State Senator Lea Webb on serving to girls enter politics

This weekend on In Focus, Marisa Jacques, filling in for JoDee Kenney, sits down with State Senator Lea Webb for a dialog on girls’s well being. Webb talked about her historical past in activism within the Southern Tier, and her curiosity in well being care coverage, having earned a level in neuroscience at Binghamton College. Earlier than being elected to the Senate, Webb served as the primary Black Binghamton Metropolis Council member. The senator talked about her work in serving to girls enter the sphere of politics, to carry their experiences and keenness to the electoral course of.

Webb additionally mentioned her work in coverage to enhance maternal outcomes. Knowledge from the New York State Division of Well being reveals Black girls are 5 instances extra prone to die of a pregnancy-related trigger than white girls, and Webb stated she is sponsoring laws to reverse that development. One invoice would increase entry to doula companies for Medicaid recipients, that Webb stated would supply help and training throughout being pregnant and start, in addition to post-partum. The senator additionally talked a few invoice requiring a reproductive well being fairness evaluation as a part of the approval course of for hospital mergers. Webb mentioned a chunk of laws that would supply additional protections for reproductive well being practitioners from dealing with prosecution in different states.

You may watch half certainly one of our interview with State Senator Lea Webb within the video participant above. Part two can be found here. And remember to tune in for a glance inside the most important points impacting upstate New York, on In Focus with JoDee Kenney — each Sunday on Spectrum Information 1.