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Personal experience with breast cancer led Pennsylvania Sen. Kim Ward to write legislation that she hopes other states will adopt.

President Donald Trump's former press secretary has written about how a family history of breast cancer lead her to have the procedure.

Legislation, the house has passed legislation that is almost uniformly seen as anti-women and disregarding and hurtful to women about issues that only relate to women. unless you want to keep that anti-women nature going of this, why wouldn't you want women on the board. >> having a child is a pre-existing condition. and for them to totally say in the house, this is going to be an opt out option. this is going to be a real issue for women. >> i think a lot of what democrats have been saying has been misleading, let me back up and say i have a pre-existing condition, i have the brca gene, i'm w...

When it wasn't available, you know, just 20, 30 years ago. we would have never caught this. so i'm so grateful. so grateful to them and their sacrifices. >> there are so many women that are grateful to you for having strong words when it comes to battling breast cancer and being pro-active. there are some that came out and criticized you having your mastectomy saying hey, prophylactically that's not the best way. what do you say to those out there who are really trying to hate on your message and say this isn't the best option for women who are facing cancer? >> you know, i think it's interest...

>> you'll receive an e-mail when your sample has been received at the lab and another e-mail when your results are ready. >> reporter: the new test just $249. many other tests for the brca gene ten times more expensive and often not covered by insurance. it's the kind of access jolie has pushed for, triggering the angelina effect, an avalanche of interest in genetic testing. the star telling george stephanopoulos even she was surprised. >> i was stunned that the discussion broadened and that doctors were telling me how it helped the issue and more women were getting tested. >> also a true brea...