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The Connecticut Department of Public Health hosted a <\/span>public hearing<\/span><\/a> on a <\/span>proposed regulation<\/span><\/a> to remove<\/em> both long-standing \u201cborn alive\u201d protections for infants who survive abortion, and conscience protections for providers and other regulatory provisions. <\/span>The hearing was held on September 4, 2024, at their offices in Hartford. The hearing officer and staff listened to over<\/span> two hours of sometimes heated, in-person and Zoom testimony<\/span><\/a>, mostly from women against<\/em> the <\/span>proposed regulation<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“A right to live”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Connecticut State Representative Brian Lanoue<\/span><\/a> (pronounced \u201cLanoo\u201d) strongly urged the Department to resist making changes that deserve \u201clegislative deliberation,\u201d in order to preserve \u201cchecks and balances.\u201d He noted that on the \u201copening day\u201d of the legislature he \u201cswore an oath\u201d to \u201cprotect and defend the Constitution of the United States,\u201d and that that included \u201clife.\u201d He reasoned that if the purpose of abortion is to \u201cend a pregnancy,\u201d then as \u201csoon as that baby is out of the womb that pregnancy is over… mission accomplished\u201d that \u201cat that point, if that baby is alive . . . that baby has a right to live.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Representative Lanoue was referencing the <\/span>current proposed regulation<\/span><\/a>\u2019s revisions that would remove several protections for nascent life, including \u201cnewborns\u201d who survive abortion. Current section (g) of the regulation states: \u201cIf the newborn shows signs of life following an abortion, those appropriate measures used to support life in a premature infant shall be employed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Pro-abortion rep denies reality, says abortion merely “ends a pregnancy”<\/strong><\/p>\n

One <\/span>legislator<\/span><\/a> and leader of a pro-abortion caucus, Representative Gillian Gilchrest, stated that she was refusing to \u201cread it out loud because of how inflammatory it is,\u201d and that abortion simply \u201cends a pregnancy\u201d \u2014 and therefore, the section was \u201canti-abortion rhetoric and not at all medically accurate.\u201d She asserted that the removal of the section was necessary to bring the regulation up to current \u201cbest practices\u201d for a patient\u2019s medical care.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It did not take long for another female commentator <\/span>to respond<\/span><\/a> that \u201cleaving a born human being on the table to die is not healthcare\u201d and that the other patient \u201cis dead,\u201d and that does not qualify as \u201csuccessful\u201d for the patient who died.<\/span><\/p>\n

Department of Public Health caves to pro-abortion pressure to eliminate infant protections<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Department of Public Health was pressured by abortion advocates and providers to depart from their original <\/span>regulatory proposal<\/span><\/a> last year. Initially, the Department intended to only expand the category of persons allowed to perform an abortion to include midwives, nurses and physician assistants to \u201censure conformity\u201d with a new Public Act 22-19.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But after <\/span>receiving<\/span><\/a> pressure from supporters of abortion, including the <\/span>Connecticut Hospital Association<\/span><\/a>, the Democrat-appointed <\/span>Commissioner Manisha Juthani, MD<\/span><\/a> expanded the regulation to remove the \u201cborn alive\u201d protections of section (h) and other critical protections. <\/span><\/p>\n

Testimony from a <\/span>Planned Parenthood representative<\/span><\/a> during the public hearing state,d \u201cOn August 31st, 2023, Planned Parenthood of Southern New England submitted extensive comments during the first comment period on how the proposed regulation could be further amended to improve abortion access in Connecticut….” \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These comments remain unpublished, but affected the Commissioner\u2019s decision to eliminate protections for infants born alive, in a post-public-comment period <\/span>version<\/span><\/a> of the regulation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Conscience protections for health care providers removed<\/strong><\/p>\n

Conscience protections for health care providers were also removed in the proposed regulation.\u00a0 Section (f) of Connecticut\u2019s current regulation states \u201cNo person shall be required to participate in any phase of an abortion that violates the provider\u2019s judgment, philosophical, moral or religious beliefs.\u201d\u00a0 The \u201c<\/span>right of a provider to refuse participation in any phase of an abortion is already protected by federal laws<\/span><\/a>,\u201d according to Representative Gilchrest.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Deacon Dave Reynolds, who <\/span>testified<\/span><\/a> on behalf of the Connecticut Catholic Conference, responded that \u201c46 states have conscience protections,\u201d and that if removed, \u201cConnecticut would be an outlier . . in terms of protection.\u201d He also stated that Connecticut providers would need to seek recourse through the federal system instead of a local agency \u2014 and that would be a burden.<\/span><\/p>\n

In their <\/span>comments<\/span><\/a> to the Department, the Connecticut State Hospital Association asked: \u201cWhat is the statutory basis for the proposed regulatory language that would allow providers to choose not to participate in the performance of an abortion as health care based on the provider\u2019s beliefs?\u201d\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Much of their testimony revolved around questioning the statutory authority to regulate abortion by the Department in such a manner. But the answer lies in the fact that Connecticut\u2019s abortion regulation <\/span>pre-dates the passage<\/span><\/a> of their state abortion statute. The statute was only passed dozens of years after Roe v. Wade<\/em>, as states sought to codify the infamous decision. So when Connecticut finally did pass a statute in the 1990s, legislators were likely relying on existing regulations that were considered existing state law and did not duplicate them entirely in the new statute.<\/span><\/p>\n

Third-trimester abortion restrictions removed<\/strong><\/p>\n

A third controversial provision removed in the proposed regulation restricts abortion in the third trimester. Section (h) interprets a statutory limitation on abortions after \u201cviability.\u201d It states: \u201cDuring the third trimester of pregnancy, abortions may be performed only when necessary to preserve the life or health of the expectant mother.\u201d The third trimester generally starts around week 28, but according to an article from <\/span>Live Action News<\/span><\/a>, \u201c<\/span>new studies are showing increasing survival rates \u2014 about 20% at 22 weeks\u201d for premature infants.\u00a0 For hospitals that specialize in premature infants, utilizing \u201cwomb type\u201d spaces that are dark and conducive to a developing infant, the survival rate can be as high as 60%. <\/span><\/p>\n

Some testified at the public hearing that instead of removing this section, the regulation should be updated to include infants born before the final trimester.<\/span><\/p>\n

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, who oversees the Department of Public Health as part of the executive branch, told the <\/span>Hartford Courant<\/span><\/a> in their coverage about the proposed regulation, that \u201cI hope it\u2019s not a solution looking for a problem,\u201d and that, according to the Courant, \u201che did not have all the details about the hearing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Gretchen Raffa, Vice President, Public Policy, Advocacy & Organizing for Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, <\/span>tweeted<\/span><\/a> \u201c<\/span>Now, it’s up to our elected officials to pass the updated regulation without delay, building on the progress we made in 2022 with the Reproductive Freedom Defense Act (PA 22-19).\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>Public comments<\/span><\/a> on the proposed regulation continue to be received until September 20, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

Urge Walmart, Costco, Kroger, and other major chains to resist pressure to dispense the abortion pill<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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