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| − | Rebuttal to "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," By Stephanie Simon, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer, September 10, 2007 | + | Rebuttal to "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," 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> |
Point 1: "A first-trimester surgical abortion takes about two minutes." | Point 1: "A first-trimester surgical abortion takes about two minutes." | ||
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Misleading: Those with complications have to go back for more surgery, and those that do not have complications suffer from bleeding. No one who undergoes general anesthesia is cleared in just 15 minutes either. | Misleading: Those with complications have to go back for more surgery, and those that do not have complications suffer from bleeding. No one who undergoes general anesthesia is cleared in just 15 minutes either. | ||
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Revision as of 21:38, September 10, 2007
Rebuttal to "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," By Stephanie Simon, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer, September 10, 2007[1]
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. If there are complications, then it has to be repeated. Many are done under general anesthesia, which of course takes far longer still.
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: Those with complications have to go back for more surgery, and those that do not have complications suffer from bleeding. No one who undergoes general anesthesia is cleared in just 15 minutes either.
Work in progress. Please add.