“Louisiana Abortion Law Temporarily Blocked”
By: Jonathan Kaminsky
Source: Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/31/louisiana-abortion-law-_n_5745658.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/31/louisiana-abortion-law-_n_5745658.html
Earlier today, a federal judge in New Orleans provisionally
blocked a Louisiana law that would have closed all five abortion clinics in the
state. This action is due to take effect on September 1st. It would
require all doctors that perform abortions to have patient admitting privileges
at a hospital within thirty miles of their area of practice. For now, doctors
are still allowed to perform legal abortions. A more permanent pronouncing on
the law will be made on a later date at a hearing. Abortion activists were
satisfied with the latest decision. They believed it would “give abortion
doctors more time to seek the hospital privileges” (1). Nancy Northup,
president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, said, “Today’s ruling
ensures Louisiana women are safe from an underhanded law that seeks to strip
them of their health and rights” (1). Louisiana, however, is not the only state
that has passed a law related to this issue. It is among eleven other states
that have passed similar laws. Abortion rights campaigners claim “admitting
privileges laws impose medically unnecessary requirements on doctors” (1),
while anti-abortion advocates declare that the methods are created to defend
women’s health. There is currently one doctor in Louisiana that performs
abortions and possesses hospital admitting privileges. The Center for
Reproductive Rights believes that this singular doctor will fear for his own
safety and, for this reason, cease to carry out abortions if all other doctors
are obliged to stop.
It is vital that audiences read and understand more about
topics like these because each individual should be able to comprehend and
formulate their own opinion about abortion. It is important that people know
what is happening with issues like this in their area so that they can take
action when they believe an incorrect decision has been made.
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