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The ''L.A. Times'' reported Monday that "Planned Parenthood's clinic here in central Missouri performs about 600 first-trimester [[abortion]]s a year, drawing patients from areas several hours away. Surgical [[abortion]]s take place in two '''small''' exam rooms as the patient, often sedated with a Valium, lies on a padded table, her feet in stirrups. The recovery room, painted blue, is '''crowded''', the vinyl recliners positioned so close to one another, '''patients could hold hands'''."<ref>Stephanie Simon, "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," Los Angeles Times (Sept. 10, 2007), http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-abortion10sep10,1,4090012.story?coll=la-headlines-nation</ref>

The ''L.A. Times'' reported Monday that "Planned Parenthood's clinic here in central Missouri performs about 600 first-trimester [[abortion]]s a year, drawing patients from areas several hours away. Surgical [[abortion]]s take place in two '''small''' exam rooms as the patient, often sedated with a Valium, lies on a padded table, her feet in stirrups. The recovery room, painted blue, is '''crowded''', the vinyl recliners positioned so close to one another, '''patients could hold hands'''."<ref>Stephanie Simon, "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," Los Angeles Times (Sept. 10, 2007), http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-abortion10sep10,1,4090012.story?coll=la-headlines-nation</ref>

It is inhumane to subject mothers to overcrowded post-[[abortion]] facilities like that.  [[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 a new Missouri law<ref>[[Missouri]] merely extended a law that already exists for ambulatory surgical centers.  [[Missouri]]'s Ambulatory Surgical Center Licensing Law ("the Act") was amended effective August 28, 2007 (codified at section 197.200 of the Revised Missouri Statutes). 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.</ref> requiring the same conditions for abortion patients as other surgical patients.

It is inhumane to subject mothers to such overcrowded post-[[abortion]] facilities.  [[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 a new Missouri law<ref>[[Missouri]] merely extended a law that already exists for ambulatory surgical centers.  [[Missouri]]'s Ambulatory Surgical Center Licensing Law ("the Act") was amended effective August 28, 2007 (codified at section 197.200 of the Revised Missouri Statutes). 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.</ref> requiring the same conditions for abortion patients as other surgical patients.

Though the ''L.A. Times'' article admits to the crowding, it misleads the public in several ways.  The article conceals how the Missouri law applies to all [[abortion]]s equally, and the [[federal]] judge's injunction against the law has the effect of permitting second and third trimester [[abortions]] to be performed at overcrowded clinics.  The judge heard arguments Monday on making his injunction permanent.

Though the ''L.A. Times'' article admits to the crowding, it misleads the public in several ways.  The article conceals how the Missouri law applies to all [[abortion]]s equally, and the [[federal]] judge's injunction against the law has the effect of permitting second and third trimester [[abortions]] to be performed at overcrowded clinics.  The judge heard arguments Monday on making his injunction permanent.

'''Point 1''':  "A first-trimester surgical abortion takes about two minutes."

'''Point 1''':  "A first-trimester surgical abortion takes about two minutes."

'''False'''.  It takes many times longer than that, even if there are no complications.<ref>http://www.bvwhc.org/Method%20Comparison%20Eng.doc</ref>  If there are complications, then it has to be repeated.  Many [[abortions]] are under general anesthesia, which of course takes longer still.

'''False'''.  It takes many times longer than that, even if there are no complications.<ref>http://www.bvwhc.org/Method%20Comparison%20Eng.doc</ref> When incomplete, the [[abortion]] is repeated on the same patient. If there are complications, then even more is required.  Many [[abortions]] are under general anesthesia, which of course takes longer still.

Tonsillectomies and colonoscopies have been subject to this [[Missouri]] law, and they do not require any more time than [[abortion]]s.

Tonsillectomies and colonoscopies have been subject to this [[Missouri]] law, and they do not require any more time than [[abortion]]s.

'''Point 2''':  "After, patients at the Planned Parenthood clinic here walk down a dimly lighted hall to a small, spare recovery room, where they rest in recliners, a box of tissues by each chair. Most are cleared to go home after 15 minutes."

'''Point 2''':  "After, patients at the Planned Parenthood clinic here walk down a dimly lighted hall to a small, spare recovery room, where they rest in recliners, a box of tissues by each chair. Most are cleared to go home after 15 minutes."

'''Misleading''':  Obviously patients "are cleared to go home" so quickly because the clinic is overcrowded, and early departure is needed to ease the crowding.  Patients who undergo other surgery are not told to go home so quickly, and it is inhumane to treat mothers this way after [[abortions]].

'''Misleading''':  Obviously patients "are cleared to go home" so quickly because the clinic is overcrowded, and early departure is needed to ease the crowding.  Patients who undergo surgery other than [[abortion]] are not told to go home so quickly, and it is inhumane to treat mothers this way after [[abortions]].

'''Point 3''':  "They have enacted the most far-reaching regulations in the nation -- dictating the physical layout, staffing and record-keeping policies of any facility that performs five or more abortions a month, including private doctors' offices that regularly prescribe the abortion pill."

'''Point 3''':  "They have enacted the most far-reaching regulations in the nation -- dictating the physical layout, staffing and record-keeping policies of any facility that performs five or more abortions a month, including private doctors' offices that regularly prescribe the abortion pill."

'''Point 4''':  "The law would put providers of five or more abortions a month in the same regulatory category as outpatient surgical centers that perform a wide range of procedures, some under general anesthesia, including tonsillectomies, cardiac catheterization, hernia repair, cataract removal and colonoscopy."

'''Point 4''':  "The law would put providers of five or more abortions a month in the same regulatory category as outpatient surgical centers that perform a wide range of procedures, some under general anesthesia, including tonsillectomies, cardiac catheterization, hernia repair, cataract removal and colonoscopy."

'''Misleading''': [[Abortion]] is often done under general anesthesia, which is more serious, while the above procedures are often done without general anesthesia.  There is no reason why [[abortion]]ists should get by with facilities less adequate than what is required for the less serious tonsillectomies or colonoscopies.

'''Misleading''': [[Abortion]] is often done under general anesthesia, which is more serious, while the other surgeries above are often done without general anesthesia.  There is no reason why [[abortion]]ists should get by with facilities less adequate than what is required for the less serious tonsillectomies or colonoscopies.

 

 

'''Misleading''': This quote does not disclose how this organization benefits financially from [[abortions]].  The more that are performed, the more revenue this organization likely receives and the more that its employees can make.  The article should have qualified the quote by noting this financial interest.

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