{"id":4198,"date":"2011-06-28T13:26:27","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T17:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/blog\/?p=4198"},"modified":"2013-03-30T06:47:42","modified_gmt":"2013-03-30T10:47:42","slug":"north-carolina-governor-vetoes-informed-consent-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/north-carolina-governor-vetoes-informed-consent-law\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina Governor vetoes informed consent law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><!-- p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman; min-height: 15.0px} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 22.0px; font: 14.0px Times New Roman} span.s1 {letter-spacing: 0.0px} span.s2 {font: 12.0px Times New Roman; letter-spacing: 0.0px} span.s3 {text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #000099} -->On Monday, North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue vetoed a measure designed to make more information readily available for women considering an abortion. The legislation includes a 24-hour waiting period, mandated access to ultrasound, and a list of important information abortion doctors are required to tell their patients.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4201\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4201\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4201\" title=\"Beverly Perdue\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Beverly-Perdue-300x203.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Governor Perdue defended her veto by arguing that the bill interferes with the doctor-patient relationship.<\/p>\n<p>According to Reuters,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;This bill is a <strong>dangerous<\/strong> intrusion into the confidential relationship that exists between women and their doctors,&#8221; the Democratic governor said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The bill contains provisions that are the <strong>most extreme<\/strong> in the nation in terms of interfering with that relationship.&#8221; [emphasis mine]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Upon reading the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncga.state.nc.us\/Sessions\/2011\/Bills\/House\/PDF\/H854v1.pdf\">actual legislation<\/a>, it is difficult to find the \u201cextreme\u201d interferences mentioned by Governor Perdue. Doctors are required to give essential information to their their patients. This includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The name of the doctor who will perform the abortion<\/li>\n<li>The medical risks of the particular abortion<\/li>\n<li>The probable gestational age of the unborn child<\/li>\n<li>That ultrasound imaging and other printed information is available<\/li>\n<li>That the woman has other alternatives to the abortion procedure such as adoption or keeping the baby<\/li>\n<li>That the woman is free to withdraw her consent to the abortion at any time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Doctors are also required to perform an ultrasound on their patients and provide a medical description of the ultrasound images.<\/p>\n<p>Do these requirements sound like the country\u2019s \u201cmost extreme\u201d interferences in the doctor-patient relationship? Doctors should give their patients basic information before performing any procedure. Patients have a right to know and weigh their options. The bill simply makes this standard procedure a requirement, thereby protecting women from the pressures or negligence of abortion providers. The North Carolina legislation is not the first of its kind either; twenty-five other states have adopted similar laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChoice\u201d is defined as \u201can act of selecting or making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities.\u201d Letting a patient know her options is as pro-choice as it comes. And yet, the pro-abortion lobby continues to fight against laws like the one in North Carolina. The reason is obvious&#8212;these laws historically lead to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/reports\/2007\/02\/analyzing-the-effect-of-state-legislation-on-the-incidence-of-abortion-among-minors\">reductions in the number of abortions<\/a>. Live Action\u2019s investigations have repeatedly shown that the primary concern of abortion providers is not to help women, but to sell abortion at whatever the cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue vetoed a measure designed to make more information readily available for women considering an abortion. The legislation includes a 24-hour waiting period, mandated access to ultrasound, and a list of important information abortion doctors are required to tell their patients. 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