Abortion is legal. This bill makes obtaining a safe and legal abortion difficult. The decision of whether to have an abortion or not should be one that the woman makes. The only role government should have is protecting the right of the patient by ensuring that this and all other surgical procedures are safe. What I hear over and over is that some citizens do not want tax dollars to pay for abortions. Society either pays for an abortion or pays for public services to raise the child from infancy to adulthood, to old age and death. We all pay, regardless of the choice the woman makes. I would choose my tax dollars to go towards providing that choice to each woman so that it can be made safely. Deborah Y. Jung