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Committee Hears Bill to Define and Protect Contraceptive Health Care Rights
Summary
Representative Carla Rose Hansen introduced House Bill 1478, which would add a statutory definition of contraceptives and bar state and local governments from restricting access to contraceptive health care, and doctors and medical groups testified in favor.
Representative Carla Rose Hansen, sponsor of House Bill 1478, told the House Human Services Committee the bill would add a statutory definition of contraceptives and prohibit state and local governments from restricting access to contraceptive health care.
"Let's keep the government out of your doctor's office," Representative Carla Rose Hansen said as she asked the panel for a "due pass" recommendation. The bill would also allow the attorney general or an adversely affected person to bring a civil suit to enforce the rights the bill creates.
The bill outlines definitions and expressly excludes drugs…
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