Thursday, March 28, 2013
2011 Pennsylvania Abortion Regs Proved Costly to Many Facilities
NPR: Pennsylvania Tightens Abortion Rules Following Clinic Deaths, by Jeff Brady:
A Philadelphia doctor who performed abortions is on trial for murder. Kermit Gosnell, 72, is accused in the deaths of a female patient and seven babies who the prosecutor says were born alive. District Attorney R. Seth Williams laid out the case in disturbing detail in a grand jury report last year. . . .
In 2011, the Gosnell case was mentioned frequently as Pennsylvania's General Assembly passed a law that put stricter requirements on abortion clinics. Now most clinics in the state are held to the same standards as outpatient surgery centers. . . .
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https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/reproductive_rights/2013/03/2011-pennsylvania-abortion-regs-proved-costly-to-many-facilities.html