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| | '''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 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>http://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. | + | Tonsillectomies and colonoscopies have been subject to this [[Missouri]] law, 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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| − | '''Misleading''': Obviously patients "are cleared to go home" so quickly because the clinic is overcrowded, and early departure is needed to ease the crowding. No one who undergoes other surgery is 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 other surgery are not told to go home so quickly, and it is inhumane to treat mothers this way after [[abortions]]. |
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| | '''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." |
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| − | '''Misleading''': These regulations are no different from what is required for other outpatient surgery centers. The Planned Parenthood clinic that is complaining does surgery, so the point about the abortion pill does not apply to it. As to doctors' offices, very few prescribe this dangerous abortion pill, which causes bleeding, pain and higher complications. It is reasonable to require proper facilities for the victim from providers enjoying substantial profits from it. | + | '''Misleading''': This law is no different from what is required for other ambulatory surgery centers. The complaining [[Planned Parenthood]] clinic does surgical [[abortion]], so the point about the [[abortion]] pill does not apply to it. As to doctors' offices, very few prescribe this dangerous abortion pill, which causes bleeding, pain and higher complications. It is reasonable to require proper facilities for the victim from providers enjoying substantial profits from it. |
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| | '''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." |