Arizona House Passes Bill Permitting Doctors to Withhold Prenatal Information From Women

Last month, when the Arizona Senate passed SB1359, the "wrongful birth" bill, I wrote this:

The Arizona Senate passed a bill (SB1359) this week that allows doctors to withhold from pregnant women information regarding prenatal problems because disclosing that information might lead to an abortion.

Seriously.

From Addicting Info:

It’s called a “wrongful birth” bill and it’s all about preventing women from having an abortion, even if it kills them. The Arizona Senate passed a bill this week that gives doctors a free pass to not inform pregnant women of prenatal problems because such information could lead to an abortion.

In other words, doctors can intentionally keep critical health information from pregnant women and can’t be sued for it. According to the Arizona Capitol Times, “the bill’s sponsor is Republican Nancy Barto of Phoenix. She says allowing the medical malpractice lawsuits endorses the idea that if a child is born with a disability, someone is to blame.” So Republicans are banning lawsuits against doctors who keep information from pregnant women so as to prevent them from choosing to have an abortion.

is this where we are as a country?  We're withholding medical information from women because that information might lead to abortions while simultaneously passing bills in state after state with such pithy names as "Right to Know" or "Right to Know and See" or "Informed Consent" the claimed purpose of which is to make sure women are fully informed?  And not only are we withholding information, but we're immunizing doctors from liability?

What the hell?

Today, the House passed the SB1359, sending the bill on its way to Governor Brewer.

And to think, Republicans seem confused about this "War on Women" business. Women are doing well! Democrats manufactured the war on women to scare up votes! The war on women is as fictional as the !

Yeah right.  We women are so hysterical.

***link to Team Uterati Wiki page for Arizona.