WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today welcomed Tamra Call, Executive Director of the Obria Medical Clinic in Ames, Iowa, to testify at a hearing on reproductive health care. Call shared with Budget committee members her clinic’s mission to support women in making informed, life-affirming decisions. 

“Life is a priceless thing. I was glad to have our Iowa witness, Tamra Call, come before the Budget Committee today to amplify this important message. Obria Medical Clinic in Ames does tremendous work providing options for expectant mothers and support for families. I’m grateful for Ms. Call’s willingness to share her professional experience with the committee, and I thank her for her dedication to Iowa moms and babies,” Grassley said.  

“A woman should never feel that abortion is her only option,” Call said in her testimony. “The staff at Obria prioritize open communication, allowing the woman to actively participate in her reproductive health care decisions… The information and relational support a woman receives at Obria instills in her the confidence she needs to be successful.”

Grassley Call

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Background
The Obria Medical Clinic in Ames provides women free health care services such as: pregnancy testing; early ultrasound imaging; monitoring for possible ectopic pregnancies or miscarriages; medical and emotional support; and after-abortion care. Additionally, Obria offers low-cost, comprehensive sexually-transmitted infection testing and treatments. The clinic also works to connect women with housing, food, employment and transportation, and hosts a mothers’ group for women with young children. 
 
Grassley has long championed efforts to support women, children and families, including through tax incentives and improvements to the adoption and foster care system. Grassley is the co-founder and co-chair of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth. This Congress, Grassley introduced the Healthy Moms and Babies Act, which would provide high-quality, coordinated care to improve maternal and child health.
 
Download Ms. Call’s written testimony HERE, and video HERE. 
Ranking Member Grassley’s opening statement can be found HERE. 
 
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