August 15, 2008
…opponents of women’s abortion rights are shifting their strategy to impose obstacles at the county level. They want counties to pass legislation requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at local hospitals.
…Proponents will disingenuously say that these regulations are necessary for women’s safety. But, as the article points out, there hasn’t been a death from a legal abortion in close to 30 years. (I suspect the same can’t be said for carrying a child to term.) The American Psychological Association also debunked the claim that abortion of an unwanted pregnancy causes the woman any more psychological problems than carrying an unwanted pregnancy to term.