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Why are so many abortion clinics closing?
American Thinker ^ | 02/25/2016 | Silvio Canto Jr.

Posted on 02/25/2016 9:28:47 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Judge Scalia's death put Roe v. Wade back in the conversation. After all, abortion and that 1973 opinion are always foremost in the minds of U.S. Senators confirming judicial nominees. One side is looking for a justice to save it and the other side wants one to overturn it.  

Nevertheless, abortion clinics are closing across the country and it has nothing to do with Roe v. Wade. It's about states restricting the clinics, as we see in this report:

At no time since before 1973, when the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion, has a woman’s ability to terminate a pregnancy been more dependent on her zip code or financial resources to travel.

The drop-off in providers -- more than one every two weeks -- occurred in 35 states, in both small towns and big cities that are home to more than 30 million women of reproductive age.

My state of Texas has been at the forefront of this issue. The legislature has drawn up very tough mandates forcing doctors to have admitting privileges at hospitals nearby. Back to the aforementioned article:

The drop-off in access has helped depress the abortion rate in the state by 13 percent, according to a July study, and providers there say full implementation of the law would leave almost a fifth of Texas women 150 miles or more from a facility.

There are two issues here: a woman's safety and whether or not a state legislature can regulate abortion.  

On the safety issue, it sounds reasonable to me to have certain standards at the abortion clinics. After all, an abortion is a medical procedure and there are risks to the woman.   

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; abortionclinics; clinics; clinicsclosing; pp; prolife
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1 posted on 02/25/2016 9:28:47 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Two words.....Kermit Gosnell


2 posted on 02/25/2016 9:30:15 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Kermit Gosnell, truly a demonic individual. And I don’t usually use that term.


3 posted on 02/25/2016 9:31:44 AM PST by baltimorepoet
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t think that it is unreasonable to require that an abortion clinic meet no less than the sanitary standards of a veterinary clinic. Or are women to be treated lower than dogs.


4 posted on 02/25/2016 9:38:13 AM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

speaking of... when’s that movie about him supposed to come out?


5 posted on 02/25/2016 9:38:52 AM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: MNDude

No idea. As I understand it the producers held a GoFundMe campaign because nobody in Hollywood would greenlight the project. Are you surprised?


6 posted on 02/25/2016 9:44:51 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I just found this page with updates on the project:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gosnell-movie#/updates

Looks like it’s still on course.


7 posted on 02/25/2016 9:54:05 AM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: SeekAndFind

NAZI DEATH CAMP AMERICAN DEATH CAMP
11 MILLION KILLED 58 MILLION KILLED

80,000 Have Been Convicted Of Crimes Against Humanity Over 50 Executive Employees Recieve Annual Bonuses


8 posted on 02/25/2016 9:58:21 AM PST by Iron Munro (Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth -- Mike Tyson)
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To: SeekAndFind

Just want to mention. While Roe vs Wade was a landmark case on abortion it did NOT rescind the rights of states to regulate abortion or abortion providers.

And that’s why we see many states restricting abortion in various ways. They are going as far as they can within the guidelines of Roe vs. Wade, to reduce abortion in their states.

We should also note that the Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 decision , upheld the federal ban on partial birth abortion. So legally, abortion restrictions are definitely permitted and clearly are legal, even though the liberals wish it weren’t so.


9 posted on 02/25/2016 9:58:56 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: SeekAndFind

Irony is lost on the pro-abortion crowd.

One of their arguments for legalizing abortion was to make it a safe procedure.

Reality got in the way of that since it has become obvious anyone willing to murder a child does not have much in the way of concern for human life. Many of the abortion mills have few standards, and as a result more woman die today from abortions than died when they were illegal.

Those that provide abortions should at minimum meet the same standard as any other medical provider.


10 posted on 02/25/2016 10:05:51 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I think it would be ironic if Hillary was arrested the day after she secures the nomination.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Indeed and even before Roe v Wade certain states had made abortion legal. Depending on circumstances at least 18 of them allowed legal abortions.


11 posted on 02/25/2016 10:10:06 AM PST by xp38
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To: SeekAndFind
I’m Forcing My Girlfriend To Have An Abortion This Weekend
12 posted on 02/25/2016 10:12:12 AM PST by Sawdring
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To: SeekAndFind

Even Serial Killers need to take a Vacation now and then.


13 posted on 02/25/2016 10:13:48 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (Get the CDS and TDS Vaccines before it's too late.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The root answer:
BILLIONS OF PRAYERS


14 posted on 02/25/2016 10:27:59 AM PST by ReaganGeneration2
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To: Sawdring
I’m Forcing My Girlfriend To Have An Abortion This Weekend

I clicked your link, and read, then wished that I had never done so. This... This.. Male (in no manner should he ever be spoken of, or considered a MAN) is totally beyond my comprehension. I can say no more...

the infowarrior

15 posted on 02/25/2016 10:52:11 AM PST by infowarrior
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To: reg45

“I don’t think that it is unreasonable to require that an abortion clinic meet no less than the sanitary standards of a veterinary clinic. Or are women to be treated lower than dogs.”

Women that kill their own children are lower than dogs, sweet cheeks, much lower.

American women have killed upwards of 50 million of their own innocent, precious children in a horrific and torturous manner since 1973.


16 posted on 02/25/2016 11:11:49 AM PST by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Many of them are being forced to become medical clinics instead of being tantamount to a tattoo parlor. .


17 posted on 02/25/2016 11:13:14 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: MichaelCorleone

Actually they didn’t kill the children. They paid a doctor to do it.

Which is even worse.


18 posted on 02/25/2016 11:14:31 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: AppyPappy

They go into that clinic in a premeditated fashon, knowing full well they are intentionally going to kill an innocent human being - their own flesh and blood. Nobody forces them. Even if they choose to evade the responsibility of caring for the boy or girl, there are plenty of alternatives to murder.

Even the most savage of animals don’t kill their own young out of convenience.


19 posted on 02/25/2016 11:23:55 AM PST by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: MichaelCorleone

. . . Nobody forces them . . .


ummmm I have heard different.

Remember, someone in such a precarious situation — doesn’t take much — —


20 posted on 02/25/2016 11:30:18 AM PST by PraiseTheLord (have you seen the fema camps, shackle box cars, thousands of guillotines, stacks of coffins ~)
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