Contraceptive Equity in Committee!
February 11, 2010 3:22:15
by Carmen
South Dakota Public Affairs Manager
Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota Action Fund
House Bill 1156 (Contraceptive Equity Legislation) is scheduled for a hearing in the House Commerce Committee tomorrow, February 12, at 10:00 A.M.
The deadline for introducing new legislation has passed. Unless an existing piece of legislation is "hoghoused" (a term used when a bill is gutted and rewritten in committee) we are cautiously optimistic that the 2010 session will be free of anti-choice legislation. We will continue to be ever vigilant in monitoring the action on the House and Senate floors.
Pro-active legislation (Contraceptive Equity) has been introduced by the Campaign for Healthy Families. Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota supports HB 1156, a measure that requires health insurance plans in South Dakota to include FDA-approved contraceptives as a part of any package that provides coverage for prescription drugs.
We have every confidence that this common sense legislation will make it out of committee and we will alert you when it arrives on the House floor for debate.
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