Always with the lists of links without setting out what is actually being talked about....
The laws being talked about are generally limitations on abortion after 20 weeks (about the same as in most other industrialized countries - the civilized world, I've been told - like the UK), and regulations on the safety of abortion clinics (like that the doctor has to have hospital admitting privileges). Another requirement in a few places is the requirement that abortion clinics comply with the same requirements as "ambulatory surgery centers," which are also known as outpatient surgery centers or same day surgery centers, are health care facilities where surgical procedures not requiring an overnight hospital stay are performed. Such surgery is commonly less complicated than that requiring hospitalization. This is not an onerous requirement. It's the same requirement for any other minor procedure, and the requirements involve sanitary rules and other technical aspects.
Outrage ensues when any US state places a regulation on abortion at 20 weeks. France, though, has abortion through 12 weeks after conception. Abortions at later stages of pregnancy are allowed if two physicians certify that the abortion will be done to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman; a risk to the life of the pregnant woman; or that the child will suffer from a particularly severe illness recognized as incurable. Would that be acceptable if enacted in Texas? Or, would it be an unfair and ridiculous limitation on abortion?
In the UK, it must be performed by a "registered medical practitioner"
and two registered medical practitioners must certify that the pregancy has not gone beyond 24 weeks
and that the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk, greater than if the pregnancy were terminated, of injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman or any existing children of her family; or, that termination is necessary to prevent grave permanent physical injury to the mother, or risk to her life greater than the risk associated with the termination, or that the baby would be born seriously handicapped. Lots of restrictions there.
Oh, by the way, according to the UK Abortion law, section 1(3), abortions generally must take place AT a hospital, and not just by a doctor with privileges at a hospital - the only except is where a medical practitioner signs off that the abortion is necessary to save the mother's life or prevent "grave permanent injury". Section 1(4).
Would the UK's laws be ok if adopted in the US, or would that be too much? Too oppressive?
Even in the Netherlands, abortion is legal on demand only through the 21st week. Cases involving urgent medical attention can be done through the 24th week. The Netherlands has a "five day waiting period." After the first trimester, two doctors must consent to treatment. And, abortions must be performed at a hospital, and are rarely done after 22 weeks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_ ... etherlands“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
