death sentence clause because it would actually condemn women to death, because they cannot afford or afford the their healthcare systems can’t medicines.’ Zahara Heckscher and Hannah Lyon were also later arrested at the headquarters of the Pharma lobby, protesting the clauses the industry inserted into the Trans-Pacific Partnership. In the wake of the action, Zahara Heckscher urged the United States Congress to reject the passage of the She warned: TPP will effectively take some Trans-Pacific Partnership. ‘The patients backwards in time to the dark ages of cancer Zahara Heckscher was treatment.’ concerned that the agreement prevent too many people with cancer and other life ‘will – threatening illnesses from accessing the new treatments they need to stay Zahara – alive’. Heckscher warned: has the potential for them to be thrivers like me, living ‘When science productive lives while in treatment, or to be cured, the TPP will be a death Zahara sentence.’ Heckscher stressed: TPP is not a policy In her is a human issue ‘The wonk issue’. view, ‘It that affects individuals like me who are fighting for our Zahara Heckscher also lives.’ observed that the agreement our about her own family, she ‘affects families too.’ Thinking to die of breast cancer in the 1970s was a tragedy for our reflected: ‘For my mother family.’ Zahara Heckscher concluded: in the US and around the world to die unnecessary ‘For people in this new millennium because of the TPP is a cruel, premeditated, and avoidable catastrophe.’ At the time of writing, there remains fierce debate in the United States political system over the passage of the After expending significant political capital, Trans-Pacific Partnership. President Barack Obama has obtained a Fast-Track authority for negotiating trade deals like the from the United States Congress with the help of Trans-Pacific Partnership –
death sentence clause because it would actually condemn women to death, because they cannot afford or their healthcare systems can’t afford the medicines.’ Zahara Heckscher and Hannah Lyon were also later arrested at the headquarters of the Pharma lobby, protesting the clauses the industry inserted into the Trans-Pacific Partnership. In the wake of the action, Zahara Heckscher urged the United States Congress to reject the passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. She warned: ‘The TPP will effectively take some patients backwards in time to the dark ages of cancer treatment.’ Zahara Heckscher was concerned that the agreement ‘will prevent too many people with cancer – and other life threatening illnesses – from accessing the new treatments they need to stay alive’. Zahara Heckscher warned: ‘When science has the potential for them to be thrivers like me, living productive lives while in treatment, or to be cured, the TPP will be a death sentence.’ Zahara Heckscher stressed: ‘The TPP is not a policy wonk issue’. In her view, ‘It is a human issue that affects individuals like me who are fighting for our lives.’ Zahara Heckscher also observed that the agreement ‘affects our families too.’ Thinking about her own family, she reflected: ‘For my mother to die of breast cancer in the 1970s was a tragedy for our family.’ Zahara Heckscher concluded: ‘For people in the US and around the world to die unnecessary in this new millennium because of the TPP is a cruel, premeditated, and avoidable catastrophe.’ At the time of writing, there remains fierce debate in the United States political system over the passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. After expending significant political capital, President Barack Obama has obtained a Fast-Track authority for negotiating trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership from the United States Congress – with the help of
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