Hope everyone had an enjoyable and safe Thanksgiving!

At our Fall Board meeting we voted to oppose House Bills 5879-5883 (these bills would force a woman to go through a screening process to determine if she had been coerced into an abortion and then making her wait another 24 hrs before the procedure would be performed). These bills were sent to the Committee on Health Policy for review on August 9, 2006. On November 15, 2006, the fiscal analysis of the bills were presented and indicate that bills 5879 & 5880 would have moderate to no impact financially on the Department of Community Health and bills 5882 & 5883 could cost our Correction Facilities approximately 31,000 a year for each person convicted of coercion. We need to educate people so they understand this is about a woman having the right to make her own decision and not having that right legislated by the government. Each one of us must to contact our Governor, Representatives and Senators so our voices are heard and these bills do not pass. Let’s “Take Action, Make It Happen!”
Mary Rahoi
Legislative Committee