Brenna Stapp

As an OBGYN physician in NH for 13 years, I OPPOSE SB36. I am concerned about protecting the privacy of patients and the interactions they have with their healthcare providers. I don't understand the point in having a registry of the location, gestational age, method used etc of any medical procedure. This is legislating healthcare. It is interfering in the patient-physician relationship in which a patient should be able to have an honest and complete discussion with their doctor, without fear of being identified, targeted or persecuted. What other procedures are tracked in such a manner? Do NH legislators feel the need to know when, where and how a patient undergoes a vasectomy or salpingectomy? Do they need a registry of how we manage ectopic pregnancies? These are all medical decisions made based on an individual's personal health information. Tracking this data puts these patients in a bullseye, along with the providers that are taking care of them.