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10 <br /> hardest on low-income women, women of color, immigrant and undocumented women, <br /> survivors of domestic violence, transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals, and <br /> young women; and <br /> WHEREAS, public health insurance programs should cover all of an individual's options <br /> when they are facing pregnancy and other reproductive health care decisions, so that <br /> they may make real decisions about what is best for them and their family, and so that <br /> their economic status and source of insurance coverage do not affect important health <br /> care decisions or access; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners calls for the repeal of the Hyde Amendment in this forty-fourth year of its <br /> enactment; and <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners encourages Governor <br /> Roy Cooper to support these and other measures to protect the rights of women and <br /> transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals everywhere to unhindered access to <br /> safe and comprehensive reproductive health care. <br /> This the 20th day of October, 2020. <br /> Penny Rich, Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Greene to <br /> adopt the Resolution, and authorize the Board Chair to sign the Resolution. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin thanked Chair Rich for bringing this resolution forwarded. He <br /> said the nation is finally addressing the legacy of institutional racism, and it is also important to <br /> remember institutional discrimination against women and the poor. <br /> Chair Rich said she started looking at this resolution in 2018, but she did not feel there <br /> was not the same backing in 2018, as there is now. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said COVID has highlighted that disparities are real and present. <br /> Chair Rich said agreed. <br /> Commissioner Greene agreed, and said she did not realize that State Governors have <br /> the power to override the Hyde Amendment at the State level. <br /> Chair Rich called each Commissioner by name (roll call). <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 5. Public Hearings <br /> NONE <br /> 6. Regular Agenda <br /> a. Zoning Atlas Amendment— Master Plan Development Conditional Zoning District <br /> (MPD-CZ) for the Research Triangle Logistics Park (RTLP) <br /> The public comment period for items: 6-a, closed at 9:00 a.m. on September 24, 2020. <br /> The BOCC did not accept any additional comment for these items. <br />