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HAPPENING NOW: SSB 5140, The Protecting Pregnant Patients Act is being heard in the Healthcare and Wellness committee in Olympia right now. !!Follow this thread for live updates!!

or watch the hearing here: https://www.tvw.org/watch/?eventID=2021031196 … @ppvnh @Legal_Voice @ProChoiceWA

Dr Chin: It is important that the patient-doctor relationship is preserved without restrictions. Hospital employees should not have to worry that their job is at risk if they put patient care first.....

....delays in care or not being able to provide standard medical treatment can lead to catastrophic complications. This bill would help protect providers to treat patients first and allow the women of WA to receive comprehensive care wherever they live.

"I have seen firsthand that access to care for pregnancy complications is inequitable in our state. For some of my patients, all hospitals near to them have restrictions and we need to plan for ways to get to facilities a greater distance away....

.....Hospital policies should not interfere with provision of timely, necessary, potentially life saving care for our patients, and providers should not fear for their jobs for putting patient care first. Please support SSB 5140." - Dr. Christie Miles

@ACLU_WA's Leah Rutman is now speaking: "Under this bill, health entities, such as hospitals, cannot prevent qualified doctors and nurses from providing medically necessary care to a pregnant patient when their health or life is at risk...