Wednesday, March 09, 2005
NARAL Pro-Choice New Hampshire
Contact your representatives to oppose HB 399 TODAY!
This Wednesday, March 9, the New Hampshire House of Representatives will vote on HB 399-FN, the so-called Informed Consent for Abortion Act - a bill that would be more accurately labeled "biased counseling." This bill would compromise the provider-patient relationship by implementing strict requirements solely designed to intimidate women from exercising their constitutional right to choose.
Last year, the House defeated a similar bill, but the fight is not over this time around. Sponsors of the bill intend to propose an amendment, which they claim is a compromise between pro-choice and anti-choice communities. This is untrue. Both the bill and the amendment act to restrict access to abortion in New Hampshire - particularly for poor women, women in rural areas, and victims of domestic violence - by mandating a 24-hour "reflection period" prior to obtaining an abortion.
NARAL Pro-Choice New Hampshire believes that women deserve complete and medically accurate information about all medical procedures including abortion. We also believe that women are fully capable of making thoughtful decisions regarding their own health care without state mandated "reflection periods."
It's imperative that your representatives hear from you TODAY! Tell them that New Hampshire's pro-choice majority does not support this type of legislative interference in women's reproductive health care.
This Wednesday, March 9, the New Hampshire House of Representatives will vote on HB 399-FN, the so-called Informed Consent for Abortion Act - a bill that would be more accurately labeled "biased counseling." This bill would compromise the provider-patient relationship by implementing strict requirements solely designed to intimidate women from exercising their constitutional right to choose.
Last year, the House defeated a similar bill, but the fight is not over this time around. Sponsors of the bill intend to propose an amendment, which they claim is a compromise between pro-choice and anti-choice communities. This is untrue. Both the bill and the amendment act to restrict access to abortion in New Hampshire - particularly for poor women, women in rural areas, and victims of domestic violence - by mandating a 24-hour "reflection period" prior to obtaining an abortion.
NARAL Pro-Choice New Hampshire believes that women deserve complete and medically accurate information about all medical procedures including abortion. We also believe that women are fully capable of making thoughtful decisions regarding their own health care without state mandated "reflection periods."
It's imperative that your representatives hear from you TODAY! Tell them that New Hampshire's pro-choice majority does not support this type of legislative interference in women's reproductive health care.
