Michigan State Representative Andrew Beeler, a Port Huron Republican, has taken action to increase transparency in the health care industry and to prohibit research on aborted babies.
Beeler was part of a bipartisan coalition that presented House Bills 5074-5077 that would require transparency in the handling of Certificates of Need. Certificates of Need are legal documents needed for healthcare organizations to make major expenditures. The bills were unanimously approved and move to the Senate.
Beeler said, “Michigan medical professionals provide life-saving health care, and the people of our state deserve a health care system unencumbered by excessive government restrictions. Certificate of need regulations affect the availability of medical services in our state. Transparency will keep the program visible and accountable to the people of Michigan.”
Beeler was one of the votes that helped House Bills 5558 and 5559 pass last week. The bills would prohibit research on fetal tissue obtained by an abortion.
Beeler said, “Abortion devalues human life. Experimenting on the remains of aborted babies further denigrates lives and sanctions the horrific act of abortion. Our state should prevent this backwards experimentation and fight back against the commodification of human beings.”
Reporting for WGRT – Jennie McClelland
