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New bills in the Rhode Island General Assembly have the power to stop animals from being cut open and killed in cruel medical training programs, and we need your help to ensure that they pass.
H 7234 and S 2398 would end the use of animals in medical training and force institutions to instead use superior, human-relevant methods when they’re available.
Improving Rhode Island Medicine
These bills would bring Rhode Island’s top institutions, including Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, in line with the high standards of training followed by other leading medical centers.
Across the U.S. and Canada, 97% of emergency medicine training programs have replaced animals with superior devices modeled after human anatomy. Today, 284 medical centers in North America train emergency physicians without killing animals.
Yet Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital continue to kill animals in their joint emergency medicine residency training program, robbing future Rhode Island physicians of the real-world experience they need to help patients.
Help Make H 7234/S 2398 a Reality
H 7234 and S 2398 would ensure that Rhode Island physicians are trained on devices that model human anatomy while sparing animals’ lives.
We’ve sent a letter in support of these important bills to the speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives and the chair of the House Health and Human Services Committee as well as one to the president of the Rhode Island Senate and the chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.
Please add your voice to ours by using the form below to e-mail your state representative and senator today, urging them to support H 7234/S 2398. Then, call your state legislators and ask for their support.