{"id":42234,"date":"2014-05-27T23:36:48","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T05:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/27\/its-a-trap.html"},"modified":"2014-05-28T07:39:57","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T13:39:57","slug":"its-a-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/27\/its-a-trap.html","title":{"rendered":"It’s a TRAP!"},"content":{"rendered":"
TRAP (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) laws are painted as solely for the protection of women, by placing increasing regulatory requirements on clinics that perform abortions. But given the very low rate of actual complications from most abortions, it's an argument that seems very shake vs. the argument that such laws are simply out to make abortion (since it can't be made illegal) impractical for clinics to perform and thus for most women to obtain.\ufeff<\/div>\n

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In Alabama, Access to Abortion Through the Entire South Is on Trial<\/a>
\n Abortion is on trial this week in Alabama. Technically speaking, the witnesses are appearing before federal District Judge Myron Thompson to discuss a new state law that requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at local hospitals. That sounds reasonable, I know, but it isn\u2019t, and it\u2019s also…\n <\/p>\n

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TRAP (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) laws are painted as solely for the protection of women, by placing increasing regulatory requirements on clinics that perform abortions. 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