{"id":40022,"date":"2013-08-29T19:47:16","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T23:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=40022"},"modified":"2016-09-08T16:13:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T20:13:50","slug":"california-moves-allow-unqualified-non-physicians-perform-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/california-moves-allow-unqualified-non-physicians-perform-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"California moves to allow unqualified non-physicians to perform abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>In an effort to seemingly expand California&#8217;s already large abortion state, Assemblywoman Toni Atkins has introduced a bill, AB154, <a href=\"http:\/\/losangeles.cbslocal.com\/2013\/08\/26\/bill-would-let-non-physicians-perform-abortions\/\">which would allow non-physicians to perform abortions<\/a>. Live Action president Lila Rose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/press\/california-moves-expand-abortion-state\/\">condemned the bill<\/a>, which would make abortion even more commonplace, and more dangerous for women.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The pro-abortion lobby will stop at nothing to force an abortion-first mentality on women and families &#8211; committing violence against weak and defenseless pre-born children, and ignoring commonsense protections for women in some of their most vulnerable moments.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31579\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31579\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31579\" style=\"margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 6px;\" alt=\"lila rose\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/lila-rose-4-300x202.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/lila-rose-4-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/lila-rose-4.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lila Rose<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAll women deserve access to health care in their local communities\u201d\u2026even if it kills them, or their children. That\u2019s the though process behind this actual quotation from Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson of Santa Barbara, regarding California\u2019s ill-advised new law expanding abortions in the state.<\/p>\n<p>In what other realm of business does this bizarre standard pass muster? Do you let a butcher build your house because you \u201cdeserve access to\u201d a carpenter? Do you let a nurse do your bypass surgery because you \u201cdeserve access to\u201d a cardiologist? Nowhere else does \u201cwe really need it, therefore let unqualified people do it\u201d make sense \u2013 and the mentality doesn\u2019t make sense here, either. In fact, it\u2019s downright dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of Kermit Gosnell, in whose abortion facility a woman died from an untrained staff member\u2019s mistake, it\u2019s unthinkable for lawmakers in California to push a law like this. How many more times will my home state carry water for this unregulated industry, which makes its money off the vulnerable moments of women and by murdering pre-born children?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Abortion advocates are lauding the move, saying it would make abortion more accessible for low-income women, or women who live in rural areas. What is not mentioned are the many risks that come with abortion &#8211; even the supposedly &#8220;safe&#8221; medical abortions such as RU486. RU486 has killed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2012\/09\/28\/abortion-drug-ru-486-marks-12-years-in-us-14-dead-1200-injured\/\">over a dozen women<\/a> and injured many, many more. This is just one example of why allowing unqualified non-physicians to perform abortions is a dangerous idea, sure to put women&#8217;s lives at risk even more than they already are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to seemingly expand California&#8217;s already large abortion state, Assemblywoman Toni Atkins has introduced a bill, AB154, which would allow non-physicians to perform abortions. 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