http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014020019#start=1124&stop=3801
So now the battle moves to the state Senate (under SB6359 -- their version of the Abortion Insurance Mandate). This is where the margin is VERY SLIM, so it's critical that everyone you know starts calling state Senators. If this bill doesn’t make it out of the Senate Health Care Committee, then it won’t get a vote on the Senate floor. So step 1 is to CALL as many members of this committee right away and ask that it not receive a public hearing and not be passed out of committee (http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/HLTH/Pages/MembersStaff.aspx ). There’s maybe a 1 vote margin in this committee. PLEASE CALL these state Senators asking them to OPPOSE passage of this bill. You can simply say "Please vote no on SB6359/HB2148 because I do not want to pay for abortion!"
For more information on the details of this bill, please
scroll down to the January 27th blog posting under "Olympia".
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Meanwhile,
two other important matters were addressed this past week in the state Senate.
First, the Senate Law & Justice committee passed SB5156, Parental Notification of Abortion prior to abortions performed on girls under the age of 18, requiring a doctor to notify a parent or guardian 48 hours before performing an abortion on an underage girl. (http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5156&year=2013 ). Please contact your state Senators to urge a YES/Support vote on this bill on the Senate floor. Here’s the video of the committee hearing (http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014021042 ).
Second, a
public hearing was held on SB6434
that is legislation focused on curbing human
trafficking in our state. While you are contacting your state
Senator on the Abortion Insurance Mandate and Parental Notification of Abortion, be sure to tell them you want them
to SUPPORT passage of SB 6434 (http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6434&year=2013).
This bi-partisan bill (sex-trafficking) would further empower law enforcement
by subjecting "certain property to seizure
and forfeiture for patronizing a prostitute." Vocare board members Angela Connelly and
Annmarie Kelly provided power testimony in support of this legislation (minutes 48 thru 54 of this video). http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2014021042#start=0&stop=0
You can find your legislators at http://app.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/
Please continue reading the rest of this blogsite for other key legislative issues being addressed.
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