Schroeder and Steinem Blast Bush at Breast Cancer Rally
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BOSTON — Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) and feminist Gloria Steinem called Sunday for more support for breast cancer research, and Schroeder accused the Bush Administration of doing too little to fight the disease.
“The reason we are losing is because we are being too nice,” Schroeder told a rally of about 4,000 people.
Schroeder also blasted President Bush for not supporting legislation, eventually passed by Congress, to transfer $210 million in defense spending for use in breast cancer research. She said the money was to be used to set up “quality mammograms” nationwide, particularly for low-income women.
The National Cancer Institute estimates that women run a 1-in-8 risk of developing breast cancer.
Schroeder and Steinem were the featured speakers at the rally and march, sponsored by the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition.
On Saturday, Vice President Dan Quayle’s wife, Marilyn, was one of the celebrity runners in a 5-kilometer race in Dallas to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Mrs. Quayle, whose mother died of breast cancer 17 years ago, has been an advocate of breast cancer research programs.
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