tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213262.post111818536307154927..comments2024-03-17T14:01:29.276-04:00Comments on 2 Political Junkies: On Being Pragmatic on "Choice"Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10439330154875628083noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213262.post-1118800711505437782005-06-14T21:58:00.000-04:002005-06-14T21:58:00.000-04:00Is it too much to ask that facilities that perform...Is it too much to ask that facilities that perform outpatient surgery actually <B>be</B> outpatient surgery centers? The problem here isn't the mean old right-to-lifers denying women "choice." It's the cheapskate abortion businesses who can't be bothered to adhere to basic safety requirements. And this costs women and girls their lives. These are the women and girls I can verify were past 16 weeks when they died of abortions botched in outpatient clinics in texas: Latachie Veal was 17 years old and 22 weeks pregnant . Sheila Watley was 31 years old and 17 weeks pregnant. Shari Graham was 34 years old and 18 weeks pregnant . Denise Montoya was 15 years old and 25 weeks pregnant.<BR/><BR/>Again, if a doctor wants to do outpatient surgery, he needs to be doing it in a facility equipped to handle the complications of that outpatient surgery. (Not to mention, he needs to actually identify and treat the complications! These guys seemed to be pretty much unwilling to do that, since Latachie and Shari were both sent home with life-threatening hemorrhaging.)<BR/><BR/>The idea among some folks seems to be that an abortion that kills the mother is better than no abortion at all.Christina Duniganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04785550737493692252noreply@blogger.com