Let me be clear – Assembly Bill 297 represents one of the most alarming invasions of privacy I’ve seen in proposed legislation. This bill would force new mothers to allow medically licensed strangers into their homes twice weekly for a full month after giving birth – not by choice, but by government mandate.
Forced Entry Into Your Private Home
While nurses themselves aren’t government employees, this program turns them into government-mandated visitors. The state would be compelling licensed medical professionals to enter your home on a government-determined schedule, regardless of your wishes.
There’s a profound difference between offering supportive services and forcing them upon citizens. This bill crosses that line dramatically by mandating these intrusive home visits with no apparent opt-out provision.
Your Home Is Your Sanctuary
For generations, Americans have held sacred the principle that your home is your private domain. This bill shatters that fundamental right by giving the government authority to schedule mandatory medical visits in your living room during one of life’s most intimate and vulnerable times.
New mothers deserve peace, privacy, and the right to choose their own postpartum care – not government-mandated visits from strangers during a time when many are still physically recovering, establishing breastfeeding, bonding with their newborns, and adjusting to new family dynamics.
Medical Decisions Should Remain Personal
The relationship between patient and healthcare provider is meant to be voluntary and built on trust. This bill transforms that sacred relationship into a compulsory government program.
If passed, this mandate would override the personal medical decisions made by women and their chosen healthcare providers. Mothers who have carefully selected their own doctors, midwives, or traditional postpartum support systems would still be forced to accept these additional government-mandated visits.
A Dangerous Precedent
If the government can mandate who enters your home after childbirth, what’s next? Will they decide other life events warrant mandatory home inspections? This precedent fundamentally alters the relationship between citizens and their government.
Free societies recognize boundaries the government should not cross. The threshold of your home during intimate family moments is certainly one of them.
What You Can Do
If you’re concerned about this overreaching bill, here are ways to make your voice heard:
- Attend the hearing on Wednesday, April 9 at 11:30am at the Nevada Legislative Building (Room 3138) in Carson City, or at the videoconference location in Las Vegas (Room 3, 7120 Amigo Street).
- Call in to provide testimony: Dial (888) 475-4499, enter Meeting ID 89990357212, and press # when prompted for a Participant ID. You’ll have 2 minutes to speak.
- Submit written testimony in PDF format to AsmHHS@asm.state.nv.us – either 24 hours before the meeting or, if you can’t make that deadline, submit it anyway as the chair may waive the requirement.
- Contact committee members directly before the hearing. Email all Assembly Health and Human Services Committee members to express your opposition.
- Share information about this bill with friends and family who value privacy and limited government so they can also take action.
This bill doesn’t just offer help – it forces it upon you, in your private space, without your consent. That’s not support; it’s surveillance.
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