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Stop the UW Birth Control Ban
Urge Your Representative to Vote NO on the UW Birth Control Ban!
The UW Birth Control Ban (Assembly Bill 343) would ban health care providers at UW campus health centers and on all UW property from prescribing, dispensing or advertising birth control to adult female students, including emergency contraception to rape victims.
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Subject: Oppose the UW Birth Control Ban/AB 343
Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,
I am deeply disturbed by AB 343, the UW Birth Control Ban, and urge you to vote against it when it comes for a vote on the Assembly floor.
The bill is an outrageous attack on basic health care and would needlessly put women at risk for unintended pregnancy and abortion by barring their ability to access basic birth control.
AB 343 is so vague that it would ban all forms of hormonal contraception at UW and unconstitutionally discriminates against women. This bill also interferes with the patient-doctor relationship and abridges women's constitutional right to access birth control.
Additionally, the UW Birth Control Ban denies rape victims access to pregnancy prevention following an assault. One out of six college women have been raped or have been the victim of an attempted rape during the past year. These women deserve immediate and comprehensive health care, including access to emergency contraception, following an assault whether they access their health care on or off campus.
Decisions about health care, including birth control, should be left up to adult women and their health care professionals. Please oppose AB 343.
Sincerely,
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