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House Health & Human Services Committee to Hold Meeting on Health Disparities

ATLANTA – The House Health & Human Services Committee, chaired by State Representative Sharon Cooper (R-Marietta), will hold a meeting on health disparities on Monday, September 27, 2021, from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. in room 606 of the Coverdell Legislative Office Building in Atlanta. To watch a live stream of this meeting, please click here.

Members of the committee will receive testimony from physicians, medical organizations and advocacy groups in Georgia.

WHO:             Members of the House Health & Human Services Committee

WHAT:          Committee Meeting

WHEN:          Monday, September 27, 2021

                        9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

WHERE:       Coverdell Legislative Office Building

                        Room 606

                        18 Capitol Square SW

                        Atlanta, GA 30334

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Rep. Schofield, 57 Georgia State Legislators Stand with Nearly 900 State Legislators Nationwide to Express Support for Abortion Rights as Supreme Court Considers Future of Abortion Laws

ATLANTA – State Representative Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta) and 57 members of the Georgia General Assembly recently signed an amicus brief in support of legal abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider. The amicus brief was signed by 897 state legislators from across the country, including the 58 legislators from Georgia. According to the SiX, this amicus brief has the highest number of signers across the country and represents the strongest recorded display of state legislators supporting legal abortion nationwide.

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Reps. Davis, Burnough, Schofield, Scott Issue Statements on U.S. Border Patrol Allegedly Using Horse Reins as Whips

ATLANTA – State Representatives Viola Davis (D-Stone Mountain), Rhonda Burnough (D-Burnough), Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta) and Sandra Scott (D-Rex) today issued statements regarding the recent news reports of U.S. border patrol agents allegedly using horse reins as whips on Haitian migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Joint Study Committee on Airport Infrastructure and Improvements to Hold Next Meeting

ATLANTA – The Joint Study Committee on Airport Infrastructure and Improvements, co-chaired by State Representative Rick Jasperse (R-Jasper) and State Senator Frank Ginn (R-Danielsville), will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at 2 p.m. at the McKinnon-St. Simons Airport.

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Georgia House Democratic Caucus Committee on Crisis in Prisons to Hold Hearing on Georgia Department of Corrections

ATLANTA – Members of the Georgia House Democratic Caucus Committee on Crisis in Prisons, co-chaired by State Representatives Josh McLaurin (D-Sandy Springs) and Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta), will hold a hearing on Thursday, September 23, 2021, at 1 p.m. in room 132 of the State Capitol. Due to space constraints, in-person attendance will be limited to members of the media, state officials and pre-approved witnesses. All other attendees may participate in this meeting virtually via Zoom; for Zoom access, please click here.

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