| Across the nation, lawmakers are debating several different anti-abortion bills seeking to make it more difficult for women to have an abortion. One tactic is "informed consent" measures that require women to be given information before an abortion -- even if they do not want that information or getting it would violate medical guidelines.
Now, the New Hampshire House has passed a bill that, along with mandating a 24-hour waiting period, requires doctors to give women "informational materials" before an abortion that aren't even accurate, including that there is a link between abortion and breast cancer. Here's the text of the bill: It is scientifically undisputed that full-term pregnancy reduces a woman's lifetime risk of breast cancer. |
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