{"id":212382,"date":"2019-10-15T16:34:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T21:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=212382"},"modified":"2019-10-15T21:46:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T02:46:07","slug":"women-injured-abortion-louisiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/women-injured-abortion-louisiana\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortionist trainer: Women injured by abortion don’t matter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Newsweek has published an opinion <\/span>piece<\/span><\/a> blasting the <\/span>Louisiana Unsafe Abortion Act<\/span><\/a> currently before the Supreme Court by arguing that the law, which requires abortionists to have \u201cactive admitting privileges\u201d at hospitals within 30 miles, is not based on science.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The author, Sarah CM Roberts, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the radically pro-abortion <\/span>University of California, San Francisco<\/span><\/a> (UCSF). UCSF is a <\/span>hotbed of abortion activism<\/span><\/a>\u00a0that includes funding and training abortionists at dozens of colleges around the country. Given the author\u2019s associations, it is no surprise that the piece is filled with biases and outright deceptions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Deceptive Claim #1: <\/span>\u00a0“The fact is admitting privileges laws ultimately harm women. Abortion is extremely safe, with more than 99 percent of abortions resulting in no major complications. These laws make no difference in patient safety, but hamper a woman’s ability to get an abortion.”<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

As Live Action <\/span>reported<\/span><\/a> earlier this year, Louisiana Right to Life uncovered chronic \u201cinstitutional negligence\u201d at Baton Rouge\u2019s Delta Clinic — one of three abortion facilities in the state — that resulted in a botched first-trimester abortion in March which tragically resulted in woman undergoing an emergency hysterectomy, leaving her sterile. A subsequent citation by the Louisiana state health department noted that the abortion clinic lacked basic emergency medical supplies, including IV fluid, needed to stabilize the woman prior to the arrival of emergency medical services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Louisiana Right to Life <\/span>investigation<\/span><\/a> also highlighted the \u201cmany other violations at Delta Clinic over the last 40 years, specifically regarding unsanitary conditions, improper or incomplete record-keeping and the use of expired medical supplies.\u201d The facility\u2019s owner, Leroy Brinkley, also owns one of the other two abortion clinics in the state, Women\u2019s Health Care Clinic in New Orleans, which Louisiana Right to Life notes also has a problematic track record.<\/span><\/p>\n

Given the facts on the ground about abortion in Louisiana, the idea that requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges \u201cmake no difference in patient safety\u201d is at best grossly ignorant and neglects the needs of the women who will<\/em> suffer serious complications.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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