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| − | <br>"Facilities that regularly provide first-trimester terminations — including the pill version — may be regulated as outpatient surgical centers. Two of the state's three clinics would have to close" | + | <br>'''"Facilities that regularly provide first-trimester terminations — including the pill version — may be regulated as outpatient surgical centers. Two of the state's three clinics would have to close"''' |
| | <br>By Stephanie Simon, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer, September 10, 2007<ref>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-abortion10sep10,1,4090012.story?coll=la-headlines-nation</ref> | | <br>By Stephanie Simon, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer, September 10, 2007<ref>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-abortion10sep10,1,4090012.story?coll=la-headlines-nation</ref> |
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| | + | == Background == |
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| | + | [[Planned Parenthood]] enjoys an annual profit of over $50 million as the [[United States]]' largest [[abortion]] provider,<ref>http://www.lifeissues.org/pp/index.html</ref> but a clinic pleads poverty in complying with the same laws that apply to other surgical procedures. |
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| | Missouri merely extended a law that already exists for outpatient surgical centers to [[abortion]], which is also outpatient surgery. | | Missouri merely extended a law that already exists for outpatient surgical centers to [[abortion]], which is also outpatient surgery. |
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| − | This article first quoted three individuals who profit from [[abortion]] before quoting anyone who defends this law: "We're applying the same standards of healthcare to abortion clinics as we are to other medical facilities," said Pam Fichter, development director of Missouri Right to Life. | + | This ''L.A. Times'' article first quoted three individuals who profit from [[abortion]] before quoting anyone who defends this law: "We're applying the same standards of healthcare to abortion clinics as we are to other medical facilities," said Pam Fichter, development director of Missouri Right to Life. |
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| | + | This article in the L.A. Times, one of the most pro-abortion publications in the [[United States]], is riddled with falsehoods and [[liberal bias]]. |
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| − | This article in the L.A. Times, one of the most pro-abortion publications in the [[United States]], is riddled with falsehoods and [[liberal bias]]:
| + | == Point-by-Point Rebuttal == |
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| | Point 1: "A first-trimester surgical abortion takes about two minutes." | | Point 1: "A first-trimester surgical abortion takes about two minutes." |