The state will lose good paying jobs to out-of-state companies and tax dollars will be lost and wasted on for-profit companies while our citizens in Iowa suffer.

Last month, the AAP published research showing that common medical procedures carried out on newborn babies are very painful, and that the effects of the pain can last many years. The procedures mentioned included heel sticks, insertion of IV needles, and circumcision. The AAP report also found that commonly used pain relievers are neither effective nor safe. Infant circumcision differs from the other procedures discussed in the report in that it is an invasive surgery that neither tests, treats any, nor prevents illness, and permanently removes a natural and valuable part of a boy’s sexual anatomy — the foreskin. The pain from circumcision is intense and continues for days or weeks after the surgery. Because circumcision is NOT medically necessary, and because the pain it causes is unmanageable and harmful over the long term, Intact America demands that the American Academy of Pediatrics tell its doctors to end the pain and stop circumcising baby boys. Sign our petition NOW.

SHB 1441, the tribal sovereignty and oral health access bill failed to be brought up for a vote on the house floor before cutoff on February 17. Our original petition garnered statewide support from over 1200 individuals in a few short days. Your messages were powerful and have built a sturdy foundation for the work that lies ahead. Why another petition? Throughout this legislative session there were legislators who listened to facts, respected tribal sovereignty, and recognized the enormity of the oral health care barriers in Indian Country. They were the decision-makers who put the needs of kids in pain over the need for a check from the dental industry. Lets keep them with us for the next round by sending a big thank you for their courage and action. We at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board will be moving forward with legislative, congressional and Tribal strategies, standing with those who know what solutions work best for their own communities—the Tribes themselves. We hope we can count on every single one of you in those efforts. Thank you, and onward!

This is an important issue that needs to be addressed by the people. I see many people suffer from lack of coverage and I believe that everyone should have access to healthcare.

I am asking for all of my friends to sign this petition and bombard our Louisiana State Legislature with phone calls and emails. Ask them to not take away PDHC's like Mini Miracles. This is a place where medically fragile children can learn and be with other children like them, while being taken care of by medical professionals.

American Indian/Alaska Native children suffer the highest rates of dental decay of any population in our state due to the lack of access to care. Washington Tribes are unable to use their federal resources to employ dental therapists for their own people, on their own lands, because of the Dental Industry's manipulations of federal legislation. This bill would lift that restriction and allow Tribes to turn the tide on oral health disparities in their communities by employing dental therapists--highly trained, culturally competent mid-level providers that have a proven record of increasing access to routine and preventive care.

There is a lot of very important research conducted on fetal tissue that people donate for any number of reasons and in many different circumstances. I think it's dangerous for medical science for people to be cutting off such a big avenue for research and discovery.

Right now millions of American women don't know whether it would be healthy to become pregnant with the spread of the Zika virus—and they deserve to have the ability to delay a healthy pregnancy. Without universal access to contraception, women lack a critical tool for planning a healthy pregnancy. Yet GOP members of Congress have attacked universal contraceptive coverage in the past. Politicians and lawmakers must put public health *above* partisan ideology and take action to protect the health and safety of women and families across our country.

I am supporting Senator Marty's bill in the Senate and Carolyn Laine in the House. We need a cost analysis that is done by objective and unbiased parties to convince the legislature that a Single-Payer type system is far less costly than the system we are using now. Please sign by May 31.

I am a Licensed Practical Nurse, and have worked in and continue to volunteer in the community health field. Ohio House Bill 294 is a political move and is not in the best interest of women, infants and children in Ohio.

I myself suffer from chronic Lyme disease and I am tired of insurance companies refusing to pay for my treatment. Healthcare is a right (as Senator Sanders has stated) and the health of our citizens should be a priority... No one should be ignored.

Suicide is a serious problem in Idaho: • Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death for Idahoans ages 15-34. • Idaho is consistently among the states with the highest suicide rates. - In 2014 Idaho had the 9th highest suicide rate, 46% higher than the national average. • In 2014, 320 people completed suicide in Idaho; a slight increase from 2013. • 19.8% (1 in 5) of Idaho youth attending regular public and charter high schools reported seriously considering suicide in 2015. - 9.8% (1 in 10) reported making at least one attempt. • Between 2010 and 2014, 96 Idaho school children (age 18 and under) died by suicide. - Twenty of these were age 14 and under.