Maggie Maybe<p>Please SUPPORT <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/HB606" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HB606</span></a> Right to Medically Advisable Sterilization</p><p>To support in person, please come to the committee hearing:<br>Date: Mar 12, 2025<br>Time: 09:30 AM </p><p>Legislative Office Building<br>Room 202-204<br>33 North State St<br>Concord, NH 03301</p><p>To log remote support or send remote testimony, go to:</p><p><a href="https://gc.nh.gov/house/committees/remotetestimony/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gc.nh.gov/house/committees/rem</span><span class="invisible">otetestimony/</span></a></p><p>And enter the following information as requested: </p><p>Date: MARCH 12</p><p>Committee: HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES AND ELDERLY AFFAIRS</p><p>BILL: HB 606, 9:30am</p><p>You would be commenting as a member of the public, speaking for yourself.</p><p>Choose: SUPPORT</p><p>If you would like to include personal testimony with any links to support your position you would upload an attachment or type into the text box at this time.</p><p>Click SUBMIT</p><p>To read the bill as introduced:<br><a href="https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=889&inflect=2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo</span><span class="invisible">.aspx?id=889&inflect=2</span></a></p><p>The amendment reads as: </p><p>329:31-c Right to Appropriate Reproductive Care for Medical Conditions.</p><p> I. If a patient who is 18 years of age or older has a medical condition for which a medically advisable course of treatment or precautionary measure may include a procedure or medication that leaves the patient sterile or unable to have children, the physician shall not deny the treatment on the basis of age, number of children, marital status, or the physician's speculation of the patient's reproductive intentions contrary to the patient's statement. The physician may require the patient to sign an informed consent and waive all damages from the procedure related to sterilization. A physician who violates this right may be disciplined pursuant to chapter. </p><p>II. A patient who has signed an informed consent or a waiver and proceeds with appropriate reproductive care for a medical condition shall have no civil right of action against any health care provider or health care institution on the basis of the patient being rendered sterile or unable to have children. T<br>his paragraph shall not provide immunity against any purposeful, reckless, or negligent act of a health care provider or health care institution.</p><p> III. For purposes of this section, "medical condition" means any disease, disorder, syndrome, symptoms, genetic predisposition or family medical history, or the state of being medicated, that either affect the reproductive system, or make reproduction not advisable either for the medical interest of the patient or for potential children. "Appropriate reproductive care for a medical condition" shall include the following: a hysterectomy (uterus), oophorectomy (ovaries), orchiectomy (testicles), salpingectomy (fallopian tubes), endometrial ablation, or medications that may affect fertility. </p><p>2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/NH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NH</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/WomensHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealthcare</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/BodyAutonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BodyAutonomy</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/hysterectomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hysterectomy</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/bisalp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bisalp</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Endometriosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Endometriosis</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/endo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endo</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/vasectomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vasectomy</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/childfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>childfree</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a></p>