As a Texan I’ve been following this one closely and I don’t understand a few things such as;
Why is it a bad thing to require businesses that sell abortions as a for profit business to adhere to the same safety standards as an outpatient clinic? The standards are quite low and reasonable. I think women deserve a clean and safe environment.
As the procedure involves significant risk to the patient, why is it unreasonable to expect the doctor to have admitting rights at a local hospital? If the patient begins to hemorrhage, shouldn’t the doctor be able to rush his patient through admitting without having to wait on the ER to make that decision? I’ve worked in hospitals where getting doctors with admit privileges to sigh up was a major focus. Doctors who can’t get admit privileges at a local hospital may not be the best for the job.
The 20 weeks thing seems a bit short but not unreasonable. 20 weeks is a late term abortion. There are states with even more restrictive timelines but there doesn’t seem to be the same blowback.
It seems to me that this was politicised by everyone. The Republicans looking for voter brownie points and the Democrats doing the same. It’s a real shame. I really feel like women deserve a safe environment. I also feel like they deserve a doctor who can care for them in the worst case scenario. Yet this has been made in to a political football so the emotions are quite high and reason has been tossed out the window.
In another world, I can imagine women demanding clean clinics and vetted doctors from any business wanting to make money performing abortions.
