As a proponent of women's reproductive rights, it is past time we address some of the most recent legislation passed that sought to restrict one's access to reproductive healthcare or introduce language meant to intimidate doctors and/or patients.
First, this would reinstate the
Right to Choose Act, a law repealed out of absurd pretenses that doing so was a necessary trade-off to re-authorize medical euthanasia as a certified practice throughout Atlasia. RTC was a vital tool to protect healthcare in all regions, cementing reproductive care as a fundamental right for all Atlasian citizens while preserving the regional right to regulate pregnancy termination under certain circumstances.
Next, this proposal would repeal two bills designed as anti-abortion propaganda:
SB 118-40 and
SB 118-61. The former, a thinly-veiled attempt to intimidate doctors under the guise of "infanticide" fearmongering, is intended to sow fear and disinformation over an extremely safe medical procedure and, by introducing criminal penalties for medical professionals, has made it more burdensome for doctors to go into the reproductive healthcare field. The latter claims to prohibit abortions conducted due to "race, ethnicity, sex, or sexual orientation" (c'mon, now), however, as discussed in the original bill's debate, it is impossible for one to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a medical procedure was conducted due to "hate".
Finally, this modifies the
Preservation of the Most Vulnerable Act to ensure women may still seek an end to their pregnancy if the fetus is experiencing a severe anomaly, syndrome, or disease that would likely result in death.
