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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp has introduced legislation to allow the minting of coins to support breast cancer research.
The North Dakota Democrat is joined in the effort by Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, of New Hampshire.
The bill would authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to produce pink, silver and metal-alloy coins for one year to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation's efforts. The coins would become available for purchase in 2018 and would be minted the following year using the funding from coin orders.
More than 200,000 women in the U.S. each year are diagnosed with breast cancer and about 40,000 die from the disease. Overall, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with the disease at some point and chances increase with age.
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