This is an attack piece given the current situation.
Two points. (1) The exception for rape/incest is the same position as Ronald Reagan. It is the position of the Republican Party. It doesn't approve of abortion. It simply is a position that says "no legal action" should be taken against people who receive abortions for those reasons. I would add "life of mother" to that list. I don't think those are the best decisions. But, I also don't think "legal action" should be taken against those who receive abortions for those reasons. At the same time, these are rare cases.
(2) Given the above, it only makes sense that one cannot support a law that TOTALLY PROHIBITS abortion, if one desires to keep rape/incest/life of mother decriminalized. The law would have to include the exceptions. I would support a law that prohibited abortion except in those cases.
NEARLY Everyone I've ever talked to says that a woman who has an abortion after a violent rape should be VIEWED differently than a woman who has an abortion just on a whim. I agree with that.
As far as the hospitals are concerned, there's no way that Frist can get away from this since his family owns HCA. Even if he sells his stock, he's still an heir. He can't win.
Remember, he's a heart/lung transplant surgeon. He's not in the gyn area at all.