner Khadijah Abdur-Rahman called the measure a feel-good resolution She revealed she was pro-choice when she walked the streets of Washington D C in promotion and when pregnant people with no place to live called her county commission office I personally don t feel that this resolution does anything to change what has happened at the state Abdur-Rahman declared Testifying before the General Assembly and having conversations with the legislators who made the decision to approve the abortion ban could make a difference Abdur-Rahman declared The post Fulton County commissioner proposal for women s healthcare funding fails appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta