We are asking Congress to build on their actions that restored and increased funding for critical gynecologic cancer programs last month by setting FY2027 funding at the following levels:
- $15 million for Johanna’s Law (also known as The Gynecologic Cancer Education and Awareness Act) at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- $20 million for Ovarian Cancer Control Initiative (CDC)
- $52.5 million to fund the Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OCRP) within the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs.
- In support of this, we are asking them to each sign a Dear Colleague letter on OCRP funding led by Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Grace Meng, and Norma Torres in the House, and Sen. Cory Booker in the Senate.
If our asks are successful, they would bring an extra $10 million to these critical research and education programs.
We are also asking Congress to support a comprehensive bill that we have been working on that we expect to be introduced soon. The legislation would reauthorize Johanna's Law, create new survivorship programs for patients, improve access to genetic testing, and boost research. So we are asking Congress to:
- Support and advance the Gynecologic Cancer STAR Act of 2026 to improve prevention, detection, treatment, and survivorship for those facing gynecologic cancer.
If you can't be with us in person, please take action here to let Congress know that we need them to act now to ensure that gynecologic cancer patients around the country get the support that they need and deserve!