Quick senator, mr. Majority leader, senator kearns, how do you vote . Senator bullock . Yes, mr. President , i rise to explain my vote. Please proceed. It is an unusual for arizona to generate headlines in mid november, 2022, phoenix, arizona made national headlines. In one article the headline read body of preborn child down set ablaze in phoenix oma scam. Later we learned the body was of a deceased preborn child estimated to be between 20 and 24 weeks. As many people know, a child of this age born prematurely would have had a chance of survival. Yet, in january of 2023 their Current Governor threat in the legislation that she would support homeless pregnant women like the homeless pregnant women services. Since 2018 the states budget included dollars for the services that supports nonprofits. If you arent familiar with maggies place, they support pregnant homeless women throughout their pregnancy and their childrens first year of life. Maggies place has for maternity homes throughout the valley and is a help or resources in the central phoenix area. Some of these homeless, pregnant women might have a Substance Abuse disorder, fleeing a horrific Domestic Abuse situation or are survivors of Human Trafficking. It cost 26,000 a year to house with one mom. But with inflation costs continuing to rise, it has created challenges for this local nonprofit. It. Like other nonprofits in arizona families, they have a hard time keeping their food pantrys to up dog. It feeds current women and graduates of the program. There is a huge demand from homeless pregnant women who need the resources provided by maggies place. In march of 2023 it was reported that maggies place receives 20 calls a week from women actively seeking resources in housing. Last year state budget that was passed in june did not include any money to help these most vulnerable arizona residents. Homelessness is often a complex issue, not always with one solution. The women who stay at maggie place is strong, independent mothers. They were awarded 100 thousand dollars annually. Due to rising amounts it doubled in price. This was something part of the state budget. Apparently the reason why the Current Governor cut the funding from last years budget was because the grant money could not be granted for abortion Referral Services or distributed to entities that promote, refer or perform abortions. Programs like maggies plays were designed to help homeless pregnant moms maintain pregnancy and have a healthy birth and healthy baby. These women and families have chosen to parent over getting an abortion. They need special care. Our governor used to be a social worker, she should understand how critical it is for these homeless, pregnant moms to get the care, nutrition and housing they need to thrive. What hobbes did last year was leave them homeless pregnant women on the streets instead of ensuring they had access for tools to be confident and successful parent. Their Current Governor chose abortion over supporting those vulnerable homeless pregnant women as a legislator in the previous governor had done for the last legislative sessions since 2018. By way of explain my vote i would like to share the chronicle of three pregnancies. Pregnancy number one, a time not too long ago a young working woman felt like she was coming down with the flu. After two or three days of taking the flu medication she decided maybe she should take a pregnancy test, even though she looked at her calendar and it seemed too early to determine if you might be pregnant. She wrote to the store and bought a pregnancy test, the test was positive, but she figured she would take the second test to verify solidity. She was both elated and nervous. Morning sickness became a real issue, she learned of her pregnancy around week three. Everything made her nauseous. How is she supposed to drive to work and carry on . She ended up carrying plastic garbage bags in her car in the event she felt the urge to vomit. She even had trouble keeping down basic saltine crackers as she sipped water and flavored electrolytes. She scheduled an appointment to see her ob end. Sadly, she ended up in the emergency room for severe dehydration before her first scheduled visit. The emergency requested that she pee into a cup to verify her pregnancy. For nearly an hour they pricked her arms to find a vein so they could administer an iv. They found that finally found a willing vein to cooperate. Both of her arms turned purple. She laid down in the emergency room bed watching the liquids enter the plastic tubing inserted into her arm drip by drip. They added antinausea medicine and she drifted off to sleep. A nurse brought her ginger ale and two packets of saltine crackers. Around the sixth week of her pregnancies she scheduled her ob appointment. Point of order being called. Please speak into your microphone, senator. She checked in with the reception hold on, a point of order has been called. Please rise and make your point of order. Im asking that she stick to it she stick to the repeal of the bill. Shes kind of going off in a number of areas. I would ask that she stick to whats on the board. The request is that you make your comments to remain to the bill. At her first appointment the young woman was given the option of having a transvaginal ultrasound. The doctor told the woman it was too early to detect the babys heartbeat but the doctor would order a trans abdominal ultrasound. The doctor reaffirmed morning sickness with normal and would hopefully subside. Point of order has been called. Senator . Mr. President , this bill is to repeal a ban on abortion, the good senator from district two is not speaking to the bill of repealing an abortion ban. She speaking to many other things. This bill is specifically to repeal the abortion ban. Not all abortions. Can you please explain how your comments are germane to the bill . The doctor offered to write a prescription for antinausea medication since the wristbands were not working. Senator, i need you to explain why your comments are germane to the bill . The comments are germane because not every pregnancy is the same. Ok, proceed. At the same appointment she got her doctor telling her that she needs to eat small bland meals and that would not trigger her nausea. She stocked up on sourdough, applesauce, bananas. She felt decent but was admitted into the emergency room for severe dehydration. She made the routine of being admitted to the er. It was exhausting and not good for her overall morale. A few days later she went to her neck scheduled ob appointment. The same young womans medical staff administer the ultrasound she had learned about. She was told this ultrasound would confirm her pregnancy by detecting a heartbeat and to confirm gestational age and due date. The technician inserted the ultrasound into her. After a few minutes of probing the wand they detected the babys heartbeat. After the appointment she was feeling better, the following weekend she shared news with Close Friends and family, even though it was early in the pregnancy. When she got home from visiting her family the next day, the young woman was feeling weak and exhausted. She was ready around the 11th week mark and getting weak again. The young woman woke up from severe cramping, she could barely move. She found herself trying to walk up the stairs of her twostory home. She did not have the strength to make it up the steps. She made her first her best effort to contact the babys father, but there was a strike at the local Telephone Company so it was difficult to track him down. She mustered up strength and drove to the nearest emergency room. At this point she felt like she needed a frequent visitor card and still had to submit a urinalysis even though they knew she was pregnant. She waited in the cold waiting room to be called. It felt like hours went by. She felt alone and was nauseous. After she was finished in triage, had her vitals taken, they set up a single occupancy room. The oncall emergency room doctor ordered an ultrasound. She finally wheeled into a dark room that had an ultrasound machine. She was asked to sit on the ultrasound table with her abdomen exposed. A nonenglish speaking muslim woman performed her ultrasound. She could not see the facial expression because it was covered by the veil. She tried to make eye contact but she could barely see her eyes. The expectant mother asked questions but the medical professional did not speak english, so neither woman could communicate with one another and there wasnt an interpreter or anyone else in the room. Since this medical professional did not speak english, it made it harder to be in the room together while her abdomen was poked and prodded. Tears came down the mothers face. This young mom had some any questions and answers. She was in pain due to cramping. The medical professional wasnt being gentle when she probed into her abdominal region and typed onto her medical keyboard paired after this young woman was done having her ultrasound she was wheeled into her emergency room. She waited hours for the oncall emergency room doctor to return to get her ultrasound results. The doctor said the baby isnt viable and no longer has a heartbeat. From there the young mother cried and to doubt the doctor and the doctor said you need a dnc. The mother said, what is a d c. That doctor responded quite bluntly its like having an abortion. This young woman felt alone. No longer with the child beating heart and the doctor is telling her to abort. The young womans that i dont want a d c. The young womans partner made it to the hospital only to hear the unfortunate news that they had lost their baby. The doctor responded you need to have this procedure and we need to get you back to having menstrual periods. Your ob office will call you to book an apartment. This young woman was having a panic attack. The emergency room doctor told her she needs to get dressed and checked out of the hospital. She was told to go home and get rest after telling her d c was like having an abortion. While she was getting checked out the hospital staff told her to expect a call from her ob to schedule her surgery. Everyone was so politicals she just lost her baby. Feeling hopeless and depressed, she went home and cried. That night she spoke with her mother who encouraged her to proceed. The next day she received a call from her obis office to schedule the d c. Over the phone she heard the office tell her they would test the fetal tissue for chromosome abnormalities with the hope of giving a result she could one day get pregnant. Several months after her d c, she received multiple medical bills for the emergency room visits and her d c. The medical bills were breathtakingly expensive. She had been in between jobs. Pregnancy number two, a young woman had hopes and dreams in her new life, looking for adventure, she and her husband set eyes on a new chapter with the hope of having a family. After returning from a trip, the couple found out they were expecting. They were both excited about the prospect of starting a family. Two kids would be perfect since i have two hands. As they made plans to welcome a baby into the family, the expectant mother found herself hospital down. She was losing weight, not gaining weight. Her diet encompass canned peaches and lemon flavored luna bars during the first trimester, along with flintstone vitamins. Any otis set odor set her nausea in motion. She was driving home and was tboned by a large dodge ram. Since the driver hit her vehicle and the driver side, her ob ordered an emergency ultrasound to check on the placement of the placenta. The babys gender was revealed that needed to be verified at a later appointment since it was early to be accurate. The couple spent time preparing for their baby, having restore her pregnancy, she prepared the babys nursery. She attended child birthing classes and they encouraged a birth plan. In her birth plan she wanted to bond with the baby by breastfeeding. She did not want supplemental baby formula for her baby. She skipped the last class dedicated to see sections. She read baby books designed for expectant parents and figured she did not need to sit through a class to hear what she already read. Near the end of her pregnancy the couple switched hospitals in obs because they were not comfortable with the large hospitals, which their previous doctor was affiliated. They thought they looked more like baby factories than birth centers. Her due date was approaching and she was sent to the hospital. The medical team determine breaking her water would speed up your labor since she was dilated. She labored for many hours without an epidural. Her husband applied pressure to ease contractions, but her husband was concentrating on eating ben jerrys ice cream as her contraction became more powerful. He reassured her that they would get through this and the ice cream would help keep his strength. Point of order. We cannot have any outbursts from the gallery, please. One of order has been called. Ok. Senator, can you please summarize your explanation of your vote . Sure. Somewhere in the middle of the night they requested pain meds. After hearing women down the hall screaming there was an ax murderer on the floor a team of medical professionals tried everything. The baby decided to greet the world. 20 hours later she was wheeled into the operating room for an emergency csection. They prepped her first surgery. After they prepped her abdomen. It was cut open to bring life to her baby outside the womb. She could not see what was going on since there was a curtain blocking her. A team of doctors shouted this kid is ready for the third grade. They asked the mother she had gestational diabetes. They whisked her baby away with the dad while she was sent to a recovery room. She finally got to meet her baby, he was everything and more. Number three, who knew a toddler could consume a moms entire world. She planned her day learning and exploring the world. Her life came to a stop when she found out she was pregnant again. A month into her pregnancy she started to bleed. Her ob request you get an ultrasound to check on the baby. She was diagnosed. She was no longer to pick up her toddler or do the normal chores she did. After being in the hospital twice, the emergency room decided the best course of action was a implant an iv into her arm and send her home. She had a nurse stop by her house once a week to check her vitals to make sure she was using the iv properly by cleaning the line and hooking up the iv bag. Out a precaution was ordered to bed rest. People around her said the pregnancy wouldnt be fair to their toddler. One individual said this mom should get an abortion. 23 weeks of bed rest with a toddler in tow, this mom survive. One day she found them putting up plastic. There are only two requests we can hope to give our childrens. When his roots in one his wings. The mom went into labor even though she was scheduled for a csection. The baby was born via scheduled csection. This baby is loved by all in the world is your oyster. Many women dont have textbook pregnancies while many women wish they could have a baby. I know the chronicles of these pregnancies intimately because they are all my own. My family has lived and survived each one of them including my miscarriage. I had morning sickness and was dehydrated making it difficult to do much. From losing a baby through miscarriage and having a doctor with terrific bedside manner tell me quite bluntly a d c was an abortion to ending up with a medical bill around 12,000 to come home with no baby. Through ups and downs in tears and joy, life was created in my two kids were born into this crazy world. I love them so much. My son was 10 pounds 10 ounces. He was far larger than my daughter when he was born then when she was even three months old. He looked around the room without me assisting his head from wobbling. My kids are now young adults ages 19 and 22. As you have heard, none of my pregnancies were easy and none would have been possible without the moral support of my husband. I experienced a few medical emergencies during my pregnancies. Im thankful i was blessed with two children. Some people say i have a milliondollar family because i have one boy and one girl. I believe mastercard would say there are some things money cant buy and everything is priceless. Having a d c because the baby wasnt viable was tough. Would arizonas prerow law have allowed me to have this procedure . One prolife individual who reach out to me even wrote, is there a definition for unless it is necessary to save her life, she asked me. Maybe medical doctors could weigh in, i dont know, over the years i had a chance to meet individuals who survived abortions. Some have permanent scars like missing limbs. Other people were told by their adopted families they were not there birth parents but they were wet made their families complete. Thankfully these beautiful human beings were lovingly adopted into these families, some have siblings and their adopted parents were unable to have a baby of their own and we are blessed to have a family by way of adoption. In 2019i saw a movie when it came out in the movie theaters. Its very rare for me to go to the movies. I cannot imagine working in a place like planned parenthood or feeling like an expecting mom that i have no alternative other than seeking an abortion. I have met individuals who have worked for planned parenthood. These individuals have dedicated their livelihoods to educating the community of the horrors inside it. Planned parenthood is often conflicted with state laws around our country. Planned parenthood will not report suspected sexual abuse or statutory rape to law enforcers. A National Pattern has emerged showing planned parenthoods failures to show sex crimes against underage teens. With a wide open border and rising child sex trafficking cases, we will never know the real numbers. In arizona if you are pregnant 13yearold you can get it abortion planned parenthood without parental consent. But if you want to get a tattoo or piercing you need to be 18 years of age or receive parental consent if you are under 18. But if you want to get an abortion you can get one at age 13 and your parents would never know. Many people know i was not born in arizona, but i have come to appreciate some of its history. There is one thing in the history, we should remove it from our state history book. One of the women inducted into arizona womens hall of fame in 1991 is none other than margaret sanger. Her book titled women in the new ray stated the most merciful thing that the large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it. And Birth Control is nothing more or less than the facilitation of the process of weeding out the unfit of preventing the birth of defectives are those who will become defective. Planned parenthood set up shop in black neighborhoods to try to eradicate the entire race. One of my best friends is black and im so thankful hes here. Theres nothing mentioned in this bill that takes away the profits of planned parenthood or asked individuals who abort their babies to have these tiny bodies cremated