{"id":91109,"date":"2016-03-29T13:38:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T17:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=91109"},"modified":"2016-03-29T13:38:30","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T17:38:30","slug":"wheres-media-outrage-over-shortage-of-obstetrical-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wheres-media-outrage-over-shortage-of-obstetrical-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Where&#8217;s the media outrage over shortage of obstetrical care?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>While we await a\u00a0decision from the Supreme Court on a challenge to a Texas law which caused several substandard abortion facilities\u00a0in Texas to close, many\u00a0Texas women have learned that they will have to travel much further for obstetrical care.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Health Presbyterian has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texashealth.org\/news\/texas-health-kaufman-announces-change-in-services\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> that it will close its labor and delivery unit at its Kaufman Hospital. This\u00a0news will not only affect workers who are now slated to lose their jobs, but is likely to\u00a0negatively affect women&#8217;s health in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Flashback to only a few years ago after several abortion facilities in Texas closed following sweeping pro-life legislation. From the news media and their pro-abortion allies came\u00a0an uproar and constant drum beat of outrage. But where is the outrage over women being unable to conveniently access a doctor within 40 miles to safely <em>deliver<\/em> their babies?<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->For its part, Texas Presbyterian claims to\u00a0have seen\u00a0a decline in the number of women seeking their obstetrical services, which then\u00a0prompted their decision to close the Kaufman OB unit in May. But less than a year after an obstetrics unit in another Texas city (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dentonrc.com\/local-news\/local-news-headlines\/20150812-local-hospital-closes-obstetrics-unit.ece\" target=\"_blank\">Denton<\/a>)\u00a0closed, a neighboring hospital said they noticed a huge increase in deliveries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt happened literally overnight,\u201d nurse manager Dena Shapley <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dentonrc.com\/local-news\/local-news-headlines\/20160323-hospital-sees-new-baby-boom.ece\" target=\"_blank\">told<\/a> the Denton Record Chronicle in March. \u201cWe were delivering around 150 to 160 babies per month, and then literally that next month we were delivering around 240 babies per month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Kaufman, the closure will potentially force pregnant women to drive long distances. The limited remaining options for care are at least 40 miles away, putting women and their babies at greater risk. The closure is also ending the practice of the city&#8217;s only obstetrician.<\/p>\n<p>Despite hospital officials claiming women will still have ample time to arrive at another obstetrics unit despite the 40-mile drive, a hospital nurse who spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SKYXh4Am64E\" target=\"_blank\">Fox4<\/a> in Dallas said that\u00a0typically, women who walk through the doors\u00a0deliver within minutes of their arrival. Even though the hospital says it will accept women into their Emergency Room, the nurse, who pointed out that the closure will affect mostly &#8220;lower socio-economic&#8221; women, claimed that no one will be available to do an emergency C-section. The hospital responded by noting that in cases of emergencies, the women would have to be transported 40 miles by ambulance to Dallas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/AbortionProcedures.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/levatino-ad-LAN.jpg\" alt=\"levatino-ad-LAN\" width=\"306\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/levatino-ad-LAN.jpg 306w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/levatino-ad-LAN-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contrast this with the reactions following\u00a0the closure of an abortion clinic in\u00a0the state. When HB2 was passed, it did the unthinkable, so says the abortion lobby. The legislation sought to improve women&#8217;s safety by requiring doctors who work at abortion clinics to have hospital admitting privileges (like other physicians) and requiring abortion clinics to meet the same standards as\u00a0ambulatory surgical centers. Live Action&#8217;s Calvin Freiburger <a href=\"\/news\/judge-strikes-down-alabama-admitting-privilege-requirement-for-abortions\/\">noted<\/a> that despite the abortion industry&#8217;s claim that these restrictions (which they call &#8220;TRAP laws&#8221;) are pointless, 32 medical societies seem to disagree:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">While abortion advocates commonly argue that admitting privileges are medically unnecessary, 32 medical societies including the American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists\u00a0<a href=\"\/news\/32-medical-societies-support-admitting-privileges-abortion-advocates-fighting\/\">signed on<\/a>\u00a0to the American College of Surgeons\u2019 2003 affirmation that admitting privileges are an important health and safety standard.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Following the passage of the pro-life legislation, now being <a href=\"\/news\/wednesday-supreme-court-really\/\" target=\"_blank\">challenged<\/a> before the US Supreme Court, the nation was exposed to a constant drum beat of criticism bemoaning the idea that\u00a0women could be forced to drive for miles in order to obtain an abortion. This screen capture\u00a0(below) is from abortion chain\u00a0<a href=\"\/news\/long-history-of-health-violations-at-abortion-chain-suing-over-pro-life-law\/\" target=\"_blank\">Whole Woman&#8217;s Health<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wholewomanstexasactionfund.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/wwh-fact-sheet-3-5-14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a>.\u00a0Whole Woman&#8217;s Health, known for its long history of health violations, is\u00a0challenging the Texas pro-life law:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-91114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Whole-Womens-Health-Abortion-CLinic-Statement-700x314.jpg\" alt=\"Whole Womens Health Abortion CLinic Statement\" width=\"474\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Whole-Womens-Health-Abortion-CLinic-Statement-700x314.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Whole-Womens-Health-Abortion-CLinic-Statement-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Whole-Womens-Health-Abortion-CLinic-Statement-768x345.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Whole-Womens-Health-Abortion-CLinic-Statement.jpg 1121w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since HB2&#8217;s passage, abortion enthusiasts have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ALhG5P26bik\" target=\"_blank\">crawled <\/a>out of the woodwork to decry the closures as a direct attack on their &#8220;right to abortion.&#8221; The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/double_x\/doublex\/2016\/03\/women_in_texas_have_to_drive_hundreds_of_miles_to_reach_an_abortion_clinic.html\" target=\"_blank\">media<\/a> has been swift to measure the distance a woman might have to travel if their otherwise unfit abortion clinic were to close down. They predicted dire health consequences from the closures, none of which have materialized in the state.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_91115\" style=\"width: 484px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91115\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-91115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Abortion-Texas-SLate-700x591.jpg\" alt=\"Headline and screen grab from Slate Magazine article online \" width=\"474\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Abortion-Texas-SLate-700x591.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Abortion-Texas-SLate-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Abortion-Texas-SLate-768x648.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Abortion-Texas-SLate.jpg 821w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-91115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Headline and screen grab from Slate Magazine article online<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yet, in light of the Texas OB unit closing, we&#8217;ve heard\u00a0only crickets when it comes to things like\u00a0&#8216;a woman&#8217;s right to a safe and simple delivery.&#8217; And, believe it or not, this is not a new phenomenon women are facing in the state or the nation for that matter.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acog.org\/Resources-And-Publications\/Committee-Opinions\/Committee-on-Health-Care-for-Underserved-Women\/Health-Disparities-in-Rural-Women\" target=\"_blank\">ACOG<\/a>, &#8220;Rural America&#8221; is home to 22.8% of U.S. women aged 18 years and older. Each year, about 500,000 women in the United States give birth in rural hospitals, yet easy access to labor and delivery units has been declining.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-91113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rural-Obstetrics-700x524.jpg\" alt=\"Rural Obstetrics\" width=\"474\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rural-Obstetrics-700x524.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rural-Obstetrics-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rural-Obstetrics-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rural-Obstetrics.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Texas Presbyterian Hospital told Fox4 that many rural hospitals have closed their OB units in past years. This includes Ennis Regional Medical Center, which discontinued obstetrics services in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waxahachietx.com\/article\/20160126\/NEWS\/160129546\" target=\"_blank\">2016.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to a report, published in 2007 by the The Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, entitled, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.norc.org\/PDFs\/Walsh%20Center\/Links%20Out\/DecliningAccesstoHospitalbasedObstetricServicesinRuralCounties.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Why Are Fewer Hospitals in the Delivery Business?<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0the number of hospitals that provided obstetric services from 1985 to 2000 dropped by 23%. As a result, more than one-third of counties in the US lacked hospital-based obstetric services in 2000, significantly more than the one-fifth of counties without hospital-based obstetric services in 1985.<\/p>\n<p>A 2015 story published by NPR <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2015\/05\/31\/411044409\/in-rural-alabama-limited-access-to-obstetrics-care\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> that 17 of 54 of Alabama&#8217;s rural counties have hospitals that offer obstetrics services, calling it &#8220;one of the state&#8217;s greatest healthcare challenges.&#8221; Even more shocking, a 2016 <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/1475-6773.12441\/abstract;jsessionid=7E6E74A9F3C47AF4D3BE8E61B0A1D47D.f04t02?userIsAuthenticated=false&amp;deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=\" target=\"_blank\">study<\/a> of rural hospitals nationwide found that 7.2 percent of rural hospitals in the study had closed their obstetric units. The authors who published their findings in the January issue of Health Services Research also found that:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">These units were smaller in size, more likely to be privately owned, and located in communities with lower family income, fewer obstetricians, and fewer family physicians. Prenatal care was still available in 17 of 19 communities, but local women would need to travel an average of 29 additional miles to access intrapartum care.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The fact that closures continue happening \u2014 over time that means the nearest hospital gets farther and farther away,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=4&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjB6bXc9OTLAhUinoMKHQd2AeMQFggrMAM&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.humancapitalrc.org%2F~%2Fmedia%2Ffiles%2Fevents%2F2015%2520brownbag%2Fkozhimannil_henning_smith_hcrc_feb_2016.pdf%3Fla%3Den&amp;usg=AFQjCNHUBovAMPE_sYupbhyO5ETAZ_zM3g&amp;sig2=_WFfRTANer1LV-xCQ9z72w&amp;bvm=bv.118353311,d.amc&amp;cad=rja\" target=\"_blank\">Katy Kozhimannil<\/a>, who co-authored the analysis <a href=\"http:\/\/krwg.org\/post\/more-rural-hospitals-are-closing-their-maternity-units\" target=\"_blank\">told <\/a>Kaiser Health News.<\/p>\n<p>The disparity between outrage over a woman&#8217;s ability to access obstetric services versus abortion services in Texas (and\u00a0nationwide) is glaring. It reveals that the majority of abortion defenders are more concerned about whether low-income and\/or rural women can access abortion rather than having access to a place where they can safely give birth. This displaced focus also reveals that the media is lax in reporting the full story of what is happening in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>While we await the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision on the Texas pro-life law, one thing is certain: the circus around abortion will continue while more life-saving obstetrics units close down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While we await a\u00a0decision from the Supreme Court on a challenge to a Texas law which caused several substandard abortion facilities\u00a0in Texas to close, many\u00a0Texas women have learned that they will have to travel much further for obstetrical care. Texas Health Presbyterian has\u00a0announced that it will close its labor and delivery unit at its Kaufman [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":91149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[19,2546,6504,8066,1345,197,82,6937],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Where&#039;s the media outrage over shortage of obstetrical care?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Abortion defenders are more concerned about whether women can access abortion than about them having access to a place where they can safely give birth.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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