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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US | Fri Jun 26, 2015 7:46pm EDT
47of74
(18,470 posts)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.
riversedge
(70,286 posts)it takes them to grow up and be human!
myrna minx
(22,772 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,683 posts)These "laws" are supposed to protect women--what a joke. Control is what they're after.
brer cat
(24,596 posts)SunSeeker
(51,662 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)setting? Or do we have separate but unequal facilities for this one medical service?
HelenWheels
(2,284 posts)Do all dentists have hospital admitting rights? They do pretty intense surgical procedures and give anesthesia.
47of74
(18,470 posts)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)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.
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)gettin'-gummit-outta-my-biness, right?
The hypocrisy is staggering, isn't it?