I hadn’t heard of this (admittedly, I do a lot of “la la la I’m not listening” when it comes to News), and thought I’d pass it along. Swallowing a small object like a penny is one thing (it’ll eventually come out) but the battery-lodged-in-esophagus-and-disintegrating thing is really creepy.

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From a fellow TucsonMama and MD:
Friends,
Yesterday the nasty SB1309 narrowly passed out of the House Government Committee.
Senate Bill 1309 makes significant changes to the healthcare delivery system for minors. It requires written parental consent before any prescription order may be written for a minor, and it repeals the nearly forty year old Arizona [...]

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Dear Representative,
As a pediatrician in Tucson, I am compelled to write to you after learning about the proposed Bill SB 1309 that was recently passed in the Senate regarding the need for parental consent for any prescription given, including birth control and STD treatment. This is alarming for a number of reasons and I [...]

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