The new site includes resources to help women before, during, and after pregnancy. It includes an extensive list of pregnancy resource centers and other organizations that offer help to pregnant women, and Gov. Stitt said one of his goals is specifically to “empower non-profits and faith-based organizations.”
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“There is not a single state law limiting abortion that does not allow physicians, using their best medical judgment, to intervene and deliver a woman facing a life-threatening complication of her pregnancy,” the American Association of Pro-Life OB-GYNs responded in a statement. “… All patients deserve excellent healthcare – these laws do not prevent that from happening but rather ensure that every patient is treated with dignity and respect.”
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Opponents of assisted suicide – that is, people who still have some common sense and basic regard for the value of human life – argue that legalizing assisted death could lead to increased elder abuse, as has been the case in Australia, New Zealand, USA and the Netherlands and that the focus should be on improving palliative care. Canada’s experience with physician-assisted suicide is cited as an example, and scholars warn that it has led to increased discrimination against disabled individuals. As the debate surrounding assisted suicide in the UK continues, Dignitas shamelessly pushes for legalization, having its own profit in mind rather than actual rights and dignity of people.
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The main provisions of the law include:
Prohibition of surgical interventions and hormone therapy.
Prohibition of changing one’s gender in documents.
Prohibition of marriage.
Ban on adopting children.
Only medical interventions related to the treatment of congenital anomalies, genetic and endocrine diseases associated with disorders reflected in the malformation of genitals in children will be allowed. The decision on such interventions will be made by a medical committee.
“Taxpayer funding of travel for an abortion is in fact taxpayer-funded abortion, and this administration has been enacting policies across the government in clear violation of the law,” Jackson said. “The Biden administration has sidestepped existing statute and given the [Defense] Department permission to take this illegal course of action. This has left House Republicans with no choice but to take corrective measures and pass additional legislation.”
“We praise House GOP leadership for their work in preventing taxpayer funds from illegally being used to pay for or reimburse expenses related to abortion travel,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life.