A report from Julie Burkhart,
Founcer and CEO of Trust Women Foundation:
Legislators gutted SB 83 — a bill about propane
safety — late last week, and they are
subbing the contents of HB 2319, the "font bill" we've told you about
before, in SB 83. I need you to call your state rep and senator and ask
them to vote "no" on this bill.
The so-called font bill
requires clinics such as ours to disclose medically unnecessary information
about our physicians, who serve our patients with compassion and high-quality
health care. Mandating
these disclosures do nothing to protect the health and safety of patients, but
in fact could hurt the patient/physician relationship by instilling uncertainty
in a physician’s credibility. Mandating the way in which the information is
typed and printed isclearly an obstacle
disguised as a safety measure. Kansas does not require
this kind of disclosure for any other type of health care, and that should be
evidence enough that this is just another attempt to stigmatize and single out
abortion care.
I’m also afraid that these
mandates may cause further harassment and even violence against physicians who
provide abortion care.
Women shouldn’t endure further
obstacles in the path of accessing health care of any form, and physicians
should not be singled out for providing a specific type of health care.
Please call your legislators
to let them know you expect them to vote "no" against this bill
because you #TrustWomen. Don't know who to call? Find your legislators by
submitting your address here.
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