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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 law that applies to other surgical procedures.

[[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 law that applies to other surgical procedures.

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 (ambulatory) surgical centers to [[abortion]].  Missouri's Ambulatory Surgical Center Licensing Law ("the Act") was amended effective August 28, 2007.<ref>Codified at section 197.200 of the Revised Missouri Statutes.</ref> Prior to the amendment the Act defined an ambulatory surgical center as any "establishment operated primarily for the purpose of performing surgical procedures or primarily for the purpose of performing childbirths and which does not provide ... accommodations for patients to stay more than twenty-three hours ...." The amendment expands the definition to include any establishment that performs five or more first trimester abortions per month or any second or third trimester abortions.

This ''L.A. Times'' article first quoted three individuals who profit from [[abortion]] before quoting a defense of 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 (9/10/07) misleads the public into thinking the law applies only to first trimester [[abortions]].  Not true.  The law applies to all [[abortion]]s equally, and the judge's invalidation of the law would permit second and third trimester [[abortions]] to be performed at substandard clinics.

 

The ''L.A. Times'' article first quoted three individuals who profit from [[abortion]] before quoting a defense of 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.

The ''L.A. Times'' reporter observed cramped, crowded conditions that demonstrate the need for this law, but the ''L.A. Times'' spun that by suggesting that the post-operative patients can hold hands with each other!  The clinic is telling its patient-victims that they can leave the crowded conditions a ''mere 15 minutes after having an [[abortion]]''.

The ''L.A. Times'' reporter observed cramped, crowded conditions that demonstrate the need for this law, but the ''L.A. Times'' spun that by suggesting that the post-operative patients can hold hands with each other!  The clinic is telling its patient-victims that they can leave the crowded conditions a ''mere 15 minutes after having an [[abortion]]''.