
ICAN Mother Provides Testimony on Capitol Hill
Discriminatory Insurance Practices Investigated by Senate HELP Committee
REDONDO BEACH, CA, October 15, 2009 – Gretchen Humphries, Advocacy Director for the International Cesarean Awareness Network accompanied Peggy Robertson of Centennial, Colorado to a Senate hearing in the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee.
Ms. Robertson testified about her experiences with discriminatory insurance practices based on her history of cesarean. View her testimony here. Ms. Robertson was featured in a New York Times article in July 2008 after she was declined insurance due to her previous cesarean. She was informed by the insurance company that her application would be accepted if she agreed to be sterilized.