Planned Parenthood denied Kan. abortion license

[sinkingfeeling]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43597197/ns/us_news-life/

TOPEKA, Kan. — Planned Parenthood disclosed Thursday that its Kansas clinic had been denied a state license to continue performing abortions as the group filed its own lawsuit to block new state rules that will make Kansas the first state in the nation without an abortion provider.

In its lawsuit, Planned Parenthood said inspectors found it had complied with most of the regulations taking effect, but Robert Moser, secretary of health and environment, refused to waive the few remaining ones.

Providers have sued partly because they didn't see the current version of the regulations until earlier this month — less than two weeks before they were supposed to comply with them. The health department also hasn't taken public comments.

The regulations tell providers what equipment and drugs they must stock and set space and temperature requirements for procedure and recovery rooms.

For example, rooms where abortions are performed to have at least 150 square feet of space, excluding fixed cabinets, and to keep their temperatures between 68 and 73 degrees. Each procedure room also must have its own janitor's closet with at least 50 square feet.

[LonePirate]

1. Brownback campaigned on repealing burdensome regulations on businesses. Another hypocritical Rethug.

[ashling]

2. If these rules an regs are in any way more strenuouls than other

medical care providers performing equivelent outpatient medical surgeries they are prima facie unconstitutional.

[femrap]

3. Are the women, especially

the young women, of Kansas doing anything about this? Or are they just taking this sitting down?

[AndyTiedye]

4. All the Other Teabagger States Will Follow Suit If This Stands

Would the Supreme Court let them do this? :scared:

[PlanetBev]

5. I hope the clinics have major fundraisers or something

to comply with these stupid laws. My recent donation of $20.00 will not go very far.