Former Idaho state Rep. Bonnie Douglas, D-Coeur d'Alene, was among those testifying against HB 530 this afternoon in the House Health & Welfare Committee. "I was a teenager with acne, I have acne scarring," she told the panel. "I was put on birth-control pills - they were the first thing that stopped the acne scarring that I have. The fact that you would deny access to women for medical reasons that are not birth control, I really believe that this is the wrong direction to go," she said. "I have a family member who, in her 20s ... was put on birth-control pills to help her have regular periods." Douglas suggested that the bill be amended to remove contraception. "This bill should not go forward as it stands."

Muriel Roberts of Pocatello, director of advocacy for the League of Women Voters of Idaho, told the committee, "The League of Women Voters of Idaho asks that you respect the privacy of Idaho's women in reproductive health decisions."

"Probably hundreds of thousands of us have to take those pills for other reasons than birth control," Cay Marquart told the committee.