TRAP laws cut Texas abortion clinics by almost 2/3

[Bo-4]

Down to 19 at present and the last of the rural clinics in Rio Grande Valley is dead, forcing tens of thousands of women to take matters into their own hands. Clearly, Republicans believe that an undeveloped fetus is more worthy of protection than a living, breathing female and that a clinic without hallways quite wide enough to please Pugs are less safe than a coat hanger or black market drugs from Mexico.

Guess we're going back to the days of back alley nonsense --- nice work holier-than-thou idiots!

Rather than waiting for months to scrape together the money for the procedure and the trip—a Sisyphean task in itself, since the price for abortion skyrockets from as little as $300 in the first trimester to several thousand dollars by the end of the second—more women may take matters into their own hands. The Rio Grande Valley already has one of the highest rates of self-induced abortion in the country. A 2012 survey found that 12 percent of women in clinics near the Mexico border said they had attempted to end their pregnancy on their own before seeking professional help. “They’re getting drugs from Mexico, drinking teas, eating herbs, falling down the stairs on purpose or convincing their boyfriends to beat them up,” Hagstrom Miller says. “Any of those methods could be fatal.”

http://prospect.org/article/last-rural-abortion-clinics-texas-just-shut-down

 

[lupehernandezdepedajack]

Down to 19 at present and the last of the rural clinics in Rio Grande Valley is dead, forcing tens of thousands of women to take matters into their own hands. Clearly, Republicans believe that an undeveloped fetus is more worthy of protection than a living, breathing female and that a clinic without wide enough halls is less safe than a coat hanger or black market drugs from Mexico.

Guess we're going back to the days of back alley nonsense --- nice work holier-than-thou idiots!

Rather than waiting for months to scrape together the money for the procedure and the trip—a Sisyphean task in itself, since the price for abortion skyrockets from as little as $300 in the first trimester to several thousand dollars by the end of the second—more women may take matters into their own hands. The Rio Grande Valley already has one of the highest rates of self-induced abortion in the country. A 2012 survey found that 12 percent of women in clinics near the Mexico border said they had attempted to end their pregnancy on their own before seeking professional help. “They’re getting drugs from Mexico, drinking teas, eating herbs, falling down the stairs on purpose or convincing their boyfriends to beat them up,” Hagstrom Miller says. “Any of those methods could be fatal.”

http://prospect.org/article/last-rural-abortion-clinics-texas-just-shut-down

All them women folk self aborting sure are stupid Thanks to the new law the remaining clinics are safer than ever and have quick access to hospitals in the event of a serious complication

 

[Bo-4]

All them women folk self aborting sure are stupid Thanks to the new law the remaining clinics are safer than ever and have quick access to hospitals in the event of a serious complication

Sure Lupe.. very reasonable to ask women to drive 500 miles to access one of those "safe clinics" when two trips (thanks to Republican waiting periods and vaginal probes) are often required.

Don't talk to me about stupid.

 

[lupehernandezdepedajack]

Sure Lupe.. very reasonable to ask women to drive 500 miles to access one of those "safe clinics" when two trips (thanks to republican waiting periods and vaginal probes) are often required.

Don't talk to me about stupid.

So you are saying its smart to open an aborttion clinic in the middle of Big Bend National Park so a few folks won't be inconvenienced while avoiding the consequences of their irresponsible behavior

 

[marvin martian]

Down to 19 at present and the last of the rural clinics in Rio Grande Valley is dead, forcing tens of thousands of women to take matters into their own hands.

You mean personal responsibility for their behavior? No Daddy.gov to clean up the mess? Really? Sounds scary...

 

[Bo-4]

So you are saying its smart to open an aborttion clinic in the middle of Big Bend National Park so a few folks won't be inconvenienced while avoiding the consequences of their irresponsible behavior

Now you are just being silly. Do you REALLY believe that the forced closure of 2/3 of Texas clinics means that women will be less irresponsible or that the closed clinics weren't safer than drugs from Mexico, coat hangers or having your boyfriend beat you up?

 

[JuliefromOhio]

All them women folk self aborting sure are stupid Thanks to the new law the remaining clinics are safer than ever and have quick access to hospitals in the event of a serious complication

the TRAP laws imposed on abortion clinics are medically unnecessary and were only cooked up by the forced-birthers' ....to make it just about impossible for women in the state to access abortion services.
these are the people who weep for fetuses, but who call the parents of the children in need of services once they're born.....lazy and shiftless.

 

[Bo-4]

these are the people who weep for fetuses, but who call the parents of the children in need of services once they're born.....lazy and shiftless.

We're seeing that in our responses already. They MUST be lazy since they can't make two 750-1000 mile roundtrips to the so-called "safe clinics".

I say we charge Texas Republicans with murder for every one of these women who end up dying.

 

[JuliefromOhio]

We're seeing that in our responses already. They MUST be lazy since they can't make two 750-1000 mile roundtrips to the so-called "safe clinics".

I say we charge Texas Republicans with murder for every one of these women who end up dying.

I doubt we'll see any sympathy over the death of a woman who was trying to self-induce an abortion. I have yet to find a PJ con who doesn't believe that Dr Tiller deserved what he got.

 

[marvin martian]

I say we charge Texas Republicans with murder for every one of these women who end up dying.

That would certainly be right in line with your fascist politics...

 

[GordonGecko]

That's impossible, Bo.

Drummy told us those new laws were "just about hygiene"....not closing down the clinics.




BTW, the fact none of the Right can deny.....NONE of that effects....wealthy women seeking abortion, does it?

 

[GordonGecko]

That would certainly be right in line with your fascist politics...

Keep that in mind when you start talking about impeaching President Obama over Benghazi, marv.

 

[lupehernandezdepedajack]

We're seeing that in our responses already. They MUST be lazy since they can't make two 750-1000 mile roundtrips to the so-called "safe clinics".

I say we charge Texas Republicans with murder for every one of these women who end up dying.

Why?

 

[Bo-4]

I doubt we'll see any sympathy over the death of a woman who was trying to self-induce an abortion. I have yet to find a PJ con who doesn't believe that Dr Tiller deserved what he got.

Nope, remember our German horse gal's "have fun in hell" post for Dr. Tiller?

Shameful stuff.

 

[Bo-4]

Why?

Because they will be guilty at a minimum of involuntary manslaughter.

 

[lupehernandezdepedajack]

Because they will be guilty at a minimum of involuntary manslaughter.

Hell no they aren't. But all these dead women you refer to should be charged with reckless behavior and their nearest relatives should have their checks garnished until all expenses incurred by the state on their behalf have been covered.

 

[middleview]

All them women folk self aborting sure are stupid Thanks to the new law the remaining clinics are safer than ever and have quick access to hospitals in the event of a serious complication

So the size of the janatorial closet had something to do with safety?

 

[lupehernandezdepedajack]

So the size of the janatorial closet had something to do with safety?

The fact that you accept a janitors closet as a suitable place to perform abortions says a lot

 

[Bo-4]

Hell no they aren't. But all these dead women you refer to should be charged with reckless behavior and their nearest relatives should have their checks garnished until all expenses incurred by the state on their behalf have been covered.

Hell yes they are. They have knowingly [Unwelcome language removed]-blocked women from accessing their protected reproductive rights.

 

[lupehernandezdepedajack]

Hell yes they are. They have knowingly [Unwelcome language removed]-blocked women from accessing their protected reproductive rights.

The last I checked no rights have been blocked. You are making shit up