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In his letter to Ilagan, Respicio writes that, “our community has a long-established pro-life policy that encourages bringing pregnancies to full term ... indeed, whenever possible, we should make it easier for pregnant women to give birth rather than resorting to the termination of a pregnancy.”

READ Senator Respicio's letter to Insurance Commissioner Ilagan HERE

READ Senator Respicio's release in FULL below:

Respicio asks Rev & Tax: ‘Do Guam’s health insurance companies follow Affordable Care Act guidelines?’
For Immediate Release
July 26, 2012

(Hagåtña, Guam) Majority Leader Rory J. Respicio today asked Guam’s Banking and Insurance Commissioner if Guam’s health insurance companies followed Affordable Care Act guidelines, specifically “with respect to coverage for pregnancies for dependents.”

Respicio wrote to Artemio Ilagan of the Department of Revenue and Taxation’s Regulatory Division, noting that under the Affordable Care Act, the extension of coverage for dependents up to age 26 includes pregnancies, if the subscriber’s policy includes pregnancies.

“Our community has a long-established pro-life policy that encourages bringing pregnancies to full term,” Respicio wrote. “Indeed, whenever possible, we should make it easier for pregnant women to give birth rather than resorting to the termination of a pregnancy.”

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UNSWORN DECLARATION: I hereby declare that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief, under penalty of perjury of the laws of Guam, this declaration being sworn and made in lieu of an affidavit pursuant to Title 6 Guam Code Annotated §4308, at the place and date identified herein.