HomeMy WebLinkAbout20130333.tiffSusan Brown
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013 10:31 AM
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From: D NELSON [mailto:darlene.nelson@msn.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 8:53 AM
To: Jennifer Fuller
Subject: County Commissioners' Decision
I am forwarding this email to you as it doesn't seem that I can send an email to the individual commissioners from your
website without certain software not available to me. I would appreciate it if you would please forward this email to the
commissioners for their consideration and forward the commissioners' email addresses to me. Thank you! Darlene Nelson
To the Weld County Commissioners:
The Colorado Independent recently uncovered a decision by the Weld County Commission to cease providing emergency
contraception in county health department clinics.
The public were not informed of the meeting where this decision occurred, nor were they informed about the decision
after it was made.
It is unacceptable that the citizens of Weld County were not allowed public comment on this decision and further
unacceptable that no medical professionals were consulted on the veracity of claims that emergency contraception is an
abortifacient.
If medical experts had been consulted, the Commission would have learned that emergency contraception works just like
other forms of hormonal birth control - by preventing ovulation.
Another expert could have informed the Commission that Colorado has a clear definition of emergency contraception
enshrined in state law. Perhaps they could have also heard that Weld County's teen birth rate is 3% higher than the state
average, and because of the Commission's decision, there are now only TWO locations in the entire county where women
can access low-cost emergency contraception.
Access to a full range of contraceptive options keeps women and families healthy and saves the county month. The
Commissioners should revisit this decision, in a public meeting, with expert medical testimony. The women and families of
Weld County deserve a commission committed to transparency and a healthy community.
Wouldn't it be absolutely wonderful to see what a country we might all experience if every child that was born was
wanted, planned for, and loved? I think so!
Sincerely,
Darlene K. Nelson
1455 44th Ave Place
Greeley, CO 80634
970-336-1233
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