Choice Position                        Pro-Choice

Denial of Health Care               Pro-Choice

Concealed Lethal Weapons       Pro-Choice

Patient Abandonment              Pro-Choice

Junk Science                            Pro-Choice

Denial of Health Care
Endangers women's health by allowing health care workers, including doctors, to deny recommending or referring a pregnant woman for an abortion even in emergency situations when her life or health are threatened.  PPAWI opposes this bill.  (2004 veto - AB 67)

Concealed Lethal Weapons
Allows concealed and lethal weapons into family planning facilities, including Planned Parenthood, threatening the public's health and endangering patient safety.  PPAWI opposes these bills.  (2004 veto - SB 214 and 2006 veto - SB 403)

Patient Abandonment
Endangers women's health by allowing health care providers to deny women vital information and access to health care services, including birth control, infertility treatments, life-saving stem cell therapies, and abortion referrals--even when a woman's life depends on it.  PPAWI opposes this bill.  (2005 veto - AB 207)

Junk Science
Mandates that doctors tell all women contemplating abortion medically inaccurate and scientifically unfounded information about fetal pain perception.  PPAWI opposes this bill.  (2006 veto - SB 138)