The House Bill 5127: Reproductive Health Care Act is SCHEDULED

The House version of the Reproductive Health Care Act (House Bill 5127) will be heard THIS Tuesday, January 29thalong with the weaker version of the bill (House Bill 5125) and a couple of bills using trumped up rhetoric to attack access to care.

It is critical that we be there IN FORCE to show our support for the RHCA – no substitutes and make it clear that we want to see the bill passed THIS YEAR!

We need you there in your red or pink. Meet us at 3:00pm and be ready to make your voice heard. Be with us at this critical moment. Together, we will draw the line and make it clear that people are fighting back – and that Rhode Islanders are not content to watch our rights be trampled on or taken away at the federal level or ignored in our own state.

Click HERE to learn more and to join us!

Time: Please arrive at 4 p.m. The hearings will begin around 4: 30 p.m. (If you are going to arrive after 5 — let us know and we can sign you up to testify)

Please plan to be at the State House for a long time. If we pack the place we need to allow time for the hearings to happen.

We will make sure there are snacks and beverages to keep us going!

The Hearing will take place in: Room 101

Details on the RHCA H-5127: THIS IS THE BILL WE SUPPORT! (ALL OTHERS WE DO NOT SUPPORT.)

House Bill No. 5127

BY Ajello, Blazejewski, Casimiro, Craven, Fogarty

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY – THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE ACT {LC91/1} (Codifies the current state of the law on reproductive rights in Rhode Island by incorporating the protections set forth in Roe v. Wade limiting restrictions on an individual’s decision to terminate a pregnancy.)

Other bills being heard:

House Bill No. 5125 This is an alternate repro freedom bill which has significant problems; please state that key aspects of this bill (the RPA) must be fixed. If they are not, we will oppose it. (See ACLU’s attached document regarding the RPA attached here)

BY Williams, Blazejewski, Alzate, Barros, Shanley

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY – THE REPRODUCTIVE PRIVACY ACT {LC518/1} (Serves to codify the privacy rights guaranteed by the decision reached in the United States Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) and its progeny.)

Please emphatically state your opposition to the following bills:

House Bill No. 5114

BY Corvese, Azzinaro, Vella-Wilkinson, Fellela, Costantino

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY — THE RHODE ISLAND UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION FROM DISMEMBERMENT ABORTION ACT {LC259/1} (Defines and prohibits dismemberment abortions with certain exceptions.)

House Bill No. 5198

BY McLaughlin, Corvese, Serodio, Vella-Wilkinson, Hull

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY – THE RHODE ISLAND RIGHT TO LIFE ACT OF 2019 {LC888/1} (Provides the right to life is guaranteed by the state of Rhode Island and is vested in each person at fertilization.)

House Resolution No. 5199

BY McLaughlin, Corvese, Hull, Fellela

ENTITLED, HOUSE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE FETUS AS A HUMAN LIFE UPON THE EXISTENCE OF A HEARTBEAT {LC1021/1}