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**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 4, 2024**

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          Readout of Secretary Becerra’s Roundtable with Reproductive Health Leaders
    
    

      On Monday, June 3rd, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra hosted a roundtable with reproductive health leaders from across the country to discuss the current landscape of access to reproductive health care. Secretary Becerra highlighted recent efforts by the Biden-Harris Administration to protect access to reproductive health care, and thanked participants for their efforts to support those who are seeking care, as well as those providing that care.The conversation comes as we approach the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn *Roe v. Wade,*taking away a constitutional right and threatening reproductive freedom for women across the country.The following participants joined the roundtable:Hanna Amanuel, President of Board of Directors, Medical Students for ChoiceGretchen Borchelt, Vice President for Reproductive Rights and Health, National Women’s Law CenterLina Buffington, Executive Director, Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive HealthClare Coleman, President & CEO, National Family Planning and Reproductive Health AssociationRachana Desai Martin, Chief Government and External Relations Officer, Center for Reproductive RightsBrittany Fonteno, President & CEO, National Abortion FederationJocelyn Frye, President, National Partnership for Women & FamiliesRaegan McDonald-Mosley, MD, MPH, CEO, Power to DecideAlexis McGill Johnson, President & CEO, Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaMolly Meegan, JD, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, American College of Obstetricians and GynecologistsJamila Perritt, MD, MPH, FACOG, President & CEO, Physicians for Reproductive HealthLupe Rodriquez, Executive Director, National Latina Institute for Reproductive JusticeIfeoma C. Udoh, PhD, Executive Vice President of Policy, Advocacy, and Science, The Black Women’s Health Imperative
  

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