Arizona – NO on SB1306 and SB1307
Posted on March 29, 2010
The House Health and Human Services committee is meeting on March 31st to hear testimony and vote on SB1306 and SB1307. We need Arizona residents to send letters to the Health and Human Service committee members. Tell them these bills are anti-family and will hurt Arizona physicians and patients.
SB1306 is an egg donor bill. It mainly deals with informed consent – which the doctors already do because they are required by the American Society of Reproductive Medicine. They also follow FDA standards and are audited by the FDA on a regular basis. SB1306 just regulates the physicians and complicates their ability to care for and treat their patients. SB1306 also throws in fancy language that basically prohibits any research on eggs, which will hamper any potential for advances in the treatment of fertility.
SB1307 is very scary. If this bill passes IVF as we know it will not exist in the State of Arizona. It is possible many doctors will pack up shop and move to another state. Their staff will be forced to move as well because there will not be any jobs for them – especially since local hospitals are making cuts to staff right now. Patients will have to travel out of state for treatment, which makes an already stressful and expensive treatment more stressful and expensive.
Visit RESOLVE and send a letter to your representative TODAY!
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Could you contact me on this SB1306 and SB1307?
Hi Doris,
These bills already passed in the Arizona legislature back in March 2010. They were altered somewhat from their original versions so they are not going to directly harm patients seeking infertility treatments. If you want more information about these bills you can visit RESOLVE’s website http://www.resolve.org. Go to the take action section for the latest updates.
Kelly