January 19, 2016

How Would Passage of the Act to Protect the Privacy of Health Care Decisions Effect a Woman’s Right to Manage or Terminate Her Pregnancy?

Passage of the Act to Protect the Privacy of Health Care Decisions essentially reiterates the right to privacy first proclaimed in Roe v Wade and enshrined in Article One of the California Constitution.  Terminating or keeping a pregnancy is certainly a health care decision as well as moral decision. Both types of decisions are private and solely the purview of the individual who has the condition that necessitates making the decision.  The government, no matter how well intentioned, has no more right to enter the bedroom or mind of anyone than any other stranger.