October 28, 2008 08:08 PM UTC

Are We Understood?

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• by: Sarah from No On 48

Are we understood about what the nightmare scenarios of Amendment 48 passing would be?

The following is one of my favorite commercials for No on 48. Earlier the ACLU did a commercial for us, we have various others support the fight against 48 but this one I like because it shows what exactly the outcome of 48 would be and how this amendment is destructive in very common situations.

Jen needed a common procedure to cure a common situation. She had a tubal pregnancy that could kill her and would definitely harm the pregnancy. If Amendment 48 were law in Colorado, this common procedure would have complicated things and her surgery would have been delayed. Imagine getting pregnant in literally the wrong place, at the wrong time and having your life endangered because of it. All you need is a common procedure so you can move on with your life but no, your doctor has to fill out a report, get a second opinion to ensure that there is no possibility of viability, there has to be more paperwork, maybe insurance won’t cover it anymore because we know that’s how insurance companies work, etc etc. This scenario can go on and on. It’s totally realistic to indulge in speculation about logical and probable outcomes of a sneaky Amendment to the Colorado Constitution.  

Ectopic pregnancy is not a situation where the details are always the same. Efforts to legislate it post 48 would be impossible and irregular.

There is just no way (nor any reason) to legislate against women’s health care when the factors in each situation are totally different and unpredictable from the next. Vote NO on 48 because it really does just go too far.