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« Driver critically hurt when truck flipped ID'd | Today | Reunited with their baby hawk, parents provide » May 30, 2007House panel to consider 24-hour wait for abortionsA House committee will hear testimony this afternoon on a bill dubbed the “Women’s Right to Know Act,” which would institute a mandatory 24-hour waiting period for all abortions performed in Rhode Island. House Bill 5849, sponsored by Rep. Peter G. Palumbo, D-Cranston, is virtually identical to legislation introduced in previous years that has yet to make it to the House floor for a vote. “This doesn’t try to overthrow Roe versus Wade. It merely says you have to wait 24 hours to have an abortion,” Palumbo said earlier today. “If they maybe knew what was available, they might not go through with it.” A host of pro-choice advocates are expected to attend the hearing, including representatives from Planned Parenthood and the National Organization for Women. Today’s hearing is scheduled for the rise of the House – generally around 4:30 p.m. – in State House room 135. -- Steve Peoples, Providence Journal State House Bureau The waiting period outlined in the proposed law would begin only after a doctor conveys to a woman specific information about the abortion procedure, including the “particular medical risks associated with the particular abortion procedure to be employed, including, when medically accurate, the risks of infection, hemorrhage, danger to subsequent pregnancies and infertility.” The doctor also must instruct a woman that “Medical assistance benefits may be available for prenatal care, childbirth and neonatal care” and that “the father is liable to assist in the support of her child, even in instances in which the father has offered to pay for the abortion.” There were 4,838 “induced terminations” performed in Rhode Island in 2006, according to the state Department of Health. Through April of this year, there have been 1,574. Posted by Kate Bramson CommentsPost a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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