"As a pro-choice woman, I believe that women should have access to safe and legal abortion. I also believe that if you don’t want to have an abortion, if you believe that abortion is morally wrong, then so be it. That is your choice. I just don’t want to make that choice for you. Therein lies the conflict and, to me, the point of this legislation. I’m not pro-abortion. I’m not anti-abortion … I’m pro-choice."

Read Rep. Gilchrest's full op-ed in support of legislation ensuring that women who are seeking reproductive healthcare in the state of Connecticut aren’t deceived in order to limit their choices.