Healthcare Reform - Dr. Can Opt Not To Treat Me?

January 11, 2023

Jan 11, 2023

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Mission

The Healthcare delivery system in the United States is a patchwork that leaves much to be desired. It is the most expensive system among the top 35 industrial countries and covers far fewer participants delivering lower levels of quality care than many of our peer nations. This blog will provide:

Current problems in healthcare
Actions you can take
References.

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Current State of Affairs – Dr. Can Opt Not To Treat Me?

We have reviewed how legislators in so many states want to make sure that women are considered either as chattel or incapable of making medical decisions. We will harp loud and long to legislators at all levels to stop that nonsense and treat women as full and complete people. Here is a link to an article published by the Guttmacher Institute regarding which States allow providers and facilities to opt out of providing abortion or contraception or sterilization. Sterilization may be hysterectomy, tubal ligation etc.

At least 46 states out of 50 are allowing women to be subject to insufficient reproductive care.

Here is the breakdown:

46 states and the federal government allow providers to opt out of providing abortions

44 states and the federal government states allow facilities to opt out of providing abortion

9 states allow providers to opt out of providing contraception

6 states allow the pharmacist to opt out of providing contraception

8 states allow facilities to opt out of providing contraception

17 states and the federal government allow providers to opt out of providing sterilization

44 states and the federal government allow facilities to opt out of providing sterilization

Federal law protects individuals who choose not to provide services based on moral or religious grounds. Moreover, many facilities ask women to obtain spousal consent for hysterectomies or tubal librations. These are not required at the federal or state level. It is just their policy and so many of them can refuse service. Take action!!

What You Can Do – Contact Legislators

Use Resistbot below or call your representative and senators say

“My name is __________________(name) and I live in __________________(zipcode) and I am your constituent. We all deserve a healthcare system that works for all of us NOT SOME OF US. Women deserve full access to healthcare, including reproductive healthcare. I want you to support legislation that makes pharmacies provide contraception and abortion medication nationwide. I want you to also support HR 62 that will protect those that provide and seek reproductive health services. This can’t wait.

Resistbot

Text SIGN POVCZS to 50409 to send the letter below to your representative and senators.

We all deserve a healthcare system that works for all of us NOT SOME OF US. Women deserve full access to healthcare, including reproductive healthcare. I want you to support legislation that makes pharmacies provide contraception and abortion medication nationwide. I want you to also support HR 62 that will protect those that provide and seek reproductive health services. This can’t wait.