Support the Health Record Bill
(H.F. 290)

If you live in Minnesota, please use the below sample letter and other resources related to this issue, write a letter in your own words, and mail it to your Minnesota House representative, your Minnesota senator, and Governor Pawlenty.

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Relating to abortions; regulating retention and composition of medical records; 1.3proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.

H.F. 290 was introduced on January 26, 2009. Ann Marie Cosgrove is behind this bill (privately, not in conjunction with her non-profit pro-life organization, Silent No More Minnesota). The bill would require that all health records regarding abortion be retained for fifteen years and that an abortive woman be informed about these records. The records would include an ultrasound and the age, sex, and number of the aborted children, as well as health information regarding the woman. It's a bill for women. It would give post-abortive women access to health care information related to their abortion and help them gain closure and emotional healing.    Back to menu

Text of the Legislation

H.F. No. 290, as introduced - 86th Legislative Session (2009-2010)
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0290.0.html&session=ls86    Back to menu

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At the Minnesota State Legislature
Information for H. F. No. 290
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/bills/billnum.asp?Billnumber=HF290&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Search&ls_year=86&session_year=2009&session_number=0
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Sample Letter on This Issue

John Doe
12345 Main St
Minneapolis MN 55418-3209

February 1, 2009

The Honorable Frank Hornstein [This legislator is used just as an example for formatting.]
State Office Building Office 437
100 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Saint Paul Minnesota 55155-1298

Dear Representative Hornstein:

Subject: Please Support Health Record Bill H.F. 290

This bill, which would require that all health records regarding abortion be retained for fifteen years and that an abortive woman be informed about these records, is an important one for women. It would give post-abortive women access to health care information related to their abortion and help them gain closure and emotional healing.

The records would include an ultrasound and the age, sex, and number of the aborted children, as well as health information regarding the woman.

There is no need for abortion records to be destroyed as early as they too often are today. Abortion records should be available commensurate with the availability of other health records.

There is no right to privacy that is more important than these health records being available to the many women who will want them and find them helpful.

Indirectly, this bill would also help reduce abortions, because the more a post-abortive woman heals, the fewer abortions she will have.

Thank you for your consideration of my position on this important issue. I would appreciate a response to my letter.

Sincerely,
[Signature]
John Doe    Back to menu

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