Posted on 04/29/2015 6:58:20 PM PDT by prairiebreeze
snip..."These little measures that keep slipping through, they cumulatively have a very detrimental effect to safe, legal and timely abortions," said Heather Busby, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Texas. "They've done plenty of damage at this point."
Tension over new abortion laws erupted in in June 2013 when Republicans weathered a 13-hour filibuster by Davis, who went on to lose badly to Abbott in the governor's race. New laws required abortion clinics to meet hospital-level operating standards and mandated that doctors who perform abortions obtain hospital admitting privileges.
Clinics unable to make costly upgrades closed and women in rural swaths of Texas now face hours-long drives to the nearest abortion provider. Abortion-rights groups say about 17 clinics are currently open for business in Texas, but that number would plummet by half if the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sides with the state.
In 2012, Texas had 42 abortion providers.
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then we will only have 8 and a half left to get rid of.
Saving babies is important.
/johnny
These women (and in many cases their male cohorts) actually think they are the ones suffering!
More states need to follow Texas’ lead!
Saving babies is important.
Yes it is.
Is Ol’ Stinky Feet gonna break out her catheter again?
God Bless the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to do the right thing.
I think everybody that supports abortion should undergo one themselves, it`s the only fair way to go...I would absolutely support this.
Keep it up, Texas.
Good grief. Wasn’t the big thing about legal abortion to “make it safe”? Why wouldn’t you want your abortion clinic to have the same standards as a hospital? Aww, you have to drive 8 hours to get your abortion. Plenty of time to think about whether you really want to murder your baby. Plenty of time to consider other options. God please speak to women’s hearts and help them see what they are doing is WRONG.
Precisely.
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