Key elements of this bill are:
Specifically, governments may not limit a provider's ability to prescribe certain drugs, offer abortion services via telemedicine, or immediately provide abortion services when the provider determines a delay risks the patient's health.
Furthermore, governments may not require a provider to perform unnecessary medical procedures, provide medically inaccurate information, comply with credentialing or other conditions that do not apply to providers whose services are medically comparable to abortions, or carry out all services connected to an abortion. In addition, governments may not (1) require patients to make medically unnecessary in-person visits before receiving abortion services or disclose their reasons for obtaining such services, or (2) prohibit abortion services before fetal viability or after fetal viability when a provider determines the pregnancy risks the patient's life or health.
This legislation addresses the rights of people able to give birth to make decisions about their bodies in consultation with their doctors. It also lays the foundation for the right to privacy and the right to protect ourselves from debilitating and irreversible life events. It will impact the immediate health of pregnant persons, but it will also impact the lives of millions of children who will be born into situations that have the potential to irrevocably harm the people they will grow up to be. People who can become pregnant are not vessels for the government to dictate their use.
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