dr. john parker, dr. parker has been practicing at west virginia university since 1985. is published numerous peer-reviewed studies and textbook chapters on occupational lung disease. he has consulted for the world health organization and the international labor office on issues related to respiratory diseases and travel the world over teaching and training, doing gratitude occupational lung disease. he is currently professor chief of pulmonary and critical care medicine at west virginia university. dr. parker is very to his wife, christine, and has two children, josh and katy. doctor, thank you for being with us. robert bailey is a retired coal miner and member of the united mine workers of america, with complicated black lung disease. he began working in the coal mines in july 1972. graduated -- after graduate from high school. he retired after 36 and a half years due to the to build taking effects of black lung disease. mr. bailey was born in bluefield, west virginia, and has been married for 41 years, three children and nine grandchildren. mr. bailey, thank you for b

dr. parker. >> good morning senators. i consider it a real privilege to speak before this body this morning. my name is dr. willy par y park. i'm here to offer testimony on support of the women's protection act. i have provided women with sex education, contraception, access to care and safe abortion care. if there's a war to defend the right to safe and legal abortion, then mississippi where i practice is on the front line. the front recently passed laws restricting the provision of abortion to gynecologist and those with hospital admitting privileges. this law which is cleompletely medical unnecessary shut down the one clinic in this state and would deny women access to abortion. on top of this this state has also mandated delays that are both costy and burdensome to the women speaking care. i woman should not be denied access because she lives in mississippi or anywhere else for that matter it should be determined by medical evident not her zip code. the proponents of their health say they are protecting the health of w

dr. parker joins me now live from montgomery, alabama, where he also travels to provide abortions.being here. >> thanks for having me. >> and so tell me whether or not you feel hopeful that judges in these cases will side with the clinics in cases where the access to abortion rights is being restricted in these states. >> well, i always remain hopeful that the facts will guide the decisions. the facts are that one in three women will have an abortion by the time they're age 45. so given that abortion occurs so commonly in such a part of women's reproductive decisions, i remain hopeful that courts will recognize any rules that attempt to prevent women from receiving this care will come down in favor of women. >> and let me ask you, sort of give you the devil's advocate position. people for these laws, called trap laws, say women have other options. when you look at where mississippi women actually go for abortion services, the pink house clinic where you work is 2,000 a year. but outside of that clinic, there are 6,000 abortions performed a year. so anti-abortion activists have used

dr. parker works in the emergency room for aria health. >>> visitors will get a first look at the congressional gold medal that will be given to the flight 93 national memorial in shanksville this year. that medal will be shown during the 9/11 observance near the site where united airlines flight 93 crashed. three medals were made to honor the americans killed in that tre terrorist attack. >>> at 5:37, we continue to follow our breaking news there camden. new information now on several houses that have been burning in the 900 block of 4th street. this is around 4th and spruce. nbc 10's jesse gary has told us that firefighters now have the situation contained. two abandoned row homes were destroyed in the fire. firefighters were able to stop it from spreading. nbc 10's jesse gary is still on scene gathering information on the impacks to road closures in that area of camden. stay tuned. >>> and i'm tracking the last of the showers as they continue to move out of our area. we'll still maintain a chance of showers on friday. plus cooler temperatures set until over the weekend. what to expect is com

dr. johnny parker it is a personal call. >> i watched a father who would hurt my mother and me as a 9 year old calling the police on my father. >> reporter: parker domestic violence is learned and can be unlearned. >> when i began to have feelings of frustration and not knowing how to deal with conflict and anger i immediately, immediately sought out counseling. >> reporter: he said it helped him in his marriage and after 36 years of divorce and helped his father and mother. >> my dad is a different man today. i remarried them after 36 years of divorce because he turned the page. it is doable. >> reporter: county officials are hoping to have the same results in families before it goes too far. domestic violence is the one crime the county has not been able to decrease. >> you look at all of the other areas in terms of public safety where we see statistics go down, that's the one area we didn't see. it stayed constant. >> reporter: the county officials are saying while they are trying to figure out how to attack the issue on a county level they want family members to start having honest con

dr. willy parker as over 20 years of experience providingcomprehensive women's e medical care tru through the ce for disease control. he is president of the national right to live kpit committee. since 1991. representative chris taylor represents aacceptable a he. thank you very much for being here this morning. i vast swaths of the nation. there have been over 200 state laws passed in the last three years designed to make it harder or impossible for women to access adorgs services in their communities. we are not blocked by courts. this new waive the restrictions shutting down clinics, and harmi harming women. this is the newest tactic in a four decade campaign to deprive women of the promise of row versus wade. there have been during those four decades, terrorizing physical attacks, clinics bombed, vandalized and torched, doctor and clinic workers murdered and cliniced blockades. 25 years ago, i locked arms with members of my church to storm a human chain of protection as hundreds of operation rescue protesters ascended intend on obstructing patients from entering. this scene was played

brother tyrone parker of the alliance of concerned men. [applause] dr.pat newton of the black psychiatrists of america. [applause] brother malika burnett of the drug policy alliance. [applause] brother layton watson from the howard university student association. [applause] sister dr. marcia coleman. [applause] you also have carol schwartz, a candidate for d.c. with us this evening. [applause] and we have several members of the color of change organization in the house. they have asked me to make this very important announcement. , color of change in their allies will have 900,000 petition signatures demanding justice for michael brown. they're calling on president obama to define his legacy by putting policies in place aimed at ending racial profiling and racially motivated police pilots. they are inviting all of us to the white front of house, of course. adjacent to lafayette square tomorrow at 5:00. excellent. we also have a special guest in the house. reverend dr. john mendez and reverend dr. brooks. [applause] the progressive black baptists conventi