You know what? I take it back. I think a hospital within 30 miles is reasonable, not the admitting privileges requirement.
I have been on the sideline enjoying the discussion. Why would you be against requiring that the doctor have admitting privileges? It sounds reasonable to me, as well as the majority of Texans who voted it into law.
hmm I should not let him pull my chain, I realize he does this shit to troll people. I just do not tolerate being called a liar. I know he would never have the stones to speak to me face to face as he does behind his little puter screen. Moot.
That's the majority of state legislators, not the majority of Texans. It was legislation, not an initiative. The reason it was struck down is that it doesn't make any sense - why does it matter if the doc has admitting privileges? barfo
Admitting privileges would mean the clinic is strongly affiliated with a hospital. And that does have certain advantages, no doubt, like better funding. That said, it isn't required to make abortions any safer. A hospital nearby in the ~1% chance something goes wrong seems like a good idea, though.
meh, I stand corrected. Slight point. I have only followed this by what NPR has had to say. They have not reported how it had became law, their focus has been more about how unreasonable and unfair the law is, from their point of view. You opine that the law was "struck down because it does not make any sense", while others believe that it is of benefit to the mother to be. To me, I dont care one way or the other.
I dont have the audio..but I doubt they said "it does not make any sense" hahahhaaahaaa if that is the case, we all need better judges than what we have..errr, hmmm could be the case
You are of course right, I was paraphrasing. What they actually said was "the act’s admitting-privileges provision is without a rational basis". You can decide if I misrepresented... barfo
You know, this has been pleasant. While I have avoided all serious news outlets for months, (yeah, I listen to NPR, but they are to news as popcorn is to your daily requirements dietary wise) You bring up some interesting points. I think I am going to have to take a closer look at the subject.
It seems reasonable if Texans deem it reasonable. After all the Texan law is still way more liberal than Abortion law in Italy.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/11/01/Court-reinstates-most-of-Texas-new-abortion-rules 5th circuit court of appeals unanimously reinstates the Texas law. 15 of 32 hospitals that the abortion doctors applied to for admitting privileges have accepted the applications. A hospital with a name like St. Mary's is not likely to give privileges to an abortion doctor, even if the law forbids them to deny privileges for that reason. That could be the next fight.
