Anti-Choice Politicians Set Their TRAP
TRAP laws are politically motivated, unnecessary, or burdensome regulations imposed on abortion providers -- but not other medical professionals. That's the catch.
Forty-four states and the District of Columbia currently have some sort of TRAP law - although a number of them have been overturned by the courts. Common TRAP laws restrict where abortion care may be provided and force doctors to obtain medically unnecessary additional licenses.
Some TRAP laws come straight out of the absurd-o-sphere: Mississippi requires that abortion clinics be located in an "attractive" setting. (How considerate!) South Carolina requires abortion clinics to keep outside areas "free of grass that might serve as a haven for insects." In fact, some reporters are making a connection between South Carolina and Virginia.
Last year, the South Dakota Senate considered a bill that would have required physicians providing abortion care to be physically present in the town 24 hours in advance of the procedure. The problem is that no local doctors currently provide abortion services in South Dakota, and doctors travel there from other states. Mandating that physicians arrive a day early could have made it impossible for doctors who work in multiple states during the week to provide care to South Dakotan women. Do women have the right to choose if there's no doctor who can provide this care?
Clearly, TRAP laws have nothing to do with women's health or safety. They're just another way for anti-choice politicians to attack abortion providers, even if it means they close.
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Abortion, Attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli, Pro-choice, South Carolina, South Dakota, TRAP law, Virginia,
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It seems to me they really run a "trap within trap within trap" starting with the core advertising lie that they're "pro-life."
One trap: "Oh, we're not doing this because we get really anxious over sex or because of our rightwing religious beliefs. We're doing this because 'science' says abortion is bad for a woman's psychological health."
Another trap: "We're not demanding patient records from the local abortion clinic to try to shut it down and create a chilling effect for any women thinking of using it. We're investigating statutory rape of children and whether it goes unreported."
etc. etc. But keep exposing all their traps!