HB1333

Logic and critical thinking are the foundation of intelligence. Together they create the ability to make wise decisions throughout one's growth and development.

Any bill that would give a fetus or cluster of cells legal personhood is an ill-disguised attempt to remove the legal personhood of actual people: women. In this case, women who might be forced to carry that cluster of cells in her body against her will or against the advice of her medical doctor, or both. Protect actual women, not theoretical future people.

I oppose this bill. Personhood does not include unborn fetuses.

This bill is an attempt to undermine abortion rights,abortion rights are a part of our state constitution, if the nh committee approves this bill, it directly contradicts our state constitution, which nh has repeatedly voted against changing that particular section for a reason. Stop trying to tell women what they are allowed to do with their bodies, cause if you remove bodily autonomy from one of us, you remove bodily autonomy from all of us. Make the correct decision and shut down this targeted attack against women as if its a reasonable legal position

The governor campaigned and promised no changes to NH abortion laws. That should include back door attempts to restrict women’s rights.

This is a back door attempt to roll back abortion rights. Abortion is legal in NH and we can’t pass laws that would challenge that.

We need to stop taking away women’s rights. If we want to do that we need to be able to show that we support her after the birth and possibly an unwanted child. Think of the mental health issues a child gets from being born to a mother who does not want them. And we don’t provide adequate mental health care. Why does what other people choose to do with their life bother everyone else I thought We were live free or die?

We have to stop treating women as though they do not deserve the same rights to their bodies as men. New Hampshire should have no legislature that limits or restricts a woman’s right to choose. To put the well-being of a fetus, which to clarify: is not medically designated a person (despite religious fanatic’s best efforts) above the well-being of a woman who already has an established life with loved ones is abhorrent. The decision whether to carry a fetus to term or not, should be only up to the person carrying said fetus with advisement of her medical providers. Crusty old men who don’t even know where the clitoris is, that urine comes out of a different hole, and who are likely too embarrassed to ever buy their grand daughters tampons should not be making decisions that do not affect them.

Laws like this undermine the rights of pregnant people, limit access to sexual and reproductive health care, and control people’s abilities to build the families they want.

Part of this bill grossly distorts and misleads regarding solid science and medicine. It is not justice, This crime as described is against the person who is pregnant.

Stop it. Just stop it. The assault on women’s rights. Enough. ENOUGH. You have nothing better to do? You’ve removed public funding. You’ve reduced access. Why don’t you focus on offering services and support that might make it easier for a woman to bear and raise children. You don’t supports child care, education, school food programs. But you have time and money to spend on this.

I oppose giving fetuses legal rights. This is an attempt to outlaw abortion, and would greatly limit women’s rights to have control over their own bodies and their healthcare. Please vote against this bill.

Unacceptable.

This bill is nothing more than yet another attempt by the GOP to restrict abortion by "nibbling at the edges". Time and again, NH voters have shown their intention to keep abortion safe and legal. This is just another example of the Legislature, led by the GOP and their Free State overlords to disregard the will of the people and try to turn us into Alabama with snow. They know that outright banning it would be political suicide, so they are attempting all of these end arounds to essentially make it illegal without actually making it illegal. It's time for the voters to let them know that, see you and know what you're trying to do.

Embryos are not able to live outside the womb and therefore do not have rights as a human being

I do NOT support laws that infringe on women's rights and healthcare. These extreme bills have caused harm to families.

A fetus is not a living breathing human being and should not be treated as such when confronted with choices concerning the mother who is carrying it

Fear of legal consequences may deter providers from offering necessary treatments, even in emergencies. It will lead to confusion and dangerous inaction for cases of miscarriage and ectopic pregnancies.

I am a NH native and love this state more than most. But our moto is Live FREE or Die and by limiting a women's right to choose is not freedom. Why would I want more Government oversight into what we can and cannot do!

I oppose this bill most vehemently. Let me remind you about separation of church and state.

Abortion is legal. This bill would affect women's ability to access one. I needed one and I'm alive because I had access to one in a hospital setting. Please do more to protect women's health and less to control women's lives.

This is government over reach. Just polarizing political hooey and a waste of time. We have more important things to deal with: economy, health care and infrastructure. Get to work on something that matters!

I am testifying in opposition to HB1333 on behalf of myself. I am an ob-gyn and I am the vice-chair of New Hampshire ACOG- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. I trained at Dartmouth and now work in Concord, New Hampshire. HB 1333 does not reflect mainstream science and medicine, and would lead to confusing language and uncertain interpretation. I had a patient last week who presented to the emergency room with bleeding and a positive pregnancy test. Her ultrasound report was suggestive of a miscarriage, but not diagnostic. How can we not know whether or not she is having a miscarriage or not? Believe it or not, this happens every day. There are weeks when women may have a positive pregnancy test but there is no way to know whether they will go on to have a miscarriage, an ectopic pregnancy or a healthy pregnancy. The decisions that they make during these times of uncertainty should be made with their doctors and their families, not by legislators. Considering an embryo or a fetus to legally be a person threatens the autonomy of pregnant people and leads to the criminalization of health care professionals attempting to provide evidence-based, essential health care to pregnant patients. Requiring physicians to assess and treat patients according to legislation based on ideology rather than science, medicine, and the individual patient in front of them, gives legislators and the courts significant power over decisions made in the exam room, rather than relying on physician experts. Measures like this one use confusing and inaccurate language to create confusion and chaos in our legal system, and often result in the surveillance of and criminalization of pregnant people, including those that experience negative pregnancy outcomes like miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy and stillbirth. HB 1333 is out of touch with the will of the majority of Granite Staters, and would threaten the ability of New Hampshire to retain Ob-Gyn physicians and Ob-Gyn subspecialty physicians in our state, such as IVF providers. I urge the committee to oppose this bill.

I oppose this bill. scientifically speaking the language of this bill is grossly inaccurate.