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Talk:Abortion facilities (view source)
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:: According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI), which I do not accept as conclusive, "some abortions also go unreported to AGI—primarily office procedures performed by physicians for their own patients—'''but this number is believed to be very small'''." (emphasis added)--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 19:46, 23 October 2010 (EDT)
:: According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI), which I do not accept as conclusive, "some abortions also go unreported to AGI—primarily office procedures performed by physicians for their own patients—'''but this number is believed to be very small'''." (emphasis added)--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 19:46, 23 October 2010 (EDT)
What the AGI is trying to do is distinguish between abortions performed by doctors on their own patients in practices that don't specialize in abortion, versus "clinics", which is used to distinguish freestanding outpatient facilities that specialize in abortion, even if legally their status is just the doctor's private practice. I don't know that there '''are''' any statistics. I just have a plethora of anecdotal data. I can give you a few examples:
Mi Yong Kim called her private practice "Landmark Women's Center". To a layman, it would appear to be a clinic. You can see that she was doing the abortions in what was legally her office, not a clinic, in point 3 of page 3 of [http://www.dhp.virginia.gov/Notices/Medicine/0101023297/0101023297Order04052005.pdf this medical board document].
I've found [http://delegatebob.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Abortion-Regs-Gov-McDonnell-FINAL.pdf this memo] regarding regulation of abortions performed in doctors' offices in Virginia.
[http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/aborted-fetuses-jars-philadelphia-doctors-office/story?id=9932883 This article] notes that Kermit Gosnell's office was called "Family Medical Society" and appeared to be a clinic.
[http://www.prochoice.org/about_abortion/facts/access_abortion.html This page] of the National Abortion Federation web site notes, "Today, about 95% of women who need abortions have them in clinics or in private doctors' offices where costs can be kept low without increasing health risks."
[http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-09-07/news/bs-md-abortion-injury-20100907_1_abortion-law-national-abortion-federation-abortion-rights This article] about Steve Brigham's escapades notes, "The case has put a spotlight on Maryland's abortion law, which is less restrictive than those in nearby states such as New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In those states, unlike in Maryland, later abortions must be performed at a surgical center or hospital rather than at a doctor's office."
There is often a lot of legal wrangling by abortionists to keep their facilities from being classified as clinics, because states regulate clinics much more closely. It's a very important distinction and one I think the public needs to be aware of.[[User:CDunigan|CDunigan]] 14:02, 24 October 2010 (EDT)