Bill > S1232

This bill, titled "Promoting access to accurate medical information," aims to ensure that individuals in Massachusetts receive reliable and unbiased information regarding reproductive health services. It defines "medically accurate" as information supported by current scientific evidence, accepted scientific methods, and recognized as accurate by major professional medical organizations, government health agencies like the CDC and FDA, and scientific advisory groups. The bill mandates that any contract the Commonwealth enters into for reproductive health services must require providers to give clients comprehensive, non-directive information on topics such as family planning, birth control, pregnancy, and post-partum care. Furthermore, it stipulates that the Commonwealth and any organizations receiving state funding can only refer individuals seeking reproductive health information to clinics or entities that also provide this same standard of medically accurate, comprehensive, and non-directive counseling and services.