%REPUBLICAN
LAWMAKERS
IN
%WISCONSIN
HAVE
BROKEN
WITH
%ANTI-ABORTION
GROUPS
BY
%INTRODUCING A
BILL
ALLOWING
%BROADER ACCESS T
O
BIRTH CONTROL.
%IN
TONIGHT'S
LOOK
AHEAD,
A
BILL
%SUPPORTED BY
THE
LEGISLATURES
%INCLUDING
SPEAKER ROBIN
VOS
%WOULD ALLOW
PHARMACISTS
TO
%PRESCRIBE B
IRTH
CONTROL
PILLS
%AND
HORMONAL
CONTRACEPTIVE
%PATCHES.
%LEAD
SPONSOR
REPUBLICAN
%REPRESENTATIVE
MARY
FELZKOWSKI
%JOINS
US
BY
PHONE.
%THANK YOU
FOR
DOING
SO.
%>> THANK YOU FOR
HAVE
!
ING
ME
ON.
%>>
SO
WHY
DO
YOU
AND
OTHERS
%THINK WOMEN SHOULD
BE
ABLE
T
O
%GET CON ACCEPT TIFS FROM
!
CONTRACEPTIVES FROM A
%PHARMACIST AND
NOT
THEIR
DOCTOR?%>>
WHEN YOU
NEED
A
DOCTOR TO
%PRESCRIBE
IT,
THERE'S
CERTAIN
%CRITERIA
THAT
GOES IN
THERE
AS
%WELL IN THE
SAFETY
OF
THE
DRUG.
%OVER
THE
YEARS
SINCE
THE
BIRTH
%CONTROL
BILL
WAS FIRST
%INTRODUCED, BACK IN
THE
60s,
%IT
HAD
A
HIGH
LEVEL OF
HORMONES
%AND
THERE
WERE
SIDE
EFFECTS TO
%IT.
%BUT OVER
THE
YEARS
AS
SCIENTISTS
%HAVE COME
FARTHER,
THERE'S
VERY
%LOW
LEVEL
OF
HORMONES
INVOLVED%IN IT.
%IF I GO TO THE DOCTOR
FOR
THE%FIRST TIME
FOR
BIRTH
CONTROL,%THEY'RE GOING TO
TAKE
MY
BROTHER
%AND DO
A
HEALTH
FITTING.
%THEY'RE
GOING
TO
LOOK
AT
WHAT
%OTHER DRUGS
I'M
ON
AND
THEN
%THEY'RE GOING
TO
RECOMMEND%WHETHER OR NOT I
SHOULD
BE ON
%THE
BIRTH
CONTROL
PILL
OR
ORAL
%CONTRACEPTION.
%PHARMACISTS ARE TRAINED TO
DO
%THE
EXACT
SAME
THING.
%THEY KNOW
HOW
DRUGS
INTERACT
%WITH EACH
OTHER,
THEY
KNOW
IF
%SOMEBODY
HAS HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE
%THEY
MIGHT
NEED TO
HAVE
SOME
%FURTHER
EXAM
AND
STUFF
ON
THAT.
%SO
WE
LOOKED
AT
THIS
AND
SAID
--
%I
MEAN
THERE'S
RISK
WITH
%EVERYTHING WHENEVER
YOU TAKE
A
%DRUG
BUT
IF
THEY'RE
WAITING
FOR
%WOMEN
TO
ACCESS
THIS
AND
EASILY
%ACCESS
IT,
FAR
OUTWEIGHS
THE
%CHALLENGES THAT ARE OUT
THERE.
%AND KEEP
I
N
MIND
THE
PLAN B
OR
%THE
MORNING
AFTER
PILL
HAS SEVEN
%TIMES
THE
HORMONE
LEVEL
THAT
%MOST
ORAL
CONTRACEPTIONS
HAVE
%AND YET
YOU
DON'T
EACH
HAVE
TO
%GO
THROUGH
THE
PHARMACIST,
YOU
%CAN WALK IN AND BUY
IT
OFF
THE
%SHELF.
%SO
IT
JUST
MAKES SENSE
TO
MAKE
%THIS
AVAILABLE FOR
WOMEN A LOT
%EASIER THROUGH THE HELP OF
A
%PHARMACIST.%>> SO WHAT
ARE
THE
SPECIFIC
%RULES AROUND
THIS
FOR
A
%PRESCRIBING
PHARMACIST?%>>
SO
IT'S
NOT
A
MANDATE
FOR
%PHARMACISTS.
%THIS IS
OPTIONAL IF
THEY
WANT
TO
%OFFER THE
SERVICE, SO IF
I
COME
%IN
THERE,
THEY
WOULD
HAVE
TO
DO
%A
HEALTH
SCREENING
ON
ME,
A
%QUESTIONNAIRE,
AND
THEN BLOOD%PRESSURE BEFORE THEY
WOULD BE
%ABLE TO
GIVE
TO
ME
,
THE
%PRESCRIPTION.%>>
SOME
CONSERVATIVES
AND
%ANTIABORTION GROUPS, AS
YOU
%KNOW,
OPPOSE
BROADENING
%CONTRACEPTIVE ACCESS
INCLUDING
%WISCONSIN
FAMILY
ACTION WHICH
%SAYS,
QUOTE,
INCREASING
THE
%AVAILABILITY OF
CERTAIN
%CONTRACEPTIVES
WILL NOT
%NECESSARILY
REDUCE
UNINTENDED
%PREGNANCIES
BUT
COULD
DEFINITELY
%INCREASE
UNWANTED
SEXUAL
%ACTIVITY
A
SITUATION NOT IN THE
%INDIVIDUAL'S BEST INTEREST OR%
THE
STATE'S.
%IN
ADDITION,
SOME
%CONTRACEPTIVES -- WHICH
CAUSES
A
%PRETERM
CHEMICAL ABORTION
%KILLING THE
UNBORN
HUMAN
BABY.
%WE DO
NOT
SUPPORT
SUCH
%CONTRACEPTIVES.%WHAT DO YOU
SAY
TO
THAT?%>>
SO
WE
HEARD
TESTIMONY,
%SCIENTIFIC
TESTIMONY
AND
REPORT,
%YOU
KNOW,
THAT
WHAT
THE
BIRTH
%CONTROL
PILL
DOES
IS
IT
THICKENS
%THE MUCUS
LINING ON
THE
UTERINE
%WALL,
OKAY,
WHICH
PREVENTS
A
%SPERM FROM
ACTUALLY
REACHING
THE
%EGG
AND
FROM
CONTRACEPTION TO
%TAKE PLACE.
%AND
IF
THIS
IS
TRUE,
AND
THIS
%WAS
POINTED
OUT
BY ONE OF THE
%SCIENTISTS THAT
TESTIFIED, SO
IF
%WHAT THEY'RE
SAYING
IS
TRUE, WE
%WOULD
HAVE
MORE
ECTOPIC
OR
%TUBULAR
PREGNANCIES, SO
IT'S
NOT
%TRUE.
%LET
ME
JUST
CLARIFY, I
AM
100%
%PRO-LIFE.
%100%.
%100 OTHER
DEVELOPED
COUNTRIES
%HAVE
DONE
THIS.
%OTHER STATES
HAVE DONE
THIS.
%AND ONE OF THE
EXAMPLES THAT
WAS
%GIVEN IS
THE
UNPLANNED
PREGNANCY
%RATE
IN
DENVER,
COLORADO
SINCE
%THEY HAVE
GONE
TO
THIS
HAS
%DROPPED
BY
50%.
%SO
IN
MY
MIND,
IT
GIVES
YOUNG
%WOMEN,
ESPECIALLY YOUNG WOMEN
IN
%POVERTY, IT GIVES
THEM
MORE
%CONTROL
ABOUT PLANNING ON
WHEN
%THEY'RE GOING TO
HAVE
THEIR
%CHILD.
%AND
BY
ALLOWING
THAT, IF
WE
CAN
%GET
KIDS
THROUGH
HIGH
SCHOOL,
%LET
THEM
GET
THEIR DEGREE,
%HOPEFULLY MAYBE
GET
SOME
%SECONDARY EDUCATION AND OUT IN
%THE
WORKFORCE
BEFORE
THEY
PLAN
%TO
HAVE
THEIR
CHILDREN,
WE
TAKE
%THEM OUT
OF
THAT
LIFETIME
OF
%POVERTY.
%YOUNG WOMEN
UNDER THE
AGE
OF 20
%THAT
HAVE
CHILDREN OUT
OF
%WEDLOCK
ARE
75%
MORE
LIKELY
TO
%LIVE
THEIR
LIFE
IN
POVERTY
THAN%OUT OF
POVERTY.%>>
WITH
JUST
ABOUT
30 SECONDS
%LEFT,
CAN
I
ASK
WHETHER
YOU
%CONSIDER
THIS A
BREAK
WITH
%GROUPS
LIKE
PRO-LIFE
WISCONSIN
%AND
WISCONSIN
FAMILY
ACTION?%>>
NO,
I
PERSONALLY
DON'T.
%BUT
THEY
DO.
%SO
EVERYBODY'S
ENTITLED
TO
THEIR
%OPINION.
%SO
NO,
OUR
CAUCUS
IS
%PREDOMINANTLY
100%
PRO-LIFE
AND
%THIS
IS
SUPPORTED
BY
OUR
CAUCUS.%>> ALL RIGHT.
%I KNOW THAT.
%THANK YOU VERY
MUCH,
%REPRESENTATIVE
MARY
FELZKOWSKI%OF
IRMA,
THANKS FOR
JOINING
US.
%>>
YOU
BET.