National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, 2020

• Citation: 85 FR 62921
• Record Number: 2020-22174
• Published date: 06 October 2020
• Section: Presidential Documents
• Court: Executive Office Of The President

Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 194 (Tuesday, October 6, 2020)

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 6, 2020)]
                [Presidential Documents]
                [Pages 62921-62922]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-22174] Presidential Documents
                Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 194 / Tuesday, October 6, 2020 /
                Presidential Documents
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                Title 3--
                The President
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                 Proclamation 10085 of September 30, 2020
                
                National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, 2020
                 By the President of the United States of America
                 A Proclamation
                 During National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we honor
                 the incredible fortitude of breast cancer survivors and
                 offer our heartfelt support and prayers to those
                 currently battling this disease. As one Nation, we
                 remember the precious lives lost to breast cancer and
                 the families forever changed as a result. This month,
                 we devote ourselves to fighting to eradicate breast
                 cancer, working with conviction and compassion to
                 develop treatments and find a cure.
                 This year, an estimated 276,000 Americans will be
                 diagnosed with breast cancer, and more than 42,000 will
                 likely die from this terrible disease. Thankfully,
                 through early detection and improved treatments, today
                 there is a 90 percent five-year survival rate for women
                 diagnosed with breast cancer. The First Lady and I
                 strongly encourage all Americans to meet with their
                 physicians and discuss their individual risks for
                 breast cancer. Increased awareness, especially of
                 family history and other common risk factors,
                 preventive care, and regular screenings, including
                 mammograms, can help save lives through early diagnosis
                 and prompt treatment.
                 As President, I am deeply committed to ensuring that
                 Americans have access to cutting-edge treatments and
                 life-saving medications for conditions like breast
                 cancer. In 2018, I signed into law historic ``Right to
                 Try'' legislation, which ensures those diagnosed with a
                 terminal illness greater autonomy in choosing their
                 treatment path and increases their access to
                 potentially lifesaving drugs. My Administration also
                 has taken decisive action to lower prescription drug
                 prices and eliminate burdensome regulations that, for
                 too long, undercut the potential of our researchers to
                 develop innovative treatments and medications. We are
                 also relentlessly committed to protecting Americans
                 with pre-existing conditions, including conditions that
                 may put someone at a greater risk of developing breast
                 cancer. In the fight against this disease, we will
                 continue to use every tool at our disposal to provide
                 Americans with the best possible treatments and
                 medications to save lives.
                 This month, as we celebrate the incredible resilience
                 of breast cancer survivors and remember those lost to
                 this disease, we also pray for comfort and strength for
                 those currently battling breast cancer. Together,
                 united by compassion and resolve, we will continue in
                 our effort to find new treatments, medications, and a
                 cure to eradicate this disease from our Nation.
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                 NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
                 United States of America, by virtue of the authority
                 vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
                 United States, do hereby proclaim October 2020 as
                 National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Citizens,
                 government agencies, private businesses, nonprofit
                 organizations, the media, and other interested groups
                 must increase awareness of what we can do to fight
                 breast cancer. I also invite the Governors of the
                 States and Territories and officials of other areas
                 subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to
                 join me in recognizing National Breast Cancer Awareness
                 Month.
                 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
                 thirtieth day of September, in the year of our Lord two
                 thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the United
                 States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.
                
                
                 (Presidential Sig.)
                [FR Doc. 2020-22174
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