The
2007 session of the Wyoming state legislature
begins on Tuesday,
January 9. Right to Life of Wyoming will be
monitoring legislation on key
pro-life issues and will support some bills,
oppose others, and seek to
amend bills to alleviate concerns we have with
them.
At this time, Right to
Life of Wyoming supports:
* HB 79, the Abortion
Reporting bill sponsored by Rep. Bob Brechtel.
Wyoming is one of just a handful
of states that doesn't make a public
report on basic information about abortions.
This legislation would require
the state health department to make public
its annual report on abortion by providing
it to a legislative panel. The information
in the report would not
identify the names, addresses or any other
information about the identity of
the women having abortions. Instead, it would
provide basic information
about the number of and types of abortions
done in Wyoming and other information.
Abortion
advocates claim the report will be used to
harass women who
have abortions, even though they can't be
identified by the redacted data
and even though women aren't harassed in the
numerous states with
annual public abortion reports. Also, RTLW
takes a strong stand against
harassing women who have abortions as we understand
how abortion hurts women medically, emotionally
and spiritually.
The information in the reports will assist
RTLW, state lawmakers, and other groups in
determining the best ways to reduce the number
of abortions in Wyoming and to help women
with unplanned pregnancies.
Please call your state representative
and senator and urge strong support
for HB 79, the abortion reporting bill.
Other information on legislation
will be added when additional bills are
introduced.
