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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<ref>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-abortion10sep10,1,4090012.story?coll=la-headlines-nation</ref>
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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>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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| | 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. | + | 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. |
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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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| | 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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| − | 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. | + | False. It takes many times longer than that, even if there are no complications.<ref>www.bvwhc.org/Method%20Comparison%20Eng.doc</ref> If there are complications, then it has to be repeated. Many are done under general anesthesia, which of course takes far longer still. |
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| | + | Tonsillectomies and colonoscopies are subject to this regulation, and they do not require any more time than [[abortion]] does. |
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| | 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." |
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| | Deceptive: Instead of complaining about the crowded conditions for these victims of [[abortion]], the article implies the crowding is good because the strangers could hold hands with each other after the operations! When was the last time anyone saw strangers hold hands after ''any'' operation? | | Deceptive: Instead of complaining about the crowded conditions for these victims of [[abortion]], the article implies the crowding is good because the strangers could hold hands with each other after the operations! When was the last time anyone saw strangers hold hands after ''any'' operation? |
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| | == References == | | == References == |
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