Nationwide in 2011, mothers, aided and abetted by physicians, murdered their unborn children at a rate of 1 every 2.28 minutes. HB 483-FN (which the legislature didn’t have to time calculate) seeks to insert 24 hours between an unborn child and its destruction by adapting, for all extents and purposes, the American Medical Association’s concept of informed consent below (emphasis mine):
Informed consent is more than simply getting a patient to sign a written consent form. It is a process of communication between a patient and physician that results in the patient’s authorization or agreement to undergo a specific medical intervention.
In the communications process, you, as the physician providing or performing the treatment and/or procedure (not a delegated representative), should disclose and discuss with your patient:
- The patient’s diagnosis, if known;
- The nature and purpose of a proposed treatment or procedure;
- The risks and benefits of a proposed treatment or procedure;
- Alternatives (regardless of their cost or the extent to which the treatment options are covered by health insurance);
- The risks and benefits of the alternative treatment or procedure; and
- The risks and benefits of not receiving or undergoing a treatment or procedure.
In turn, your patient should have an opportunity to ask questions to elicit a better understanding of the treatment or procedure, so that he or she can make an informed decision to proceed or to refuse a particular course of medical intervention.
This communications process, or a variation thereof, is both an ethical obligation and a legal requirement spelled out in statutes and case law in all 50 states.
Abortion is not birth control.
The hearing is today in the HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE at 1:30, in the Legislative Office Building, Room 201-203