Popular Name Statutized?:
Y
Type:
Victim
Date Enacted:
Friday, January 12, 2007
Short Title:
"Johanna's Law" or "Gynecological Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2005"
Classification:
42 USC 201 (note)
PL:
109-475
Statute At Large:
120 Stat 3565
Named For?:
Johanna Silver Gordon, who died of ovarian cancer that was not detected until late in its development because she was not educated about the early signs.
Link/Source:
CR H8626, Nov. 14, 2006, Statement of Rep. Sandy Levin.
Interesting Part Statutized?:
Y
Notes:
short title gives both names; section 2 seems to amend USC to specifically insert "Johanna's Law" at 42 USC 247b-17