PUBLIC SUBMISSION | As of: February 16, 2009 Tracking No. 807081bb Comments Due: September 25, 2008 |
Docket: HHS-OS-2008-0011
Ensuring that Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices In Violation of Federal Law
Comment On: HHS-OS-2008-0011-0001
Ensuring that Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices In Violation of Federal Law
Document: HHS-OS-2008-0011-1285
Comment on FR Doc # N/A
I am standing with the Family Planning Association of Maine in opposing this bill and any bill that
would endanger a woman's access and right to information regarding pregnancy options, including
abortion. The rule protecting the conscience of the health care provider inflicts unconscionable
harm on a patient who is trying to make an informed decision about her options. It also puts a
clinic in conflict with Title X obligations and therefore at risk for losing its federal funding. This is
unacceptable. No where in this bill are the rights of the patient considered. This too is
unacceptable. I strongly oppose this bill.
Dr. Priscilla Skerry
95 Emerey St.
Portland, Maine 04102