The Eugene clinic performed 1,400 abortions in 2001.... Now, the only abortion clinics in Oregon are in Portland, Salem and Bend. But doctors in 10 Oregon counties reported to the state in 2000 that they opened their offices to perform abortions.I'm not trying to rain on anybody's parade, here -- the closing of any abortion mill is definitely cause for celebration -- but it sounds to me as though abortion mills do not do enough business to be economically feasible and that the new trend is toward private practitioners who perform abortions as part of their practice.
Would you know whether the number of abortions performed annually is down in Oregon, overall, or just the number of abortion mills?
Excellent point.
Indeed, I think this is part of the reason abortions are now including in general training (as highlighted recently in New York). It may not be the woman's own OBGyn but certainly one of the physicians within the physician practice might perform the abortions.
I don't think the current trend of suing OBGyns for failure to detect an imperfect and therefore justifiably "abortable" baby bodes well either. If malpractice insurers are paying out for such cases, the precedent has been established that it's just "Good Business" not only to detect imperfect children but ensure they are aborted timely without risking the woman's health.