February 25, 2011 2:22 PM
VA to regulate abortion "clinics" - it's about time!
Talk about slanted reporting!!But first, let me say how how grateful I am for our current state government, and how proud I am to be a Virginian!
Okay, you might think that our lawmakers passed legislation eliminating some of our 21 abortion clinics. This is so not the case, that this reporter oughta lose her credentials.
Our legislature passed a bill requiring abortion clinics to meet the same standards as hospitals in order to continue killing unborn babies. Does that seem unreasonable? And why should abortion clinics be free to fly under the radar when Virginia barbers have 21 pages of regulations?
Abortion profiteers argued against having to submit to regulation, saying that if this bill passed, 17 of their 21 Virginia "clinics" would have to close> Really? Well, what does that say about the safety of those facilities? They could always come up to code like everyone else has to.
Virginia's abortion lobby has been one of the most aggressive about attacking prenatal resource centers, strong arming our state legislature into all kinds of regulations on them. Ironic, since the PRCs are simly giving pregnancy tests and ultrasounds, while Planned Parenthood et al are dispensing harsh abortifacients and invasive procedures.
Here's my annotated version of this reporterette's
Va. OKs bill to likely close most abortion clinics
Feb 24, 6:11 PM (ET)
By DENA POTTERRICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia took a big step Thursday toward eliminating most of the state's 21 abortion clinics, approving a bill that would likely make rules so strict the medical centers would be forced to close, Democrats and abortion rights supporters said.
Gov. Bob McDonnell, a Republican and Catholic, supports the measure and when he signs it into law, Virginia will become the first state to require clinics that provide first-trimester abortions to meet the same standards as hospitals. The requirements could include anything from expensive structural changes like widening hallways to increased training and mandatory equipment the clinics currently don't have.
While abortion providers must be licensed in Virginia, the clinics resemble dentists' offices and are considered physicians offices, similar to those that provide plastic and corrective eye surgeries, colonoscopies and a host of other medical procedures.
Democrats and abortion rights supporters said the change would put an estimated 17 of the state's 21 clinics out of business. [Wah, wah wah. - Isn't that what pro-abortion lobbyists were trying to do to PRCs?] Most of the clinics also provide birth control, cancer screenings and other women's health services. [But they make their money on abortions.]
"This is not about safety for women. This is about ideology, and this is about politics," said Tarina Keene, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia. [NARAL nails it - for them it isn't about safety for women. It is about ideology, and it is about politics!] "The women of the commonwealth are going to be the ones left to suffer." [Then again, maybe they won't be left to suffer at unregulated, unsafe abortion mills.]
Abortion rights supporters warned of legal challenges while supporters heralded it as a way to make the procedures safer.
"It is not about banning abortions," said Sen. Jill Vogel, R-Winchester. "It is simply caring for women who are about to have an invasive surgical procedure and creating an environment for them where they have the opportunity to do that in a place that is safe." [Well, that certainly sounds reasonable, doesn't it? Particularly after recent cases involving dangerous, disrespectful and deadly aboprtion mills.]
No other state requires clinics that provide early abortions to meet hospital standards. [so does that make it the wrong thing to do? How does this sentence sound: "No other state has banned slavery."]
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Comments
AP pretty much stands for Abortion Protection.
Posted by: Chris Arsenault | February 25, 2011 1:46 PM
