We're live in Augusta at the public hearing for LD 1261, a bill that would allow advance practice clinicians (APCs) to provide abortion care. Here are the highlights: #YesOnLD1261 #mepolitics
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"'Access to safe abortion hinges upon the availability of trained abortion providers.' This bill would move Maine closer to that goal. The alternative, unsafe illegal abortions, is unacceptable." - Dr. Norma Dreyfus on behalf of
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"Medical & public health authorities ranging from @acog, to @PublicHealth, to @WHO, have all concluded that laws prohibiting APCs like me from providing first-trimester abortion services are medically unfounded." - Julie Jenkins of @FPAMaine #YesOnLD1261 #mepolitics
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"Because I’m a nurse practitioner...I’ve been forced to send away patients in desperate situations, even though I am trained, qualified, and more than willing to provide the care they need." - Julie Jenkins of
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"When a woman is unable to obtain a desired abortion because of the delays & costs associated with travel, missing work, child care & other expenses, continuing an unwanted pregnancy will have a ripple effect on her life & that of her family." - Prof. Luisa S. Deprez
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“Regulating which medical professionals are qualified to provide certain medical care should be left to medical professionals, not legislated on a procedure-by-procedure basis.” -
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“Maine law gives APCs...broad authority to provide ‘expanded professional health care.’ The complexity of many of these health care services is equal to or greater than that or in-office or medication abortion.” -
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"Because of limited physician availability in the State, this APC ban significantly constrains where and when abortion care is available in Maine." -
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"By posing onerous burdens that outweigh the existing law's nonexistent health justification, the APC ban violates the constitutional right to privacy as well as the right to equal protection under the law." -
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