Planned Parenthood legislative update

Planned Parenthood is following a number of bills during this legislative session. Their bill chart, indicating which bills they support and which ones they opposed, can be found here.

A few bills that they highlighted in their recent email:

• HB894. Sponsored by Matt Lohr (R-26), this bill passed the House by a 60-37 vote. Prior to its passage, Del. David Englin (D-45) spoke against the bill, challenging the claims made by Lohr. You can see a video of his remarks here. Planned Parenthood believes that this bill, which would require licensing of abortion clinics, would result in the closing of nearly all of them.
• HB1071. Del. Kris Amundson’s (D-44) bill, the Birth Control Protection Act, already has 27 co-sponsors and has been referred to the House Courts of Justice committee. Contact your legislator and ask them to sign on as a co-sponsor.
• HB89 and HB188. Del. Bob Marshall (R-13) sponsored both of these bills. HB89, which would have repealed the requirement for the HPV vaccination, failed in committee. HB188 delayed implementation of the vaccination requirements from 7/1/2008 to 10/1/2010. The bill passed the House, despite this effort by Del. Jeion Ward (D-92).
• HB422 (Marshall) and HB1315 (Kathy Bryon R-22) mandate medically unnecessary procedures. Both bills are expected to be considered by the House this week.

Just a reminder that Pro-Choice Lobby Day is Thursday, January 31.

~ by vjp on January 23, 2008.