Intrusive HB1572 Receives a Do Not Pass Recommendation
April 01, 2009 9:29:00
Senate Judiciary Committee Gives Sweeping and Intrusive HB1572 a Do Not Pass Recommendation
St. Paul — Today the North Dakota Senate Judiciary Committee gave HB 1572 a 5- 0 Do Not Pass recommendation. The legislation now moves to the full senate for a vote.
If passed by the Senate HB 1572 could outlaw contraception as well as medical procedures used to treat tubal pregnancies and infertility, potentially impacting thousands of laws in the North Dakota Century Code.
“We thank the judiciary committee for seeing 1572 as a broad, overreaching, bill, which would embroil the state in a legal, medical and bureaucratic nightmare,” said Deb Arnold, North Dakota Advisory Committee member for Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (PPMNS).
“We have every hope that the state Senate will follow the lead of the Judiciary Committee, quickly discharge 1572 and help get the legislature back to the business of moving the state forward on the numerous issues before it,” Arnold said.
North Dakotans from across the state testified against the bill, including in vitro fertilization doctors, an attorney, a member of the religious community and North Dakotans working on behalf of women and families.
The senate is expected to vote on the measure in the coming weeks.
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