Final anti-choice bills to be heard this week
This Thursday at 8:30am, the Senate Education & Health committee will consider the following bills. The descriptions are from a legislative update I received from Planned Parenthood:
- HB 894 requires any medical facility providing 25 or more abortions a year to comply with the regulatory requirements of an ambulatory surgery center.
- HB 1315 requires that an ultrasound be performed before providing an abortion.
- HB 1556 requires that an ultrasound be performed before providing an abortion. If pregnancy is past 20 weeks, requires doctor to provide medically inaccurate information about fetal anesthesia.
Planned Parenthood will be there and is organizing supporters. Email them if you are interested in attending the meeting. You can contact the members of the committee and ask them to vote against these bills by using this form.
Del. Bob Marshall submitted a budget amendment that to prohibit Medicaid funding for abortion care for women with a serious health condition or non-viable pregnancy. This amendment was agreed to in the House. You can contact the budget conferees by using this form.
You forgot HB 1126 which felonizes women who “cause” their own abortion or miscarriage. It passed the House of Delegates 68 to 31. And it’s in the same Senate Committee (Ed and Health). See my article here: http://www.raisingkaine.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=97B4BF9D9770994162C49809C4AA91F1?diaryId=13168