Proactive Efforts in Texas to Get Politics Out of the Exam Room

[Panich52]

Women's Health Leader Applauds Proactive Efforts in Texas to Get Politics Out of the Exam Room and Protect the Dignity of Patients and Families

Two Texas state representatives introduced bills that would get politics out of the exam room and protect the dignity of patients and families.

Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
WASHINGTON, D.C. — March 12, 2015 —
“I applaud the Trust. Respect. Access. campaign for advancing proactive policy proposals to protect women’s health and rights and get politics out of exam rooms in Texas.

It is shameful that politicians have been passing ‘bad medicine’ laws that interfere with the relationship between women and their health care providers across this country. These laws create barriers that impede women’s access to the health care they need. Most Americans oppose the extremist anti-choice agenda that drives these callous measures.

I commend Texas State Representative Donna Howard (HD-48) for taking action and introducing House Bill 1210 last month to get politics out of the exam room. This bill aims to stop the state of Texas from forcing health care providers to choose between violating their medical training and ethical obligations or violating the law. HB 1210 would keep medical care where it should be — between a woman and her doctor. This bill is part of an important trend as legislators around the country push back against these intrusions.

More:
http://go.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=6A4JJOiBFrxiZYJLf_DB7A

[Arkansas Granny]

1. I was trying to think the other night if there are any other legal medical procedures that are as

restricted by government as abortion. I can't think of any other time that the government intervenes in the decisions between a doctor and patient. Can you? What's really shameful is that most of these laws restricting access to reproductive care are passed under the guise of being concerned about women's health. What a sham.

[Panich52]

2. The special hypocracy in that, is that anti-choicers don't consider abortion a women's health issue.

The only other gov't interference in med decisions I can think of concerns end-of-life. I suppose it's hardly surprising that the religionists are also involved in that aspect of quality-of-life as well (since quality doesn't seem to be a concern for them).

[niyad]

3. and "being concerned about women's health" is code for "women are too ignorant, too stupid"

to think for themselves.