Utah orders abortion doctors to put their patients in danger
They now must administer an anesthetic so the fetus doesn’t feel pain, but it is a dangerous procedure for the woman. Governor Gary Herbert is pictured.
Click here for reuse options!Informed by anti-abortion state lawmakers rather than by medical experts, the “Protecting Unborn Children Amendment” requires physicians to administer an anesthetic to any women seeking an abortion at 20 weeks of pregnancy or later, to “eliminate or alleviate organic pain to the unborn child.” Like many anti-abortion laws on the state level, Utah’s law rests on the unscientific belief that a fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks of gestation.
Most states that introduce “fetal pain” legislation try to ban abortions entirely after 20 weeks — and at least 12 have been successful. Utah is the first to pass a anesthesia-related bill instead of outright prohibiting the practice. But according to physicians, it may as well be a ban.
“You’re asking me to invent a procedure that doesn’t have any research to back it up,” said Dr. Leah Torres, an OB-GYN who works at one of Utah’s two licensed abortion clinics, in an interview with the New York Times. “You want me to experiment on my patients.”
Utah physicians have strongly opposed the bill since its inception, arguing that unscientific opinions from state lawmakers have no place in a safe doctor-patient relationship — especially if they put a woman’s life at risk.
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CandideThirtythree May 10th, 2016 at 11:47
republicans love dead women…and if they are poor and need an abortion that is a win win as far as they are concerned.
Carla Akins May 10th, 2016 at 12:02
Yep, the shaming before they die is a bonus.
Bunya May 10th, 2016 at 13:34
It’s what the “pro-life” morons wanted all along – to punish women by killing them.
Makes me wonder what kind of empty-headed dolts are running the state of Utah.
Roctuna May 10th, 2016 at 14:47
Utah tea party pols aren’t doctors but they slept in a Holiday Inn Express once, so they know what they’re doing.
Granite Skyline May 10th, 2016 at 16:31
Another win for Conservative Christian terrorism!
It’s disgraceful that the medical community hasn’t stood up to those anti-science halfwits.
ohpaleasegivemeabreak May 10th, 2016 at 20:22
They have but the nitwits don’t care.
Gina Bousquet May 10th, 2016 at 17:38
Pardon my ignorance, but do women in America abort without anesthetics, as a rule?
ohpaleasegivemeabreak May 10th, 2016 at 20:22
Yes.
There are usually several options offered the patient,
Most of the time, it’s done without much of anything because, while it’s a painful procedure, it’s a fairly short period of time that is painful.
Gina Bousquet May 10th, 2016 at 20:43
Here it’s always done with anesthetics, short period ones though.
amersham46 May 10th, 2016 at 19:51
He may be stupid , but he is the Governor
Charlie Seivard May 11th, 2016 at 08:39
Utah = where any form of intelligent life is endangered.