http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/15.aspxenCommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/285094.aspxWed, 14 Mar 2012 20:17:31 GMT85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:285094Chartwell0http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/285094.aspxhttp://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=15&PostID=285094<p>This bill and HB 4798, 4799, 5134, and 5181 are totally unnecessary as doctors are already required to screen patients for domestic violence, which includes questions about coercion or threats. The bills&#39; purpose is biased against abortion and women seeking abortions. The bill sets up harassing procedures to intimidate women into not choosing an abortion. It creates another criminal offense directed soley at doctors who perform abortions, thus discouraging them from doing abortions. In short, these bills that pretend to protect women against cercion are themselves coercive. Women seeking an abortion expect their doctors to be concerned about their health and well-being, not an advocate for anti-aboriton zealots. Simply put,these bills over-regulate abortion providers and harass pregnant women seeking an abortion into carrying a pregnancy to term. The ACLU of Michigan, Michigan National Organization for Women, the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, the Progressive Women&#39;s Alliance of West Michigan, and the Michigan Congress of the Organizations for Obstetricians and Gynecologists all opposed these bills.<span style="font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;, &#39;serif&#39;;color:black;font-size:12pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"> </span></span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/285093.aspxWed, 14 Mar 2012 20:16:57 GMT85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:285093Votes Admin0http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/285093.aspxhttp://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=15&PostID=285093Introduced in the House on November 28, 2011, to require that at least 24 hours before performing an abortion, a physician must provide the patient with a physical copy of a coerced abortion prescreening document; see House Bills 4799 and 5134. Also, to require the Department of Community Health to develop coerced abortion screening procedures and documents for this; post coerced abortion information on a state website; mandate that notices on this must be posted in abortion clinics; and more<br><br>The vote was 72 in favor, 37 opposed and 1 not voting<br><br>(House Roll Call 109 at House Journal 0)<br><br><a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-HB-5182'>Click here to view bill details.</a>