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Targeted Regulation of Abortion Provider (TRAP) laws impose unique and burdensome regulations on doctors and health care facilities which perform abortions. Supporters claim these laws provide safer conditions for women undergoing this procedure. However, most TRAP laws require abortion clinics to install unnecessary expensive equipment, perform extensive renovations that may not be physically possible, or mandate higher employee qualifications than needed. Some TRAP laws allow unannounced state inspections when patients are present. Other TRAP laws require abortion clinics to have hospital admitting privileges which can be nearly impossible to attain. Critics say this regulation is unnecessary because abortion is our safest and most common medical procedure. Less than 0.3% of all patients experiencing a complication require hospitalization. This excellent safety record often prevents abortion clinics from attaining hospital admitting privileges, many of which require at least 5 admissions a year. Supporters claim there is no legitimate reason to require abortion providers to have admitting privileges. There are now at least 23 states with TRAP laws, many of them identical. They say the only purpose of these laws is to force abortion providers out of business. They also say TRAP laws are discriminatory because they don’t apply to other facilities that provide outpatient surgery or other basic medical services. Proposed Legislation: Reintroduction of H.R.3755 - Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021 Prospective Sponsor: Rep. Judy Chu (CA) I oppose reforming current TRAP law policy and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Speaker Kevin McCarthy (CA). I support prohibiting state or local governments from requiring: 1.) Unnecessary tests or procedures in connection with the provision of abortion services. 2.) The same health care provider who provides abortion services to perform such tests or procedures. 3.) Providers to offer medically inaccurate information to patients before or during abortion services. 4.) Providers to refrain from prescribing certain drugs. 5.) Certain hospital facility transfer agreements. 6.) One or more medically unnecessary in-person visits. 7.) Patients to disclose the reason for seeking abortion services. 8.) Limitations or requirements that both single out and impede access to abortion services based on a number of factors (e.g., restrictions that are reasonably likely to decrease the availability of abortion services in a state). 9.) A state or local government from prohibiting abortions prior to fetal viability, or prohibit abortions after fetal viability in cases where the health care provider determines that continuing the pregnancy poses a risk to the patient's life or health. 10.) Allowing the Department of Justice, individuals, or health care providers may bring a lawsuit to prospectively enjoin a limitation or restriction that is prohibited by this bill. And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Judy Chu (CA) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.

Winning Option »» I support prohibiting state or local governments from requiring: 1.) Unnecessary tests or procedures in connection with the provision of abortion services. 2.) The same health care provider who provides abortion services to perform such tests or procedures. 3.) Providers to offer medically inaccurate information to patients before or during abortion services. 4.) Providers to refrain from prescribing certain drugs. 5.) Certain hospital facility transfer agreements. 6.) One or more medically unnecessary in-person visits. 7.) Patients to disclose the reason for seeking abortion services. 8.) Limitations or requirements that both single out and impede access to abortion services based on a number of factors (e.g., restrictions that are reasonably likely to decrease the availability of abortion services in a state). 9.) A state or local government from prohibiting abortions prior to fetal viability, or prohibit abortions after fetal viability in cases where the health care provider determines that continuing the pregnancy poses a risk to the patient's life or health. 10.) Allowing the Department of Justice, individuals, or health care providers may bring a lawsuit to prospectively enjoin a limitation or restriction that is prohibited by this bill. And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Judy Chu (CA) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.

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