Action | Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities |
Stage | Emergency/NOIRA |
Comment Period | Ended on 2/15/2012 |
The proprosed regulations place an undue burden on women and would cause significantly more health issues than they would prevent. Already struggling rural and poor women may be forced to forgo vital healthcare because they have lost access to affordable and convenient health services.
These regulations are in no way supported by medical considerations, only party politics. It is absurd to hold clinics that only do outpatient procedures and simple tests to the same standards as hospitals. Abortions, when performed by licensed professionals, rarely have complications and do not require excessive regulations. Such severe restrictions will likely result in injuries or deaths caused by botched illegal procedures.
I hope you choose to trust women and let policy be based on science.