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URGENT: ND House voting on EXTREME anti choice bills
URGENT: The North Dakota House of Representatives is voting on two dangerous anti choice bills. They NEED to hear from you! As early as today your legislators will be asked to cast their votes House Bill 1572 and House Bill 1445. Please act quickly! House Bill 1572 attempts to give full personhood rights and equality to a human being from the moment of conception. What does this mean? The author of the bill Rep. Dan Ruby from
House Bill 1445 would require a women seeking an abortion to be told "the abortion will terminate the life of a whole, seperate, unique, living human being".
Biased counseling measures such as House Bill 1445 are an example of the government forcing political ideology into the doctor patient relationship. In short, HB 1445 is about government interference in personal decisions best left between women and their doctors.
Dear [ Decision Maker ] , I understand soon you vote on two bills which affect the reproductive health and choices of the women of North Dakota. I write you today to urge a NO vote on HB 1445. This bill places more government intrusion into personal decisions best left between women and their doctors. The second bill is HB 1572 and I urge a NO vote on it as well. The author of this bill stated that if passed the state of North Dakota would be positioned to challenge Roe V. Wade. HB 1572 not only would end safe and legal abortions but cost the state of North Dakota untold dollars in litigation expenses. As your constituent please hear my words and vote no on HB 1445 and HB 1572.
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House Bill 1572
As you are undoubtedly aware, in the landmark decision Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), the United States Supreme Court ruled that the constitutional right to privacy extends to the decision of a woman, in consultation with her physician, to terminate her pregnancy. Therefore, up to the point that the fetus is viable, states may not ban abortions, while after viability, they may do so, but must make exceptions to protect the woman’s health and life. In Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992), the Supreme Court reaffirmed the central tenets of Roe, holding that women have a constitutional right to choose to end a pregnancy prior to viability.
In addition to eliminating the right to a safe and legal abortion, HB 1572 is so vast, so far -reaching and worded so vaguely that that its true effect is impossible to predict. However, what isn’t hard to predict is that if the legislature passes HB 1572 and the Governor signs it, it will do so in blatant defiance to the United States Constitution and incur vast legal expenses to defend their action.
House Bill 1445
This bill, which proposes additions to an existing anti-choice statute, falls well short of what the women of
This bill doesn’t help one woman prevent even one unintended pregnancy, nor does it do anything to reduce the need for abortion in
