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Eugene

(61,939 posts)
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 12:29 AM Jun 2015

Judge temporarily blocks Tennessee surgical center abortion law

Source: Reuters

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked a Tennessee law from taking effect next week that would require abortion clinics to be licensed as ambulatory surgical centers, a step which abortion rights supporters had said would force two facilities to close.

The law signed in May by Republican Governor Bill Haslam applies to all clinics that perform 50 abortions or more annually and was due to take effect on July 1.

A company that operates abortion clinics in Nashville and Bristol filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging the requirements and asked U.S. District Court Judge Kevin Sharp to block the law from taking effect, saying it was impossible to meet the deadline for licensing.

The state health department did not make applications available until June 16, will not issue a license to a clinic until it has a full set of architectural plans to review, and requires a clinic to pass a site inspection scheduled with up to 45 days of advanced notice, Sharp's order said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/26/us-usa-abortion-tennessee-idUSKBN0P62SB20150626



US | Fri Jun 26, 2015 7:46pm EDT
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Judge temporarily blocks Tennessee surgical center abortion law (Original Post) Eugene Jun 2015 OP
The righties really aren't having a good week, are they. 47of74 Jun 2015 #1
they need to have bad YEARS!--or as long as riversedge Jun 2015 #5
LOL - I just sprayed my coffee. Great post! myrna minx Jun 2015 #6
Good for that judge! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2015 #2
+1 nt brer cat Jun 2015 #4
K & R SunSeeker Jun 2015 #3
If they keep this up - shouldn't sue them for not providing a legal service in a regular hospital jwirr Jun 2015 #7
K&R Novara Jun 2015 #8
What about dentists? HelenWheels Jun 2015 #9
Yeah good point. 47of74 Jun 2015 #10
My old dentist S_B_Jackson Jun 2015 #12
This is the party of Le Taz Hot Jun 2015 #11
 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
1. The righties really aren't having a good week, are they.
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 12:32 AM
Jun 2015

I'm loving every minute of it though. (I don't care if it makes me a bad person either).

And more importantly I'm glad for this victory for women.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,683 posts)
2. Good for that judge!
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 12:36 AM
Jun 2015

These "laws" are supposed to protect women--what a joke. Control is what they're after.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
7. If they keep this up - shouldn't sue them for not providing a legal service in a regular hospital
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 10:52 AM
Jun 2015

setting? Or do we have separate but unequal facilities for this one medical service?

HelenWheels

(2,284 posts)
9. What about dentists?
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 11:08 AM
Jun 2015

Do all dentists have hospital admitting rights? They do pretty intense surgical procedures and give anesthesia.

 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
10. Yeah good point.
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 12:23 PM
Jun 2015

I remember the dentist who took out my wisdom teeth about 22 years ago. He said they used to do a lot of their procedures over at the hospital, especially those involving full on anesthesia. The supervisor at the place I was working at the time said when she had hers out 20 years before mine came out that they did hers at the hospital. By the time I had my teeth out they were doing work involving full anesthesia at the office. I had the full since I have quite the gag reflex when it comes to dental work. My mom was like oh maybe we can just have the local but he said he wouldn't even try taking the teeth out unless I was under.

S_B_Jackson

(906 posts)
12. My old dentist
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 06:19 PM
Jun 2015

was an old retired merchant marine sailor....he'd only do procedures under a local (novocaine) anesthetic. If you needed more than that, such as to remove an impacted wisdom tooth that I had, he'd advise you to go to a dental surgeon. He didn't want to deal with the increase in liability insurance to his practice required to use a general anesthetic.

He did great work though.

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