Wisconsin's Planned Parenthood suspends non-surgical abortions

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Wisconsin's Planned Parenthood suspends non-surgical abortions

By Brendan O'Brien

MILWAUKEE | Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:53pm EDT

(Reuters) - Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin has suspended non-surgical abortions in response to a new state law that makes it harder for women to have the procedure, a move that followed anti-abortion measures in several Republican-controlled states.

The law, which took effect on Friday, requires women visit a doctor at least three times before having a drug-induced abortion, forces physicians to determine whether women are being coerced into having an abortion and prohibits women and doctors from using web cams during the procedure.

The Coercive and Web Cam Abortion Prevention Act, which was signed by Republican Governor Scott Walker earlier this month, imposes criminal penalties, including a possible prison sentence, for physicians who violate the law.

Teri Huyck, president and chief executive of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, said the law was "ambiguous and difficult to interpret," interfered with the doctor-patient relationship and posed significant risks to doctors.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/21/us-usa-wisconsin-abortion-idUSBRE83K0EL20120421

[digonswine]

1. This is exactly, exactly why I hate religion-

this is in your face and blatant. Some wonder why atheists seem to be obsessed by the god stuff. This is why. These dicks want to make voting difficult and getting legal medical procedures performed impossible. How is it that these few are dictating our freedoms? Sheesh-my state is becoming a disgrace.

[cali]

2. more evidence that abortion, though theoretically a right, has been

whittled away at to such a degree over the last couple of decades that it's not available to many and thus not a functional right.

As if we needed more evidence.