Each year, more Targeted Regulation
of Abortion Provider (TRAP) laws are introduced into state legislatures to further restrict medical professionals from providing safe, legal abortions.
A little longer ago there was the murder
of the abortion provider in Topeka, and who could forget that little war in Iraq (that we all know was about religion and oil, not weapons of mass destruction)
But before I did, I decided to discuss the issue with several medical professionals, some of whom are on the «pro-life» side and others of whom are on the «pro-choice» side, including a handful
of abortion providers.
She says there's a documented «deeply troubling history» of violence against groups that defend a women's right to choose abortion, including murders
of abortion providers, like Buffalo obstetrician Bernard Slepian, as well as clinic bombings and arsons.
In states like Alabama, Mississippi and Texas, TRAP laws (Targeted Regulation
of Abortion Providers) have forced ridiculous rules onto clinics, doctors and patients to ultimately diminish the total number of abortion procedures.
The film's nationwide release, timed for social impact, comes just as the U.S. Supreme Court takes on Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, the landmark case that will determine the constitutionality of «TRAP» (Targeted Regulation
of Abortion Providers) laws.
This Saturday night, Sexy Beast, A Benefit for Planned Parenthood will honor Emmy - nominated director Dawn Porter, whose feature new documentary Trapped follows reproductive health clinics struggling to stay open in the face of nearly 300 TRAP laws (Targeted Regulations
of Abortion Providers).
Such government restrictions, combined with clinic violence and harassment, have drastically reduced the number
of abortion providers around the country and have made access to the remaining providers exceedingly difficult for growing numbers of women...» More.
Following a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that allowed the immediate enforcement of a state law blocking women from getting services from one - third
of abortion providers in the state, reproductive health care providers have taken their case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The report notes that the reduction in the number of women served is «due, in part, to the change in the provider base» that occurred with the 2012 exclusion
of abortion providers and affiliates.
Last week, over protests from thousands of Ohioans statewide, Governor John Kasich signed a budget into law without exercising his line - item veto to strike a Targeted Restriction
of Abortion Providers (TRAP) provision prohibiting transfer agreements with public hospitals, a mandatory ultrasound provision, as well as a measure designed to block funds for preventive health care at Planned Parenthood health centers in Ohio.
Ted Cruz supported the Texas bill HB2, the Texas anti-abortion law that has already shut down more than half
of the abortion providers in the state and has forced some women to wait as long as 20 days, drive hundreds of miles, and make multiple trips to access safe, legal abortion.
The National Abortion Federation (NAF) is the professional association
of abortion providers.
Despite Planned Parenthood's propaganda, ending taxpayer funding
of abortion providers will have little impact on a woman's access to healthcare.
The landmark ruling blocks two unconstitutional Texas restrictions that threatened to close a significant number
of abortion providers.
It also prohibits state funding
of any abortion provider for preventive health care services like cancer screening, contraception services and STD testing and treatment.
Bills like HB 57 are called Targeted Regulation
of Abortion Providers laws.
It is clearly an unnecessary, extravagant, over-regulation that will result in more than half of Arizona's miniscule population
of abortion providers becoming ineligible to provide care.
Not exact matches
Even in situations where
abortion is legal, the process
of finding a legitimate
provider is time - consuming and difficult, forcing many women — particularly those who are young, poor, and uneducated — to seek out illegal options.
In 87 %
of US counties, there is no identifiable
abortion provider.
Christian pro-life activist Peter D Williams has called a video that shows a US
abortion provider discussing the sale
of organs from an aborted foetus... More
[I] f you want to hear honest talk about the realities
of abortion, go speak with those
abortion counselors and
providers.
At his sentencing today, Scott Roeder - the man who killed Kansas
abortion provider George Tiller last year - gave a long, scriptural - laden defense
of the slaying, arguing that he was protecting unborn children and obeying a higher law by killing the doctor.
After two lower court decisions blocked the release
of an undercover video that allegedly shows
abortion providers engaging in illegal sale
of aborted baby tissue, the Supreme Court has killed...
The fact that the murder
of Kansas
abortion provider Dr. George Tiller is still making headlines nearly two weeks after his death has led some to accuse the media
of exploiting the situation to paint all pro-life advocates as violent extremists.
Abortion pills are fine with me but I don't automatically equate my employer with the «
provider of all my medications» as some
of you apparently do.
Closer to home, an
abortion provider recently told a member
of our church, «I want your God, whoever he or she is, to be my God.»
Nucatola admits that
abortion providers will sometimes move the fetus into breech orientation so as to preserve more intact body parts, which is a mark
of illegal partial - birth
abortion.
The Planned Parenthood Federation
of America has perpetuated a «genocide on the black community,» says a group
of African - American pastors who claimed Thursday the birth control and
abortion provider has had a racist agenda since its beginnings in 1921.
According to the ethics report, physicians objecting to
abortion or contraception must refer patients desiring such services to other
providers (recommendation # 4); may not argue or advocate their views on these matters though they are required to provide prior notice to their patients
of their moral commitments (recommendation # 3); and, in emergency cases or in situations that might negatively affect patient physical or mental health, they must actually provide contraception and / or perform
abortions (recommendation # 5, emphasis added).
There are links to other «helpful» websites such as the BPAS (British Pregnancy Advisory Service — which describes itself as «the leading
provider of abortion services in the UK»), Childline (which advises a girl named Chantelle, aged 14, that if she is afraid that she might be pregnant she can still prevent pregnancy by using emergency contraception up to three days after intercourse),)
At the time, 13 states had defunded Planned Parenthood by keeping Title IX funds from going to the organization, which is the nation's largest
provider of on - demand
abortions by far.
A recent law prohibits federal funds from paying for most
abortions, but Planned Parenthood — which, among other services, is a major
abortion provider (3 percent
of their services are
abortions)-- has received hundreds
of millions
of dollars in federal funding — legally, much
of that can not be used on
abortions.
One possible step forward is that
abortion providers — as long as they are legally allowed in this country — should have to be independent corporations that only perform
abortions and receive no federal funding, with regular inspections and investigations both financial and health - related, and the passing
of new laws which more strictly regulate their practice.
«This is the equivalent
of Martin Luther King being assassinated,» Dr. Carhart said
of the May 31 slaying
of one
of America's best - known late - term
abortion providers.
Even now, some
abortion providers tell us that the majority
of their clients are not «pro-choice.»
HHS positioned the shift as part
of its «major actions to protect conscience rights and life,» including a new proposed rule to better enforce 25 federal protections for health care
providers who decline to perform
abortions and other services, as well as yesterday's announcement
of a new division dedicated to fielding such complaints.
Update (Oct 28): New restrictions that could have closed one - third
of Texas's
abortion providers will no longer take effect Tuesday, after a federal judge ruled the bulk
of the laws unconstitutional.
«I'm thankful for this reversal and pray for the day soon when
abortion providers would not operate on any cent
of public money,» Moore said in written comments for Baptist Press.
The ERLC has offered six pro-life priorities for action by President - elect Trump and Congress in 2017, including the nomination and confirmation
of a pro-life successor to the late Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, a permanent ban on all federal funding
of abortion and the defunding
of Planned Parenthood, the country's No. 1
abortion provider.
In its census
of all known
abortion providers in the country, Guttmacher found
abortions totaled 958,700 in 2013 and 926,190 in 2014.
The new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division
of the existing Office
of Civil Rights (OCR) enforces existing laws designed to protect conscience rights, including new provisions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that specifically allow
providers and insurers to decline
abortions and assisted suicide.
Increasing its revenue to a record
of almost $ 1.5 billion, the
abortion provider's marketing leans into its opposition to Trump and identifying with the popular Women's March, the pro-life group noted.
It recommended that the state clarify «the responsibilities
of public health service
providers,» which read in light the Committee's long - standing disgust at conscientious objection to
abortion means something like «force your doctors to perform and refer for
abortions.»
In the January 2006 edition he examines a piece written by Ann Furedi, the director
of the UK's principle
abortion provider the, partly Government funded, BPAS (British Pregnancy Advisory Service).
With no legal route to
abortion (regardless
of whether or not you agree with it), women turn to untrained and undertrained
providers resulting in deaths and complications.
being the largest
provider of abortion services outside the NHS, performing over a third
of all procedures in England and Wales each year.
The bill also seeks to prevent
abortion providers who, it is argued, have a vested financial interest in the
abortion proceeding, from being the source
of that information and advice.