State Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, D-West Hartford, House Chair of the Human Services Committee, hosted ‘Improving People’s Experiences with Women’s, Reproductive, and Gynecological Pain Roundtable’ on Jan. 29.

By Jamil Ragland, CTNewsJunkie.com 

A panel of medical practitioners and legislators discussed the ways that the medical field often dismisses women’s pain, and offered solutions that may help improve care for women in the state.

Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, D-West Hartford, chaired the panel discussion, where she and other legislators discussed the extremely painful or dismissive experiences they’ve endured while seeking medical care.

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