AB 1989 Menstrual Products Right to Know Act, introduced by Cristina Garcia,
has been assigned to be heard by the Assembly Health Committee.
on Tuesday March 17, 2020 at 1:30.
Upload your letter of SUPPORT by noon on Wednesday March 11
to the CA Legislative Advocacy Portal
https://calegislation.lc.ca.gov/Advocates/
If you have had adverse reactions to Menstrual Products due to their ingredients
and would be able to come to Sacramento on March 17 to testify,
please respond to this email with your story.
A Voice for Choice Advocacy is excited to share that Assembly member Cristina Garcia will be authoring our bill to label Menstrual Product ingredients: AB-1989 Menstrual Products Right to Know Act of 2020. Women are exposed to many toxins in their menstrual products , potentially leading to cancer, reproductive damage, allergic reactions and hormone disruption. This bill would require that all product ingredients, from tampons to sponges to menstrual underwear, become publicly available to consumers. In Garcia’s words, “If we are using these products, we should know what we’re putting in our bodies. If it’s a tampon, pad, a cup, Thinx underwear, no matter the product, I want you to have the best xxxxxxrmation out there.”
NY state passed a similar Menstrual Product Labeling bill into law last year (https://www.vogue.com/article/new-york-menstrual-period-product-labeling-act). AB 1989 takes this bill further, not only requiring all ingredients to be labeled, but also specifically requires ingredients that are on either US and EU toxic chemical lists to be listed, even if they are part of Confidential Business xxxxxxrmation (CBI, aka trade secrets). Note: The sponsor of the NY bill, Women’s Voices of the Earth, are not supporting this bill because they believe it does not go far enough. We disagree and hope you will too. We feel this bill actually goes further than the NY bill, and also feel that this bill has to move forward this year because every woman has the right to know what is in her menstrual products NOW. The passing of this law, along with the NY law, will guarantee that manufacturers will label be forced to their products nationwide.
Upload your letter of SUPPORT by noon on Wednesday March 11, to the CA Legislative Advocacy Portal (https://calegislation.lc.ca.gov/Advocates/)
See attached Fact Sheet for more details.
Write a letter of SUPPORT using the attached Fact Sheet for talking points and either upload it to the portal or copy it into the space provided in the portal. (https://calegislationlc.ca.gov/Advocates/). The letter does not need to be long, just something that expresses your support and a general reason why – knowing what goes into your body is a great one.
Letters are due at noon on Wednesday, March 11th. The process takes less than 5-10 minutes
If you are writing on behalf of an organization, there are additional parameters:
· Letters must be signed.
· Letters must include a reference to bill it is in reference to.
· Letters from a single organization must be on that organization's letterhead.
· Letters from multiple organizations must include the letterhead insignia for each organization.
Send a copy of your letter to your Assembly Member (http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/), by uploading it through the contact form on their websites.
Upload your letter of SUPPORT by noon on Wednesday March 11, to the CA Legislative Advocacy Portal (https://calegislation.lc.ca.gov/Advocates/)
If you have any questions about the bill, please do not hesitate to ask.
Thank you for your support.
Christina
Christina Hildebrand
President/Founder
A Voice for Choice Advocacy, Inc.
www.avoiceforchoiceadvocacy.org
Giving issues a voice, A Voice for Choice Advocacy advocates for people’s rights to be fully xxxxxxrmed about the composition, quality, and short- and long-term health effects of all products that go into people’s bodies, such as food, water, air, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.
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