Jivin J’s Life Links 3-3-10
by JivinJ
Interviews with state officials, former patients, lawyers, doctors, and activists on both sides of the abortion debate reveal that numerous opportunities to shine a light on Gosnell’s problematic practice were missed or not pursued…..
In PA, abortion clinics are automatically inspected by the state Dept. of Health only when they open or relocate. In NJ, in contrast, clinics must be inspected every other year.
Gosnell’s clinic was so bad, even pro-choice groups are claiming they wouldn’t refer women there or fund abortions taking place there.
Gosnell’s clinic… has never been on CHOICE’s referral list because it never submitted to an inspection by the organization….
And because the clinic had a bad reputation, the Women’s Medical Fund turned away women who planned to go to there….
Gosnell’s license was also temporarily suspended yesterday by the state’s Board of Medical Practice.
Thus, in the final rule, the “victim” – whose assisted suicide is less likely to be prosecuted – remains undefined. Rather, the guidelines focus on the motives of the suspect without regard to why the “victim” wanted to die…..
This is nonsense. Even people with the most base motives… will claim that they were solely motivated by compassion and that they tried to dissuade the victim. Indeed, the guidelines write the script!
[Photo attribution: cbc.ca]
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Jill, did you actually read the article? There are no quotes at all from prolifers, but the article does quote pro-choice activists who say that the “real story” was not what was going on inside the clinic (even though a woman died) but that Pennsylvania does not have Medicaid-paid abortions.
Incredible.
Phillymiss,
I thought the article was well-researched – it spoke to the utter incompetence of the State of PA and, in particular the Prosecutors Office, in regulating abortion clinics and abortionists. (I was shocked, but not surprised, that according to the Philadelphia Inquirer article – “In Pennsylvania, abortion clinics are automatically inspected by the state Department of Health only when they open or relocate”.)
But the comment at the end of the article by a pro-choicer caught my eye as it did yours. I have to disagree with Susan Schewel, executive director of the Women’s Medical Fund (which provides financial help to poor women seeking abortions) who was quoted at the end of the article:
“What happened inside that building is not the real story. The real story is why women sought care there at all,” Schewel said. “This prohibition on Medicaid payment leaves desperate women vulnerable to substandard providers.”
I’d say what happened inside that building IS the real story.
“Do not look at that abortionist behind the curtain!”
whups. I meant “Pay no attention to…” Meh. I’m having such an off day today. :X
As Homer Simpson would say, “Doh!”
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But,but, but Ms. Schewel. Legal abortion meant there would be no substandard providers. Certainly we will hear NOW and NARAL express their outrage.
Speaking of NOW, they have called upon Gov.Patterson of NY to step down after he had directed two state officials to contact a woman who had accused a close aide of the governor of assaulting her.
Governor, take my advise.
1. Paint yourself white
2. Change your name to Bill Clinton
NOW will love you and you can be accused of anything from exposing yourself to rape without fear of retribution from these ladies.
Xalisae, LOL! You made my morning!
It is called a “Cover Up.” In the end it is all about money.
Substandard is par for the course for women’s medicine.
The standard for the care of women has never been the same as that for men.
With the obligate inclusion of abortion in health care you will see a widening disparity.
Medically, women are just about on par with livestock, and you can expect things to get worse as the quality of health care plummets overall.