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From: nc-pro-life-admin@pairlist.net Subject: [NC Life Alert] Urgent - Help North Carolina Right to Life pass the Abortion-Woman's Right to Know legislation List-Help: <mailto:nc-pro-life-request@pairlist.net?subject=help> List-Post: <mailto:nc-pro-life@pairlist.net> List-Subscribe: <http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/nc-pro-life>, <mailto:nc-pro-life-request@pairlist.net?subject=subscribe> List-Id: North Carolina Pro-Life Email List <nc-pro-life.pairlist.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/nc-pro-life>, <mailto:nc-pro-life-request@pairlist.net?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://www.pairlist.net/pipermail/nc-pro-life/> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 07:02:51 -0400 North Carolina Right to Life
Legislative Alert
April 23, 2003 URGENT!! Greensboro, NC - Help North Carolina Right to Life
pass the Abortion-Woman's Right to Know legislation. All constituents of
Representatives Morgan and Brubaker need to contact their respective member to
ask him to use his influence and position in the NC House leadership to see that
the Abortion-Woman's Right to Know legislation (H998) is considered on the House
floor prior to the May 1 crossover deadline. If you are not a constituent
of Representative Morgan, please contact him anyway since he is the Republican
Speaker of the House. You can appeal to him as the Speaker to do
everything in his power to get the bill heard.
Make your contact via e-mail through the NCRTL
Legislative Action Center. That way, we can track how many e-mails
each representative receives. That information aids us in our lobbying
efforts.
This legislation has 2 primary sponsors, Reps.
Linda Johnson and Paul Stam, and 59 cosponsors, a majority of the House.
In addition to those members, there are approximately 10 other House members who
have committed to voting for the bill when it is
considered.
This legislation has wide public support. A
CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll dated January 2003 reported that 78% of those polled
favor a "law requiring women seeking abortions to wait 24 hours before having
the procedure done." The same poll showed 88% supporting a "law requiring
doctors to inform patients about alternatives before performing the
procedure." A Wirthlin December 2002 poll asked, " In light of recent
medical advances such as in-utero surgery and 3-D ultrasound technology, which
reveals the unborn child's body and facial features in detail, are you in favor
of restoring legal protection for unborn children?" 68% of those polled said
"yes": 44% strongly and 24%, somewhat. Only 25% said "no": 13%, somewhat and
12%, strongly. 7% did not know.
The Abortion-Woman's Right to Know (H998) requires
that 24 hours before a pregnant woman receives an abortion, she is told the name
of the physician who will perform the abortion, the medical risks involved for
the particular abortion procedure she will have, the medical risks in carrying
her child to term, and the probable gestational age of her unborn child at the
time when the abortion is to be performed. If the doctor uses an ultrasound in
the performance of the abortion, then he is to offer the woman the option of
viewing the ultrasound image of her unborn child. She must be told if the person
performing the abortion does NOT have hospital privileges or malpractice
insurance.
Additionally, the pregnant woman is offered
additional information which includes fetal development and alternatives to
abortion. The legislation does provide for medical emergencies and for civil
remedies.
Please send this alert to your family and friends
and urge them to do the same. Report any communications you receive from
either Representative to ncrtl73@aol.com.
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