Today, the Indianapolis Star, posted my letter to the editor on the state's anti-choice legislation that would require women to get an ultrasound before a medication abortion.
No
matter what supporters of Senate Bill 37 say, this bill is a blatant example of
anti-choice legislators attempting to practice medicine without a license.
The
bill would require women who choose early medical abortion care to undergo a
medically unnecessary ultrasound. As the professional association of abortion
providers in North America, the National Abortion Federation sets the standards
for quality abortion care through our evidence-based clinical policy
guidelines. Our guidelines do not require an ultrasound for first-trimester
abortion care — including medical abortion — because there is no evidence that
doing so improves patient outcomes or the safety of abortion care. Abortion is
already one of the safest medical procedures provided in the United States and
more than 1.75 million women have chosen medical abortion to safely terminate
an early pregnancy since mifepristone was approved by the FDA in 2000.
The
personal ideologies of some Indiana legislators should not trump credible
scientific evidence and the expertise of health-care providers. There is no
medical justification for SB 37, and we urge legislators to reject this
politically motivated legislation.
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