Please, please, do not let the religious right control a woman's right to her own body! As a woman, I have the right to make my own reproductive choices. What I want to do with my body is my business. I have the right to expect that my doctor, who spent a fortune to go through medical school, will give me the care I request. Allowing doctors to choose not to perform duties expected of their position is a huge disservice to the women of this country. 87% of counties in the United States don't have a single abortion provider, so if there is only one provider within a possible distance for a woman and he refuses, what choices does she have left? With so many women living at the poverty line and the rising cost of living, how are women supposed to be able to make ends meet if they are unable to control their own reproductive health?
The definition of life needs to remain "at implantation." "At fertilization" reclassifies all forms of contraception other than barrier methods into abortifacents. I can guarantee this change will result in the rights of more women than ever before being taken away by overzealous doctors who feel they are more qualified to make a woman's deeply personal reproductive decisions than the woman herself.
Please end this madness. It will deeply affect every woman you know in some way, be it from them needing birth control for any assortments of ailments that have nothing to do with reproduction, to a surprise or dangerous pregnancy that will result in the mother's death. Please do not allow doctors to opt out from providing the health care they are licensed to provide. Please do not allow the religious right to call the shots for the health care of the entire country.
My letter
Please, please, do not let the religious right control a woman's right to her own body! As a woman, I have the right to make my own reproductive choices. What I want to do with my body is my business. I have the right to expect that my doctor, who spent a fortune to go through medical school, will give me the care I request. Allowing doctors to choose not to perform duties expected of their position is a huge disservice to the women of this country. 87% of counties in the United States don't have a single abortion provider, so if there is only one provider within a possible distance for a woman and he refuses, what choices does she have left? With so many women living at the poverty line and the rising cost of living, how are women supposed to be able to make ends meet if they are unable to control their own reproductive health?
The definition of life needs to remain "at implantation." "At fertilization" reclassifies all forms of contraception other than barrier methods into abortifacents. I can guarantee this change will result in the rights of more women than ever before being taken away by overzealous doctors who feel they are more qualified to make a woman's deeply personal reproductive decisions than the woman herself.
Please end this madness. It will deeply affect every woman you know in some way, be it from them needing birth control for any assortments of ailments that have nothing to do with reproduction, to a surprise or dangerous pregnancy that will result in the mother's death. Please do not allow doctors to opt out from providing the health care they are licensed to provide. Please do not allow the religious right to call the shots for the health care of the entire country.
Thank you.