In imposing new and medically unnecessary regulations on providers of abortion care, Kansas lawmakers claim they are just interested in "protecting the health of women." Instead, what they are doing is ensuring more women face greater health risks.
A federal court this evening blocked implementation of South Dakota H.B. 1217, the law passed earlier this year that would require a woman seeking an abortion to wait at least 72 hours after first meeting her doctor before having the procedure, and to visit a "crisis pregnancy center" for a lecture based on ideology, not medical or scientific evidence.
You know how abortion is related to automobile production and the United States balance of trade with South Korea? I don't either. But apparently Senator Orrin Hatch does.
