The Virginian-Pilot
© September 6, 2011
" Supporters' claims that legislation requiring the new regulations was animated by concern for patient safety aren't fooling anyone. If that were the motive, the law would have been aimed at raising the level of care at every outpatient surgical center across the state rather than simply those that perform five or more first-trimester abortions each month.
As a means to ending unwanted pregnancies, abortion is wrought with all sorts of moral and ethical implications, all of which have contributed to a national debate that has haunted generations of Americans. Yet, as long as there are unwanted pregnancies, there will be demand for abortion.
If access to clean, safe facilities is reduced through these regulations, more women may well seek to end their pregnancies by risking their own lives in dangerous, unsanitary - and unlicensed - clinics, as many did in the years before the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a woman's right to choose in Roe v. Wade. "
http://hamptonroads.com/2011/09/clouded-push-abortion-rules
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