NC legislators think back-alley abortions are just fine

[Panich52]

Rachel Maddow just covered NC's new bill to ban UNC's world-class ob-gyn program from teaching doctors-in-training on how to perform abortions.

McElreft, a proponent, said it doesn't need taught -- doctors can 'pick it up on their own.'

The unmitigated ignorance in such a statement is obvious. That is, obvious to all who are fully aware of the link between abortion, reproductive choice and women's health.

The theocratic misogynists who push such unenlightened legislation do so at the expense of the safety of women and girls. They are putting their self-righteous moralizing ahead of lives.

Yet they have the gall to call themselves 'pro-life.'

[dflprincess]

1. They also don't care if the world-class ob-gyn program loses accredidation if this bill passes

Which it will - also according to Rachel.

[handmade34]

2. McElret's words

https://publichealthwatch.wordpress.com/2015/04/04/gop-lawmaker-new-abortion-restrictions-would-have-a-few-more-little-taxpayers-born/

Speaking to the restrictions on medical training, McElraft said she would prefer providers learn how to perform the procedure via “other options,” rather than in university hospitals, arguing that taxpayers didn’t want public funds to be used toward the training. “There are opportunities for doctors to learn this,” McElraft said, according to WRAL. “Abortion physicians learn from all kinds of training — spontaneous abortions or miscarriages. Sometimes, you learn how to act in an emergency situation.”

That’s actually patently false. According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), “Legal, regulatory, and other restrictions form barriers to education and training in abortion care. As a result, educators may encounter multiple obstacles to integrating appropriate training.”

http://www.wral.com/new-abortion-bill-extends-waiting-period-prohibits-procedures-at-unc-hospitals/14554102/

http://www.trust.org/item/20130912080731-3jnub/

[niyad]

3. this woman is an embarrassment to all women

her contact info:



Picture of Pat McElraft
Representative Pat McElraft
2015-2016 Session
Republican - District 13
Carteret, Jones
N.C. House of Representatives
300 N. Salisbury Street, Room 634
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
919-733-6275
[email protected]
District 13 Map
Office: 634 Legislative Office Building
Terms in House: 5 (0 in Senate)
Occupation: Technical Sales Representative - Microbiology Products Company, Real Estate Broker
Address: P. O. Box 4477, Emerald Isle, NC 28594
Phone:

[Geronimoe]

6. Arrogant Moron

Just what we need, a former real estate broker, pharma sales rep, dictating what medical education is necessary.

[BrotherIvan]

4. And what happens when a woman dies on their table because she needs a

life-saving abortion???? She wants women to die. She is plain evil.

[Ford_Prefect]

5. Follow the money!!!! Who is behind the push to attack UNC women's health care?

NC legislators are not smart enough to design this attack on UNC and on women's health care. They may have beliefs but there is another hand involved in their strategy!

[jmowreader]

7. That would be one Art Pope

He's kind of like a Koch Brother, if the Koch Brothers lived in North Carolina and ran fleabag discount stores.

[Ford_Prefect]

8. It has been said that Koch et al are using NC as a test site for all sorts of Tea Bag programs.

Art Pope has had an axe to grind with UNC and the NC university system for 40 years at least. "They" see NC as the blueprint for retooling public institutions into propaganda machines for their sick and twisted version of christian faith. Sort of a 1984 by way of Art Pope's disturbing vision for North Carolina and the Koch's desire for a Dominionist USA.

It is part of a highly coordinated effort to alter the legal and informational landscape of America.

What I find curious is the complete lack of interest on the part of Holder's DOJ. Oops, I forgot they only pursue elderly marijuana users and anyone who blows whistles on institutional wrong-doing.