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Missouri's bill closed 1 of only 3 remaining abortion clinics within 60 days of passage.  [[Planned Parenthood]] even backed off its legal challenge in order to avoid a bad precedent for it.  Missouri's bill is perfectly constitutional and ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' says nothing to invalidate it.  In fact, there is language in ''Roe v. Wade'' supporting this bill: "The [state's] interest obviously extends at least to the performing physician and his staff, '''to the availability of after-care, and to adequate provision for any complication or emergency that might arise'''."

Missouri's bill closed 1 of only 3 remaining abortion clinics within 60 days of passage.  [[Planned Parenthood]] even backed off its legal challenge in order to avoid a bad precedent for it.  Missouri's bill is perfectly constitutional and ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' says nothing to invalidate it.  In fact, there is language in ''Roe v. Wade'' supporting this bill: "The [state's] interest obviously extends at least to the performing physician and his staff, '''to the availability of after-care, and to adequate provision for any complication or emergency that might arise'''."

One other state -- [[Mississippi]] -- has passed a meaningful version of this bill.  On April 16, 2012, the Governor signed into law a requirement that abortions only be performed by an abortionist who has privileges at a local hospital, which would enable him to handle complications.

Only other state -- [[Mississippi]] -- has passed a meaningful version of this bill: Miss. H.B. 1390.  On April 16, 2012, the Governor signed into law a requirement that abortions only be performed by an abortionist who has privileges at a local hospital, which would enable him to handle complications:

 

{{cquote|All physicians associated with the abortion facility must have admitting privileges at a local hospital and staff privileges to replace local hospital on-staff physicians. All physicians associated with an abortion facility must be board certified or eligible in obstetrics and gynecology, and a staff member trained in CPR shall always be present at the abortion facility when it is open.}}

 

Other states have passed ineffective forms of this law, or not passed them at all.  [[Florida]] passed a diluted version of this bill, which was introduced in 2005 as H.B. 1041.  In 2006 these additional states had pending versions of this rule requiring an abortionist to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital (which many abortionists lack, and end up dumping emergency victims on other doctors), but [[liberal]] opposition prevented these bills from passing in a meaningful form:

Other states have passed ineffective forms of this law, or not passed them at all.  [[Florida]] passed a diluted version of this bill, which was introduced in 2005 as H.B. 1041.  In 2006 these additional states had pending versions of this rule requiring an abortionist to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital (which many abortionists lack, and end up dumping emergency victims on other doctors), but [[liberal]] opposition prevented these bills from passing in a meaningful form: